Summit League women's basketball tournament

Summit League women's basketball tournament
Summit League women's basketball tournament
	Summit League Conference tournament logo (2008-present)
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Summit League
Number of teams	9
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Denny Sanford Premier Center
Current location	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Played	1993–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	South Dakota State Jackrabbits (11)
Most championships	South Dakota State Jackrabbits (11)
TV partner(s)	Midco Sports, CBS Sports Network
Official website	TheSummitLeague.org Women's Basketball

The Summit League women's basketball tournament has existed since 1993. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Summit League was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982–1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007.

Tournament champions

Year	Champion (seed)	Score	Runner-up (seed)	Most valuable player
1992–93	Northern Illinois (1)	75–58	Wisconsin–Green Bay^[a] (2)	Dawn Schirmacher, Wisconsin–Green Bay
1993–94	Wisconsin–Green Bay^[a] (2)	73–70	Northern Illinois (1)	E. C. Hill, Northern Illinois
1994–95	Western Illinois (1)	73–60	Youngstown State (2)	Oberon Pitterson, Western Illinois
1995–96	Youngstown State (1)	53–43	Buffalo (2)	Shannon Beach, Youngstown State
1996–97	Troy State^[b] (1)	89–75	Youngstown State (2)	Samantha Tomlinson, Troy State
1997–98	Youngstown State (1)	78–69	Valparaiso (2)	Sarrah Stricklett, Valparaiso
1998–99	Oral Roberts (4)	57–52	Youngstown State (2)	Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
1999–00	Youngstown State (2)	73–57	Valparaiso (4)	Brianne Kenneally, Youngstown State
2000–01	Oral Roberts (2)	61–46	Oakland (1)	Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
2001–02	Oakland (2)	52–40	Valparaiso (1)	Sarah Judd, Oakland
2002–03	Valparaiso (4)	48–46	Oakland (6)	Katie Boone, Valparaiso
2003–04	Valparaiso (2)	64–63	Oral Roberts (4)	Leah Cannon, Oral Roberts
2004–05	Oral Roberts (4)	48–42	UMKC^[c] (7)	Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2005–06	Oakland (6)	65–56	Western Illinois (1)	Anne Hafeli, Oakland
2006–07	Oral Roberts (3)	72–55	Oakland (1)	Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2007–08	Oral Roberts (4)	66–53	IUPUI (3)	Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2008–09	South Dakota State (1)	79–69	Oakland (2)	Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State
2009–10	South Dakota State (3)	79–75 OT	Oral Roberts (1)	Maria Boever, South Dakota State
2010–11	South Dakota State (3)	61–54	Oakland (4)	Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State
2011–12	South Dakota State (1)	78–77 OT	UMKC^[c] (3)	Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota State
2012–13	South Dakota State (1)	56–53	South Dakota (3)	Ashley Eide, South Dakota State
2013–14	South Dakota (4)	82–71	Denver (6)	Polly Harrington, South Dakota
2014–15	South Dakota State (2)	72–57	South Dakota (1)	Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota
2015–16	South Dakota State (2)	61–55	South Dakota (1)	Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2016–17	Western Illinois (1)	77–69 OT	IUPUI (2)	Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
2017–18	South Dakota State (2)	65–50	South Dakota (1)	Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2018–19	South Dakota State (1)	83–71	South Dakota (2)	Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2019–20	South Dakota (1)	63–58	South Dakota State (2)	Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
2020–21	South Dakota (2)	66-43	Omaha (8)	Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
2021–22	South Dakota (2)	56–45	South Dakota State (1)	Chloe Lamb (2), South Dakota
2022–23	South Dakota State (1)	93–51	Omaha (6)	Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State
2023–24	South Dakota State (1)	67–54	North Dakota State (2)	Paige Meyer, South Dakota State

^ ^a ^b Now athletically branded as Green Bay.
^ Now known as Troy.
^ ^a ^b Now athletically branded as Kansas City.

Tournament wins by school

School	Championships	Winning years
South Dakota State	11	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
Oral Roberts	5	1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
South Dakota	4	2014, 2020, 2021, 2022
Youngstown State	3	1996, 1998, 2000
Western Illinois	2	1995, 2017
Oakland	2	2002, 2006
Valparaiso	2	2003, 2004
Northern Illinois	1	1993
Green Bay	1	1994
Troy State	1	1997

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, Denver, Kansas City, North Dakota State, and Omaha have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, while North Dakota has 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).

Tournament locations

Year	Location	Notes
1993	Green Bay, Wisconsin
1994	DeKalb, Illinois
1995	Macomb, Illinois
1996	Buffalo, New York
1997	Buffalo, New York
1998	Moline, Illinois
1999	Moline, Illinois
2000	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001
2002
2003	Kansas City, Missouri
2004	Kansas City, Missouri
2005	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006
2007
2008
2009	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015		Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (6,926). Record has since been broken.^[1]
2016
2017
2018		Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (8,704).
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024		Highest collective attendance in Summit League women's basketball tournament history to date (36,504)

References

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[GB-1] Now athletically branded as Green Bay.

[2] Now known as Troy.

[KC-3] Now athletically branded as Kansas City.

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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
Championships	Conference tournament
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Tournament champions

Tournament wins by school

Tournament locations

See also

References