| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | Summit League |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
| City: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Mike Daum[1] |
| Mvpteam: | South Dakota State |
| Attendance: | 36,661 |
| Television: | Midco Sport Network ESPN2 |
The 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 5–8, 2016 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. This was South Dakota State's third championship in five years.[2]
The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IPFW | 12–4 | 1–1 vs. South Dakota State | 2–0 vs. Omaha | |
| 2 | South Dakota State | 12–4 | 1–1 vs. IPFW | 1–1 vs. Omaha | |
| 3 | Omaha | 10–6 | |||
| 4 | IUPUI | 9–7 | |||
| 5 | North Dakota State | 8–8 | |||
| 6 | Denver | 7–9 | |||
| 7 | Oral Roberts | 6–10 | |||
| 8 | South Dakota | 5–11 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 2016 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm |
| Midco Sport Network ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 8:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 2016 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm |
| Midco Sport Network ESPN3 | |
| 4 | 8:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Monday March 7, 2016 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| Midco Sport Network ESPN3 | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm |
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| Championship – Tuesday March 8, 2016 | |||||
| 4 | 9 | 8:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | |
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