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2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament

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2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOral Roberts (5th title)
Winning coachPaul Mills (2nd title)
MVPMax Abmas (Oral Roberts)
TelevisionMidcoSN, ESPN+, ESPN2
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2022–23 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oral Roberts 18 0   1.000 30 5   .857
South Dakota State 13 5   .722 19 13   .594
North Dakota State 11 7   .611 16 17   .485
Western Illinois 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
St. Thomas* 9 9   .500 19 14   .576
South Dakota 7 11   .389 12 19   .387
Kansas City 7 11   .389 11 21   .344
Denver 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
North Dakota 6 12   .333 13 20   .394
Omaha 4 14   .222 9 23   .281
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
2023 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2023 Summit League men's basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2022-23 season. All tournament games will be played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3-7, 2023.[1]

Seeds

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All ten conference teams will participate in the tournament following a change announced before the season began.[2] This will be the first year that St. Thomas will participate in a Division I conference tournament in any sport. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken

If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Summit League Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the highest seeded postseason eligible team.[3]

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 18–0
2 13–5
3 11–7
4 9–9 1–1 vs. South Dakota
5 9–9 0–2 vs. South Dakota
6 South Dakota 7–11 2–0 vs. St. Thomas
7 Kansas City 7–11 1–1 vs. St. Thomas
8 Denver 6–12 1–1 vs. Western Illinois
9 North Dakota 6–12 0–2 vs. Western Illinois
10 4–14

Schedule and results

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Game Time [4] Matchup Score Television
First round - Friday, March 3
1 6:00 pm No. 8 Denver vs. No. 9 North Dakota 83–68 MidcoSN/ESPN+
2 8:30 pm No. 7 Kansas City vs. No. 10 Omaha 73–61
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3 6:00 pm No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 North Dakota 96–80 MidcoSN/ESPN+
4 8:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 10 Omaha 63–55
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
5 6:00 pm No. 4 Western Illinois vs. No. 5 St. Thomas 67–60 MidcoSN/ESPN+
6 8:30 pm No. 3 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 South Dakota 70–68
Semifinals - Monday, March 6
7 6:00 pm No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 St. Thomas 70–65 MidcoSN/ESPN+
8 8:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 3 North Dakota State 89–79
Final – Tuesday, March 7
9 8:00 pm No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 North Dakota State 92–58 ESPN2
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[5]

Bracket

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First round
March 3
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 4 & 5
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 6
ESPN+
Championship
March 7
ESPN2
1 Oral Roberts 96
8 Denver 68 9 North Dakota 80
9 North Dakota 83 1 Oral Roberts 70
5 St. Thomas 65
4 Western Illinois 60
5 St. Thomas 67
1 Oral Roberts 92
3 North Dakota State 58
2 South Dakota State 63
7 Kansas City 61 10 Omaha 55
10 Omaha 73 2 South Dakota State 79
3 North Dakota State 89
3 North Dakota State 70
6 South Dakota 68

Source:[4]

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[6]

Player School
Max Abmas (MVP) Oral Roberts
Connor Vanover Oral Roberts
Grant Nelson North Dakota State
Boden Skunberg North Dakota State
Andrew Rohde St. Thomas

References

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  1. ^ "On-sale date for 2023 Summit League Basketball Championships tickets set for Oct. 18". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 22, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Summit League Basketball Schedules Released". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Summit League Tournament". Hoops HD. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2023 #SummitMBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Golden Eagles grab top seed at 2023 #SummitMBB Championship". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Golden Eagles get back to the dance with triumph over NDSU in title game". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.