Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament The Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008–present)
Sport College basketball Conference Summit League Number of teams Top 8 out of 9 conference teams Format Single-elimination tournament Current stadium Denny Sanford Premier Center Current location Sioux Falls, South Dakota Played 1984–present Last contest 2022 Current champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits Most championships Valparaiso (8)TV partner(s) Midco Sports Net, ESPN3 , ESPN2 Official website TheSummitLeague.org Men's Basketball
The Summit League men's basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference Summit League . The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship . The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU). The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989 to 2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League.
Format [ ]
Currently, the top 8 men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). After the 16-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
Head-to-head competition
Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
Ratings Percentage Index
Coin flip
Tournament champions [ ]
Year
Champion
Score
Runner-Up
MVP
Venue
Location
Notes
1984
Western Illinois
73–64
Cleveland State
Todd Hutcheson, WIU
Hammons Student Center
Springfield, Missouri
1985
Eastern Illinois
75–64
Southwest Missouri State [a]
None chosen
First rounds at campus sites
1986
Cleveland State
70–66
Eastern Illinois
Kevin Duckworth , EIU
1987
Southwest Missouri State [a]
90–87
Cleveland State
Winston Garland , SMS
1988
Not held
1989
Southwest Missouri State [a]
73–67
Illinois-Chicago [b]
Hubert Henderson, SMS
Hammons Student Center
Springfield, Missouri
1990
Northern Iowa
53–45
Green Bay
Jason Reese, UNI
UNI-Dome
Cedar Falls, Iowa
1991
Green Bay
56–39
Northern Illinois
Tony Bennett , UWGB
Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
Green Bay, Wisconsin
1992
Eastern Illinois
83–68
Illinois-Chicago [b]
Steve Rowe, EIU
CSU Convocation Center
Cleveland, Ohio
1993
Wright State
94–88
Illinois-Chicago [b]
Bill Edwards , WSU
Nutter Center
Dayton, Ohio
1994
Green Bay
61–56
Illinois-Chicago [b]
Sherell Ford , UIC
Rosemont Horizon
Rosemont, Illinois
1995
Valparaiso
88–85 (3OT)
Western Illinois
Bryce Drew , VU
Athletics-Recreation Center
Valparaiso, Indiana
First rounds at campus sites
1996
Valparaiso
75–52
Western Illinois
Bryce Drew, VU
The MARK of the Quad Cities
Moline, Illinois
1997
Valparaiso
63–59
Western Illinois
Janthony Joseph, WIU
1998
Valparaiso
67–48
Youngstown State
Bryce Drew, VU
1999
Valparaiso
73–69
Oral Roberts
Milo Stovall, VU
2000
Valparaiso
71–62
Southern Utah
Luboš Bartoň , VU
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001
Southern Utah
62–59
Valparaiso
Fred House , USU
2002
Valparaiso
88–55
IUPUI
Milo Stovall, VU
2003
IUPUI
66–64
Valparaiso
Josh Murray, IUPUI
Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
2004
Valparaiso
75–70
IUPUI
Odell Bradley , IUPUI
2005
Oakland
61–60
Oral Roberts
Rawle Marshall , OU
Union Multipurpose Activity Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006
Oral Roberts
85–72
Chicago State
Ken Tutt, ORU
2007
Oral Roberts
71–67
Oakland
Ken Tutt, ORU
2008
Oral Roberts
71–64
IUPUI
Moses Ehambe , ORU
2009
North Dakota State
66–64
Oakland
Ben Woodside , NDSU
Sioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010
Oakland
76–64
IUPUI
Derick Nelson, OU
2011
Oakland
90–76
Oral Roberts
Keith Benson , OU
2012
South Dakota State
52–50 (OT)
Western Illinois
Nate Wolters , SDSU
2013
South Dakota State
73–67
North Dakota State
2014
North Dakota State
60–57
IPFW [c]
Taylor Braun , NDSU
2015
North Dakota State
57–56
South Dakota State
Lawrence Alexander , NDSU
Denny Sanford Premier Center
2016
South Dakota State
67–59
North Dakota State
Mike Daum , SDSU
2017
South Dakota State
79–77
Omaha
& Individual session attendance record (11,235)[1]
2018
South Dakota State
97–87
South Dakota
2019
North Dakota State
73–63
Omaha
Vinnie Shahid, NDSU
2020
North Dakota State
89–53
North Dakota
2021
Oral Roberts
75–72
North Dakota State
Max Abmas , ORU
Sanford Pentagon
2022
South Dakota State
75–69
North Dakota State
Douglas Wilson , SDSU
Denny Sanford Premier Center
^ a b c Known as Missouri State since 2005.
^ a b c d Now branded as UIC.
^ Now Purdue Fort Wayne.
Performance by school [ ]
School
Championships
Years
Valparaiso
8
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
South Dakota State
6
2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
North Dakota State
5
2009, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020
Oral Roberts
4
2006, 2007, 2008, 2021
Oakland
3
2005, 2010, 2011
Eastern Illinois
2
1985, 1992
Southwest Missouri State
2
1987, 1989
Wisconsin-Green Bay
2
1991, 1994
Western Illinois
1
1984
Cleveland State
1
1986
Northern Iowa
1
1990
Wright State
1
1993
Southern Utah
1
2001
IUPUI
1
2003
TOTAL
37
Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
Among current Summit League members, North Dakota , Omaha , and South Dakota have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, and Denver and Kansas City have yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).
Television coverage [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Summit League men's basketball
Teams Championships & awards Seasons
Summit League championships
NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Postseason