2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (4th title)
Winning coachT. J. Otzelberger (1st title)
MVPMike Daum (South Dakota State)
TelevisionMidco Sport Network
ESPN2
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2016–17 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota 12 – 4   .750 22 – 12   .647
North Dakota State 11 – 5   .688 19 – 11   .633
Omaha 9 – 7   .563 18 – 14   .563
Fort Wayne 8 – 8   .500 20 – 13   .606
Denver 8 – 8   .500 16 – 14   .533
South Dakota State † 8 – 8   .500 18 – 17   .514
IUPUI 7 – 9   .438 14 – 18   .438
Western Illinois 5 – 11   .313 8 – 20   .286
Oral Roberts 4 – 12   .250 8 – 22   .267
† 2017 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 4–7, 2017 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 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79–77 win over Omaha in the finals. This was South Dakota State's fourth championship in six years.[1]

Seeds

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
1 South Dakota 12–4
2 North Dakota State 11–5
3 Omaha 9–7
4 South Dakota State 8–8 3–1 vs DEN/FW
5 Denver 8–8 2–2 vs SDSU/FW
6 Fort Wayne 8–8 1–3 vs DEN/SDSU
7 IUPUI 7–9
8 Western Illinois 5–11

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2017
1 1 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota vs. No. 8 Western Illinois 78–69 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
2 8:30 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 IUPUI 57–76
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 5, 2017
2 3 6:00 pm No. 4 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 Denver 83–73 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Omaha vs. No. 6 Fort Wayne 84–80
Semifinals – Monday March 6, 2017
3 5 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota vs No. 4 South Dakota State 71–74 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
6 8:30 pm No. 7 IUPUI vs No. 3 Omaha 62–90
Championship – Tuesday March 7, 2017
4 7 8:00 pm No. 4 South Dakota State vs No. 3 Omaha 79–77 ESPN2
*Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[2]

Quarterfinals
Saturday/Sunday March 4–5
Midco Sport Network 		Semifinals
Monday March 6
Midco Sport Network 		Championship Game
Tuesday March 7
ESPN2
         
1 South Dakota 78*
8 Western Illinois 69
1 South Dakota 71
4 South Dakota State 74
4 South Dakota State 83
5 Denver 73
4 South Dakota State 79
3 Omaha 77
2 North Dakota State 57
7 IUPUI 76
7 IUPUI 62
3 Omaha 90
3 Omaha 84
6 Fort Wayne 80

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "Daum scores 37 as S. Dakota State tips Omaha, gains 4th NCAA". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Summitt MBB Weekly Release" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved December 15, 2015.