2021–22 Summit League men's basketball season

2021��22 Summit League men's basketball standings
	* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division III
	† 2022 Summit League Tournament winner ;

2021-22 Summit League men's basketball season
2021-22 Summit League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
2022 Summit League Tournament
Seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Summit League Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on December 20, 2021. The regular season will end on February 26, 2022, setting up the 2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament from March 5 to March 12.

Conference Changes[]

Due to the addition of St. Thomas (MN), the conference schedule was expanded to 18 games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches[]

Coaching Changes[]

Denver hired Jeff Wulbrun after Rodney Billups was let go.

Coaches[]

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	Summit League Record	Summit League Titles	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Sweet 16's
Denver	Jeff Wulbrun	Stanford (Assistant)	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Kansas City	Billy Donlon	Northwestern (Assistant)	3	27-27	7-7	0	0	0
Omaha	Derrin Hansen	Omaha (Assistant)	17	246-233*	64-74	0	0**	0***
North Dakota	Paul Sather	Northern State (Assistant)	3	24-35	15-17	0	0	0
North Dakota State	David Richman	North Dakota State (Assistant)	8	136-87	69-41	3	2	0
Oral Roberts	Paul Mills	Baylor (Assistant)	5	57-66	31-30	1	1	1
St. Thomas	John Tauer	St. Thomas (Assistant)	11	224-57^	0-0	0	0^^	0^^^
South Dakota	Todd Lee	Grand Canyon (Assistant)	4	47-40	28-19	0	0	0
South Dakota State	Eric Henderson	South Dakota State (Assistant)	3	38-17	22-6	0	0	0
Western Illinois	Rob Jeter	Minnesota (Assistant)	2	7-15	5-9	0	0	0

Notes:

Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
Overall and Summit League records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

*110 Wins and 68 Losses at Division II level

**2 NCAA Division II Tournaments

***1 NCAA Division II Sweet 16's and 1 NCAA Division II Elite 8

^All wins and losses at Division III level

^^8 NCAA Division III Tournaments

^^^4 NCAA Division III Sweet 16, 2 NCAA Division III Final Fours, and 1 NCAA Division III National Championship

Preseason Awards[]

The Preseason Summit League men's basketball polls was released on October 12, 2021.^[1]

Preseason men's basketball polls[]

First Place Votes in Parenthesis

South Dakota State (23) - 636
North Dakota State (7) - 606
Oral Roberts (6) - 545
South Dakota - 480
Western Illinois - 356
Kansas City - 341
North Dakota - 279
Omaha - 255
Denver - 217
St. Thomas 120

Preseason Honors[]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
	Josiah Allick, Kansas City
	Sam Griesel, North Dakota State
	Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State
	Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State
	Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Will Carius, Western Illinois
	Tyree Eady, North Dakota State
	Noah Freidel, South Dakota State
	Xavier Fuller, South Dakota
	Tasos Kamateros, South Dakota

Regular Season[]

Conference Standings[]

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Perecent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	South Dakota State	8-0	1.000	17-4	.810
2	Oral Roberts	7-2	.778	13-7	.650
3	Kansas City	4-3	.571	10-8	.556	Ahead of North Dakota State and South Dakota based on record between 4-3 teams
4	North Dakota State	4-3	.571	12-7	.632
4	South Dakota	4-3	.571	11-7	.611
6	Denver	4-5	.444	8-14	.364
7	Western Illinois	3-4	.429	12-7	.632
8	St. Thomas	2-4	.333	8-10	.444
9	Omaha	2-7	.222	3-17	.150
10	North Dakota	0-7	.000	4-16	.200

Conference Matrix[]

	Denver	Kansas City	Omaha	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Oral Roberts	St. Thomas	South Dakota	South Dakota State	Western Illinois
vs. Denver	–	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0
vs. Kansas City	1-0	–	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0		0-1	1-0
vs. Omaha	1-0	1-0	–	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1
vs. North Dakota	1-0	1-0	1-0	–	1-0	1-0		1-0		1-0
vs. North Dakota State	0-1	1-0	0-1	0-1	–	0-1			1-0	1-0
vs. Oral Roberts	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	–	0-1	0-1	1-0	0-1
vs. St. Thomas	1-0		0-1			1-0	–	1-0	1-0	0-1
vs. South Dakota	0-1	1-0	0-1	0-1		1-0	0-1	–	1-0
vs. South Dakota State	0-1	0-1	0-1		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	–	0-1
vs. Western Illinois	0-1		1-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0		1-0	–

Players of the Week[]

Week^[2]	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov. 15	Baylor Scheierman	South Dakota State
Nov. 22	Evan Gilyard II	Kansas City
Nov. 29	Noah Freidel	South Dakota State (2)
Dec. 6	Colton Sandage	Western Illinois
Dec. 13	Baylor Scheierman (2)	South Dakota State (3)
Dec. 20	Francis Lacis	Oral Roberts
Dec. 27	Trent Massner	Western Illinois (2)
Jan. 3	Max Abmas	Oral Roberts (2)
Jan. 10	Max Abmas (2)	Oral Roberts (3)
Jan. 17	Trent Massner (2)	Western Illinois (3)
Jan. 24	Tevin Smith	Denver
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28

Records against other conferences[]

Power 7 Conferences	Record	Power 7 Conferences	Record
ACC	None	American	1-0
Big East	0-1	Big Ten	0-4
Big 12	1-7	Pac-12	1-2
SEC	1-1	Power 7 Total	4-15
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	1-1	ASUN	1-1
America East	None	Big Sky	5-7
Big South	None	Big West	3-0
Colonial	None	Conference USA	0-3
Horizon League	3-2	Ivy League	None
MAAC	1-0	MAC	3-2
MEAC	None	MVC	2-5
MWC	2-8	NEC	1-0
OVC	4-4	Patriot League	None
SoCon	None	Southland	2-2
SWAC	2-0	Sun Belt	2-2
WAC	2-6	WCC	1-0
Other Division I Total			35-43

NCAA Division I Total			39-58
NCAA Division II Total			2-0
NCAA Division III Total			7-0
NAIA Total			9-1
NCCAA Total			3-0
Total Non-Conference Record			60-59

Conference Tournament[]

The top 8 teams from the Summit League qualify for the conference tournament. The tournament is at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Quarterfinals March 5th, 2021 TV:		Semifinals March 6th, 2021 TV:	Championship March 8th, 2021 TV: ESPN2

1	South Dakota St.

8	Omaha



4	Kansas City

5	South Dakota



3	Oral Roberts

6	Western Illinois



2	North Dakota St.

7	Denver

References[]

^ "Jackrabbits picked to repeat as #SummitMBB champions". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Players of the Week". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

[1] "Jackrabbits picked to repeat as #SummitMBB champions". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

[2] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Players of the Week". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

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v t Summit League men's basketball
Teams	Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits Western Illinois Leathernecks
Championships & awards	Conference Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2021��22 Summit League men's basketball standings
v t	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