2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament
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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.
| 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 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[1] | 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 | 90–88 2OT | |
| 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 | Final 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 2OT | ||||||||||||