2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Summit League
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:8
Arena:Denny Sanford Premier Center
City:Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions:South Dakota
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Dawn Plitzuweit
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Chloe Lamb
Mvpteam:South Dakota
Television:MidcoSN
ESPN+
ESPNU

The 2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament took place March 5–8, 2022, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final conference standings qualified for the tournament.

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConference Record Tiebreaker
1South Dakota State17–1NCAA NET Ranking 34
2South Dakota17–1NCAA NET Ranking 36
3Kansas City12–6
4Oral Roberts10–8
5North Dakota9–9
6North Dakota State7–11
7Western Illinois5–12
8Denver5–13
Reference:[1]

Schedule and results

GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 5
112:30 PMNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Denver86-59MidcoSN/ESPN+
23:00 PMNo. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Western Illinois75-49
Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 6
312:30 PMNo. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 North Dakota61-54MidcoSN/ESPN+
43:00 PMNo. 3 Kansas City vs. No. 6 North Dakota State81-74
Semifinals - Monday, March 7
512:30 PMNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts72-53MidcoSN/ESPN+
63:00 PMNo. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Kansas City81-67
Final - Tuesday, March 8
71:00 PMNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota56-45ESPNU
  • Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[2]

Bracket

Reference:[3]

All-Tournament team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[4]

PlayerSchool
Chloe Lamb (MVP)South Dakota
Hannah SjervenSouth Dakota
Paiton BurckhardSouth Dakota State
Myah SellandSouth Dakota State
Naomie AlnatasKansas City

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 #SummitWBB Championship Bracket unveiled. The Summit League. March 1, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 SummitWBB Championship Bracket unveiled. The Summit League. March 1, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 Summit League Women's Basketball Bracket. The Summit League. March 1, 2022.
  4. Web site: Coyotes claim third straight SummitWBB Championship title. March 9, 2022.