2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOral Roberts (5th title)
Winning coachPaul Mills (2nd title)
MVPMax Abmas (Oral Roberts)
TelevisionMidcoSN, ESPN+, ESPN2
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2022–23 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

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]

Seeds

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:

  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

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
Oral Roberts
 18–0
2
South Dakota State
 13–5
3
North Dakota State
 11–7
4
Western Illinois
 9–9 1–1 vs. South Dakota
5
St. Thomas
 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
Omaha
 4–14

Schedule and results

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]

Bracket

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]

All-Tournament Team

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

References

  1. ^ "On-sale date for 2023 Summit League Basketball Championships tickets set for Oct. 18". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 22, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Summit League Basketball Schedules Released". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Summit League Tournament". Hoops HD. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2023 #SummitMBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Golden Eagles grab top seed at 2023 #SummitMBB Championship". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Golden Eagles get back to the dance with triumph over NDSU in title game". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.