2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coachEric Henderson (1st title)
MVPDouglas Wilson
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2023 →
2021–22 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State † 18 – 0   1.000 30 – 5   .857
North Dakota State 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Kansas City 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
Oral Roberts 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
South Dakota 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Western Illinois 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Denver 7 – 11   .389 11 – 21   .344
St. Thomas* 4 – 14   .222 10 – 20   .333
Omaha 4 – 14   .222 5 – 25   .167
North Dakota 2 – 16   .111 6 – 25   .194
* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2022 Summit League tournament winner

The 2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2021–22 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during March 5–8, 2022.[1]

Top-seeded South Dakota State defeated second-seeded North Dakota State, 75–69, to claim their first title in four years as well as the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League will compete in the conference tournament. St. Thomas was not eligible, due to its transition from Division III. 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:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken.
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 South Dakota State 18–0
2 North Dakota State 13–5
3 Oral Roberts 12–6 2–0 vs. Kansas City
4 Kansas City 12–6 0–2 vs. Oral Roberts
5 South Dakota 11–7
6 Western Illinois 7–11 1–1 vs. North Dakota State
7 Denver 7–11 0–2 vs. North Dakota State
8 Omaha 4–14

Schedule and results

Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
1 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Omaha 87–79 MidcoSN/ESPN+
2 8:30 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 Denver 82–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3 6:00 pm No. 4 Kansas City vs. No. 5 South Dakota 74–61 MidcoSN/ESPN+
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Oral Roberts vs. No. 6 Western Illinois 80–68
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
5 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 South Dakota 83–60 MidcoSN/ESPN+
6 8:30 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 Oral Roberts 92–72
Final – Tuesday, March 8
7 8:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 North Dakota State 75-69 ESPN2
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 5 & 6
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 7
ESPN+ 		Championship
March 8
ESPN2
         
1 South Dakota State 87
8 Omaha 79
1 South Dakota State 83
5 South Dakota 60
4 Kansas City 61
5 South Dakota 74
1 South Dakota State 75
2 North Dakota State 69
2 North Dakota State 82
7 Denver 62
2 North Dakota State 92
3 Oral Roberts 72
3 Oral Roberts 80
6 Western Illinois 68

All-Tournament Team

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

Player School
Douglas Wilson (MVP) South Dakota State
Baylor Scheierman South Dakota State
Sam Griesel North Dakota State
Grant Nelson North Dakota State
Max Abmas Oral Roberts

References

  1. ^ "2022 Men's Basketball Championship - The Summit League". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 Men's Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF) - The Summit League" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Historic Jacks claim top seed in SummitMBB Bracket". The Summit League. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Jackrabbits take SummitMBB Championship title with thrilling win over Bison". The Summit League. Retrieved March 9, 2022.