2023_Summit_League_men's_basketball_tournament
2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament
American collegiate basketball postseason
The 2023 Summit League men's basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2022-23 season. All tournament games will be played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3-7, 2023.[1]
| 2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | Oral Roberts (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Mills (2nd title) |
| MVP | Max Abmas (Oral Roberts) |
| Television | MidcoSN, ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 5 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All ten conference teams will participate in the tournament following a change announced before the season began.[2] This will be the first year that St. Thomas will participate in a Division I conference tournament in any sport. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:
- Head-to-head record
- Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Summit League Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the highest seeded postseason eligible team.[3]
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18–0 | ||
| 2 | 13–5 | ||
| 3 | 11–7 | ||
| 4 | 9–9 | 1–1 vs. South Dakota | |
| 5 | 9–9 | 0–2 vs. South Dakota | |
| 6 | South Dakota | 7–11 | 2–0 vs. St. Thomas |
| 7 | Kansas City | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. St. Thomas |
| 8 | Denver | 6–12 | 1–1 vs. Western Illinois |
| 9 | North Dakota | 6–12 | 0–2 vs. Western Illinois |
| 10 | 4–14 |
| Game | Time [4] | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round - Friday, March 3 | ||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Denver vs. No. 9 North Dakota | 83–68 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Kansas City vs. No. 10 Omaha | 73–61 | |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 | ||||
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 North Dakota | 96–80 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 10 Omaha | 63–55 | |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5 | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Western Illinois vs. No. 5 St. Thomas | 67–60 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 South Dakota | 70–68 | |
| Semifinals - Monday, March 6 | ||||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 St. Thomas | 70–65 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 3 North Dakota State | 89–79 | |
| Final – Tuesday, March 7 | ||||
| 9 | 8:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 North Dakota State | 92–58 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[5] | ||||
| First round March 3 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 6 ESPN+ | Championship March 7 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Denver | 68 | 9 | North Dakota | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | North Dakota | 83 | 1 | Oral Roberts | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Thomas | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Illinois | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Thomas | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota State | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kansas City | 61 | 10 | Omaha | 55 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Omaha | 73 | 2 | South Dakota State | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Dakota | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:[4]
The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[6]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Max Abmas (MVP) | Oral Roberts |
| Connor Vanover | Oral Roberts |
| Grant Nelson | North Dakota State |
| Boden Skunberg | North Dakota State |
| Andrew Rohde | St. Thomas |
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