2023–24 Summit League men's basketball season explained

2023–24 Summit League men's basketball season
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Sport:Basketball
League:NCAA Division I
Prevseason Link:2022–23 Summit League men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2022–23
Nextseason Link:2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2024–25
No Of Teams:9
Mvp:Zeke Mayo, South Dakota State
Mvp Link:Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Summit League tournament
Finals Champ:South Dakota State
Finals Runner-Up:Denver
Finals Mvp:William Kyle III, South Dakota State
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:South Dakota State
Season Champ Name:Regular season champion

The 2023–24 Summit League men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 6, 2023, and began conference play on December 29, 2023. The regular season ended on March 2, 2024, and set up the 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament from March 8 to March 12, 2024.
South Dakota State finished league play with a 12-4 record as the regular season champion. In the postseason, after winning the Summit League tournament, South Dakota State was slotted as a 15 seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They lost to Iowa State in the first round.[1]

Conference Changes

Following the end of the 2023 Spring sports regular season, Western Illinois announced they would be leaving the Summit League effective July 1, 2023 for the Ohio Valley Conference in all sports except men's soccer.[2]

Head Coaches

Coaching changes

Oral Roberts

On March 23, 2023, sixth-year coach Paul Mills left Oral Roberts for the head coaching job at Wichita State.[3] Then, on March 24, 2023, Russell Springmann was announced as the next head coach for the Golden Eagles.[4] Springmann was previously an assistant at Oral Roberts under Mills.

Coaches

TeamHead CoachPrevious JobYears At SchoolRecord at SchoolSummit League RecordSummit League TitlesNCAA tournamentsNCAA Sweet 16's
DenverJeff WulbrunStanford (Assistant)326–3813–23000
Kansas CityMarvin MenziesGrand Canyon (Associate HC)211–217–1050
North DakotaPaul SatherNorthern State543–8023–45000
North Dakota StateDavid RichmanNorth Dakota State (Assistant)10172–11489–54320
OmahaChris CrutchfieldOregon (Assistant)28–224–14000
Oral RobertsRussell SpringmannOral Roberts (Assistant)10–00–0000
St. ThomasJohn TauerSt. Thomas (Assistant)12246–87^13–2300^^0^^^
South DakotaEric PetersonUtah (Assistant)212–187–11000
South Dakota StateEric HendersonSouth Dakota State (Assistant)587–3553–11110
Notes:

^218 wins and 50 losses at the Division III level

^^8 NCAA Division III Tournaments

^^^4 NCAA Division III Sweet 16s, 2 NCAA Division III Final Fours, and 1 NCAA Division III National Championship

Preseason awards

The preseason Summit League men's basketball polls were released on October 10, 2023.[5]

Preseason poll

First place votes in parentheses

  1. South Dakota State (27) – 600
  2. Oral Roberts (7) – 510
  3. North Dakota State (2) – 482
  4. St. Thomas – 386
  5. North Dakota – 374
  6. South Dakota – 274
  7. Omaha – 252
  8. Kansas City – 201
  9. Denver – 161

Preseason honors

HonorRecipient
Preseason Player of the YearZeke Mayo, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League First TeamLuke Appel, South Dakota State
Parker Bjorklund, St. Thomas
Frankie Fidler, Omaha
Zeke Mayo, South Dakota State
Isaac McBride, Oral Roberts
Boden Skunberg, North Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League Second TeamTommy Bruner, Denver
William Kyle III, South Dakota State
Andrew Morgan, North Dakota State
B.J. Omot, North Dakota
Kareem Thompson, Oral Roberts

Regular season

Conference standings

Current as of March 30, 2024[6]

ConferenceOverall
RankTeamRecordPercentRecordPercentTiebreaker
1South Dakota State12–4.75022–13.629
2Kansas City10–6.62516–16.5001–1 vs. South Dakota State
3North Dakota10–6.62518–14.5620–2 vs. South Dakota State
4St. Thomas9–7.56320–13.606
5North Dakota State8–8.50015–17.469
6Omaha7–9.43815–18.455
7Denver6–10.37517–17.500
8Oral Roberts5–11.31312–19.3871–1 vs. South Dakota State
9South Dakota5–11.31312–20.3750–2 vs. South Dakota State

Conference Matrix

  style= width=75Denver style= width=100Kansas City style= width=75North Dakotastyle= width=75North Dakota State style= width=75Omaha style= width=75Oral Roberts style= width=75St. Thomas style= width=75South Dakota style= width=75South Dakota State
KC UND NDS OMA ORU UST USD SDS -->vs. Denver– 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Kansas City 0–2 – 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
vs. North Dakota0–2 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0
vs. North Dakota State 2–0 0–2 1–1 – 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Omaha 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0
vs. Oral Roberts 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. St. Thomas 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 – 1–1 2–0
vs. South Dakota 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 – 2–0
vs. South Dakota State 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 –
KC UND NDS OMA ORU UST USD SDS -->
Total6–10 10–6 10–6 8–8 7–9 5–11 9–7 5–11 12–4
Through March 3, 2024

