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Sports season
The 2020–21 Summit League men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.
Membership changes [ ]
The conference both gained and lost a member after the 2019–20 season. Purdue Fort Wayne left for the Horizon League [1] and was replaced by Kansas City , which returned to the Summit after a seven-year absence spent in the Western Athletic Conference .[2]
Preseason awards [ ]
Preseason awards were announced by the league office on October 26, 2020.[3]
Preseason men's basketball coaches poll [ ]
Rank
Team
1.
South Dakota State (33) - 608
2.
Oral Roberts- 504
3.
North Dakota State (3) - 466
4.
Omaha- 379
5.
South Dakota- 354
6.
North Dakota- 301
7.
Kansas City- 248
8.
Denver- 203
9.
Western Illinois- 167
(first place votes)
Preseason All-Summit League teams [ ]
Honor
Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year
Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Big East First Team
Noah Friedel, South Dakota State
Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts
Matt Pile, Omaha
Filip Rebraca, North Dakota
Stanley Umude, South Dakota
Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Big East Second Team
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Matt Dentlinger, South Dakota State
Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State
Marlon Ruffin, Omaha
Jase Townsend, Denver
Conference matrix [ ]
Denver
Kansas City
North Dakota
North Dakota State
Omaha
Oral Roberts
South Dakota
South Dakota State
Western Illinois
vs. Denver
–
2−0
1−1
2−0
2−0
2−0
2−0
0−0
2−0
vs. Kansas City
0–2
–
1−1
1−1
0−2
1−1
2−0
2−0
0−0
vs. North Dakota
1−1
1−1
–
1−1
1−1
1−1
0−2
2−0
1−1
vs. North Dakota State
0−2
1−1
1−1
–
0−2
1−1
1−1
1−1
0−2
vs. Omaha
0−2
2−0
1−1
2−0
–
2−0
2−0
0−0
2−0
vs. Oral Roberts
0−2
1−1
1−1
1−1
0−2
–
1−0
1−1
0−2
vs. South Dakota
0−2
0−2
2−0
1−1
0−2
0−1
–
1−1
0−2
vs. South Dakota State
0−0
0−2
0−2
1−1
0−0
1−1
1−1
–
0−2
vs. Western Illinois
0−2
0−0
1−1
2−0
0−2
2−0
2−0
2−0
–
Total
1−13
7−7
8−8
11−5
3−11
10−5
11−4
9−3
5−9
All-Summit League awards [ ]
Summit League men's basketball weekly awards [ ]
References [ ]
Teams Championships & awards