2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (5th title)
Winning coach	T. J. Otzelberger (2nd title)
MVP	Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
Television	Midco Sport Network, ESPN3, ESPN2
Summit League men's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	13	–	1		.929			28	–	7		.800
South Dakota	11	–	3		.786			26	–	9		.743
Denver	8	–	6		.571			15	–	15		.500
Fort Wayne	7	–	7		.500			18	–	15		.545
North Dakota State	5	–	9		.357			15	–	17		.469
Oral Roberts	5	–	9		.357			11	–	21		.344
Omaha	4	–	10		.286			9	–	22		.290
Western Illinois	3	–	11		.214			12	–	16		.429
† 2018 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–6, 2018. Regular season champion South Dakota State defeated South Dakota in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All eight teams in the Summit League were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	South Dakota State	13–1
2	South Dakota	11–3
3	Denver	8–6
4	Fort Wayne	7–7
5	North Dakota State	5–9	1–1 vs ORU	0–2 vs SDSU	1–1 vs SD
6	Oral Roberts	5–9	1–1 vs NDSU	0–2 vs SDSU	0–2 vs SD
7	Omaha	4–10
8	Western Illinois	3–11

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
1	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois	66–60	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
2	8:30 pm	No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Omaha	87–73
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3	6:00 pm	No. 4 Fort Wayne vs. No. 5 North Dakota State	82–86	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
4	8:30 pm	No. 3 Denver vs. No 6 Oral Roberts	90–882OT
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
5	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 North Dakota State	78–57	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
6	8:30 pm	No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Denver	76–58
Final – Tuesday, March 6
7	8:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota	97–87	ESPN2
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 3 & 4 MidcoSN					Semifinals March 5 MidcoSN					Championship March 6 ESPN2
	1	South Dakota State	66
	8	Western Illinois	60
						1	South Dakota State	78
						5	North Dakota State	57
	4	Fort Wayne	82
	5	North Dakota State	86
											1	South Dakota State	97
											2	South Dakota	87
	2	South Dakota	87
	7	Omaha	73
						2	South Dakota	76
						3	Denver	58
	3	Denver	90**
	6	Oral Roberts	88

* indicates overtime period.

External links

• 2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Championship