Players of the Week

Week[7] Player(s) of the WeekSchool
Nov. 13style=Tommy Brunerstyle=Denver
Nov. 20style=Isaac McBridestyle=Oral Roberts
Nov. 27style=Treysen Eaglestaffstyle=North Dakota
Dec. 4style=Isaac McBride (2)style=Oral Roberts (2)
Dec. 11style=Tommy Bruner (2)style=Denver (2)
Dec. 18style=Treysen Eaglestaff (2)style=North Dakota (2)
Dec. 27style=B.J. Omotstyle=North Dakota (3)
Jan. 2style=Tommy Bruner (3)style=Denver (3)
style=Frankie Fidlerstyle=Omaha
Jan. 8style=Tommy Bruner (4)style=Denver (4)
Jan. 15style=Frankie Fidler (2)style=Omaha (2)
Jan. 22style=Zeke Mayostyle=South Dakota State
Jan. 29style=Tommy Bruner (5)style=Denver (5)
style=Isaac McBride (3)style=Oral Roberts (3)
Feb. 5style=Amar Kuljuhovicstyle=North Dakota (4)
Feb. 12style=Andrew Morganstyle=North Dakota State
Feb. 19style=Treysen Eaglestaff (3)style=North Dakota (5)
Feb. 26style=Jamar Brownstyle=Kansas City
Mar. 4style=Zeke Mayo (2)style=South Dakota State (2)

Records against other conferences

As of January 6, 2024:

Major 7 ConferencesRecordMajor 7 ConferencesRecord
ACCNoneAmerican2–2
Big East0–3Big Ten0–2
Big 120–9Pac-120–1
SEC0–1Major 7 Total2–19
Other Division I ConferencesRecordOther Division I ConferencesRecord
Atlantic 100–1ASUN1–0
America EastNoneBig Sky11–12
Big SouthNoneBig West2–7
CAA3–0Conference USA0–1
Horizon League1–2Ivy League0–1
Independents1–0MAACNone
MAC4–2MEAC0–1
MVC0–3MWC1–6
NECNoneOVC3–2
Patriot LeagueNoneSoCon1–2
Southland3–1SWAC1–0
Sun Belt1–1WAC2–3
WCC2–2
Other Division I Total37–47
NCAA Division I Total39–66
NCAA Division II Total4–0
NCAA Division III Total6–0
NAIA Total15–0
NCCAA Total4–0
Total Non-Conference Record68–66

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

Summit League record against ranked teams (rankings from AP Poll):Summit League teams in Bold

Date Visitor Home Site Score Conference record Reference
November 11North Dakota StateNo. 8 CreightonCHI Health Center Omaha
Omaha, NE		L 60–890–1[8]
November 14Kansas CityNo. 15 BaylorFerrell Center
Waco, TX		L 61–990–2[9]
November 17Oral RobertsNo. 13 Texas A&MReed Arena
College Station, TX		L 66–740–3[10]
December 5Kansas CityNo. 2 KansasAllen Fieldhouse
Lawrence, KS		L 69–880–4[11]
December 6DenverNo. 13 Colorado StateMoby Arena
Fort Collins, CO		L 80–900–4[12]
December 13DenverNo. 18 BYUMarriott Center
Provo, UT		L 74–900–5[13]
December 14St. ThomasNo. 7 MarquetteFiserv Forum
Milwaukee, WI		L 79–840–6[14]

Points Scored

TeamForAgainstDifference
style= width=75Denver 27552737+18
style= width=100Kansas City 23002217+83
style= width=75North Dakota 24082300+108
style= width=75North Dakota State 23882366+22
style= width=75Omaha 24412404+37
style= width=75Oral Roberts 22752334–59
style= width=75St. Thomas 24022140+262
style= width=75South Dakota 24342535–101
style= width=75South Dakota State 26752490+185
Through March 30, 2024[15]

Home attendance

TeamArenaCapacityTotal GamesAverage AttendanceAttendance HighTotal Attendance% of Capacity
DenverHamilton Gymnasium2,500148941,278
Jan 25 vs. South Dakota		12,52135.8%
Kansas CitySwinney Recreation Center1,500131,1301,507
Feb 15 vs. South Dakota St		14,69075.3%
North DakotaBetty Engelstad Sioux Center3,300141,7043,065
Feb 3 vs. North Dakota St		23,86051.6%
North Dakota StateScheels Center5,460141,9355,058
Feb 24 vs. North Dakota		27,10335.5%
OmahaBaxter Arena7,898142,0795,094
Nov 30 vs. Bellevue		29,11126.3%
Oral RobertsMabee Center10,154135,2216,949
Dec 2 vs. Tulsa		67,88251.4%
St. ThomasSchoenecker Arena1,800141,3061,614
Jan 25 vs. North Dakota St		18,29472.6%
South DakotaSanford Coyote Sports Center6,000141,8453,892
Jan 20 vs. South Dakota St		25,83830.8%
South Dakota StateFrost Arena6,500142,5873,781
Feb 4 vs. South Dakota		36,22539.8%
Bold - Exceed capacity
As of March 2, 2024
Does not include exhibition games

