2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Summit League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Denny Sanford Premier Center
City:Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions:South Dakota State
Titlecount:5th
Coach:T. J. Otzelberger
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Mike Daum
Mvpteam:South Dakota State
Television:Midco Sport Network, ESPN3, ESPN2

The 2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–6, 2018. Regular season champion South Dakota State defeated South Dakota in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All eight teams in the Summit League were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3
1South Dakota State13–1
2South Dakota11–3
3Denver8–6
4Fort Wayne7–7
5North Dakota State5–91–1 vs ORU0–2 vs SDSU1–1 vs SD
6Oral Roberts5–91–1 vs NDSU0–2 vs SDSU0–2 vs SD
7Omaha4–10
8Western Illinois3–11

Schedule and results

GameTime[1] Matchup ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
16:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois66–60
28:30 pmNo. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Omaha87–73
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
36:00 pmNo. 4 Fort Wayne vs. No. 5 North Dakota State82–86Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
48:30 pmNo. 3 Denver vs. No 6 Oral Roberts90–882OT
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
56:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 North Dakota State78–57Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
68:30 pmNo. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Denver76–58
Final – Tuesday, March 6
78:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota97–87ESPN2
  • Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* indicates overtime period.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Summit League Men’s Basketball Championship . February 20, 2018.