2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament
| 2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2016–17 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | South Dakota State (4th title) |
| Winning coach | T. J. Otzelberger (1st title) |
| MVP | Mike Daum (South Dakota State) |
| Television | Midco Sport Network ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Wayne | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State † | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 4–7, 2017 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79–77 win over Omaha in the finals. This was South Dakota State's fourth championship in six years.[1]
Seeds
[edit]The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | 12–4 | |
| 2 | North Dakota State | 11–5 | |
| 3 | Omaha | 9–7 | |
| 4 | South Dakota State | 8–8 | 3–1 vs DEN/FW |
| 5 | Denver | 8–8 | 2–2 vs SDSU/FW |
| 6 | Fort Wayne | 8–8 | 1–3 vs DEN/SDSU |
| 7 | IUPUI | 7–9 | |
| 8 | Western Illinois | 5–11 |
Schedule
[edit]| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2017 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 South Dakota vs. No. 8 Western Illinois | 78–69 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 IUPUI | 57–76 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday March 5, 2017 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 Denver | 83–73 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Omaha vs. No. 6 Fort Wayne | 84–80 | ||
| Semifinals – Monday March 6, 2017 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 South Dakota vs No. 4 South Dakota State | 71–74 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 IUPUI vs No. 3 Omaha | 62–90 | ||
| Championship – Tuesday March 7, 2017 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 8:00 pm | No. 4 South Dakota State vs No. 3 Omaha | 79–77 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 4–5 Midco Sport Network | Semifinals Monday March 6 Midco Sport Network | Championship Game Tuesday March 7 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota | 78* | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Illinois | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Dakota | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Denver | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Omaha | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | North Dakota State | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | IUPUI | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | IUPUI | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Omaha | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Omaha | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Fort Wayne | 80 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
References
[edit]- ^ "Daum scores 37 as S. Dakota State tips Omaha, gains 4th NCAA". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ "Summitt MBB Weekly Release" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved December 15, 2015.