National Television Games

Before the 2023-24 season began, the Summit League announced a new media deal with CBS Sports Network that would show up to 12 regular season games (6 guaranteed men's games) on the network, as well as moving the league's tournament final games to CBSSN. On October 18, 2023, the Summit League and CBS Sports Network announced the league's 2023-24 slate of games to appear on the network throughout the conference season.[16] Those games and any others that league members played are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Date
Time (CT)		Road TeamHome TeamFinal ScoreNetwork
November 11, 2023
1 PM		North Dakota StateNo. 8 Creighton60–89FS2
November 14, 2023
8 PM		South DakotaDePaul60–72FS2
December 14, 2023
7 PM		St. ThomasNo. 7 Marquette79–84FS1
December 29, 2023
7 PM		St. ThomasNorth DakotaUST 70–45CBSSN
December 31, 2023
2 PM		OmahaSouth DakotaOMAHA 67–51CBSSN
January 6, 2024
7 PM		Weber StateOral Roberts83–78CBSSN
January 25, 2024
6 PM		Kansas CitySouth Dakota StateSDSU 75–66CBSSN
February 4, 2024
4 PM		South DakotaSouth Dakota StateSDSU 70–67CBSSN
February 10, 2024
3 PM		Oral RobertsSouth Dakota StateSDSU 83–72CBSSN
February 24, 2024
1 PM		North DakotaNorth Dakota StateNDSU 73–68CBSSN

All-League Honors

HonorRecipient
Player of the YearZeke Mayo, South Dakota State
Defensive Player of the YearWilliam Kyle III, South Dakota State
Sixth Man of the YearKhristion Courseault, Kansas City
Freshman of the YearJayson Petty, Kansas City
Newcomer of the YearJamar Brown, Kansas City
Coach of the YearMarvin Menzies, Kansas City
All-Summit League First TeamZeke Mayo, South Dakota State
Jamar Brown, Kansas City
Tommy Bruner, Denver
Frankie Fidler, Omaha
William Kyle III, South Dakota State
B.J. Omot, North Dakota
All-Summit League Second TeamRaheem Anthony, St. Thomas
Parker Bjorklund, St. Thomas
Tyree Ihenacho, North Dakota
Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Andrew Morgan, North Dakota State
All-Summit League Honorable MentionCharlie Easley, South Dakota State
Boden Skunberg, North Dakota State
Kaleb Stewart, South Dakota
Touko Tainamo, Denver
Lahat Thioune, South Dakota
All-Defensive TeamBabacar Diallo, Kansas City
Charlie Easley, South Dakota State
Eli King, North Dakota
William Kyle III, South Dakota State
Jacari White, North Dakota State
All-Newcomer TeamRaheem Anthony, St. Thomas
Jamar Brown, Kansas City
Amar Kuljuhovic, North Dakota
Kaleb Stewart, South Dakota
Lahat Thioune, South Dakota
Source:[17]

Postseason

Conference Tournament

See main article: 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament. All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. The tournament is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was held from March 8 to March 12, 2024.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
No. 15Omaha RegionalSouth Dakota Statelost to No. 2 Iowa State 82–65————
1 BidW-L (%):TOTAL:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 2 seed Iowa State uses big runs to start each half and bury South Dakota State, 82-65. apnews.com. Associated Press. March 21, 2024. March 30, 2024.
  2. Web site: Western Illinois to depart Summit League beginning next season. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 12, 2023. October 10, 2023.
  3. Web site: Wichita State introduces Paul Mills as head basketball coach. wichita.edu. Wichita State Shockers. March 23, 2023. October 10, 2023.
  4. Web site: ORU Names Russell Springmann Next #ORUMBB Head Coach. oruathletics.com. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. March 24, 2023. October 10, 2023.
  5. Web site: SDSU's Mayo tabbed #SummitMBB Preseason Player of the Year, top preseason poll. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 10, 2023. October 10, 2023.
  6. Web site: 2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 30, 2024.
  7. Web site: 2023-24 TicketSmarter Men's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. December 4, 2023.
  8. Web site: North Dakota State Bison vs. Creighton Bluejays. espn.com. ESPN. November 11, 2023.
  9. Web site: Kansas City Roos vs. Baylor Bears. espn.com. ESPN. November 15, 2023.
  10. Web site: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles vs. Texas A&M Aggies. espn.com. ESPN. November 18, 2023. November 17, 2023.
  11. Web site: Kansas City Roos vs. Kansas Jayhawks. espn.com. ESPN. December 7, 2023.
  12. Web site: Denver Pioneers vs. Colorado State Rams. espn.com. ESPN. December 7, 2023.
  13. Web site: Denver Pioneers vs. BYU Cougars. espn.com. ESPN. December 15, 2023.
  14. Web site: St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies vs. Marquette Golden Eagles. espn.com. ESPN. December 15, 2023.
  15. Web site: 2023-2024 Men's Basketball Statistics. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 30, 2024.
  16. Web site: CBS Sports, Summit League release 13-game national television schedule. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 18, 2023. October 18, 2023.
  17. Web site: SDSU's Mayo garners #SummitMBB Player of the Year award. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 7, 2024. March 7, 2024.

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