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2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament

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2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (7th title)
Winning coachEric Henderson (2nd title)
MVPWilliam Kyle III (South Dakota State)
Attendance36,783
TelevisionSummit League Network, CBSSN
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2023–24 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 12 4   .750 22 13   .629
Kansas City 10 6   .625 16 16   .500
North Dakota 10 6   .625 18 14   .563
St. Thomas* 9 7   .563 20 13   .606
North Dakota State 8 8   .500 15 17   .469
Omaha 7 9   .438 15 18   .455
Denver 6 10   .375 17 17   .500
Oral Roberts 5 11   .313 12 19   .387
South Dakota 5 11   .313 12 20   .375
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
2024 Summit League tournament winner

The 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games are played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 8–12, 2024.[1]

Seeds

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All nine conference teams will participate in the tournament. Teams will be 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 St. Thomas wins the Summit League Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the highest seeded postseason eligible team, South Dakota State.

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 South Dakota State 12–4
2 Kansas City 10–6 1–1 vs. South Dakota State
3 North Dakota 10–6 0–2 vs. South Dakota State
4 St. Thomas 9–7
5 North Dakota State 8–8
6 Omaha 7–9
7 Denver 6–10
8 Oral Roberts 5–11 1–1 vs. South Dakota State
9 South Dakota 5–11 0–2 vs. South Dakota State

Schedule and results

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Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
First round - Friday, March 8
1 7:00 pm No. 8 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 South Dakota 77–62 MidcoSN/Summit League Network
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
2 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Oral Roberts 79–63 MidcoSN/Summit League Network
3 8:30 pm No. 2 Kansas City vs. No. 7 Denver 61–60
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
4 6:00 pm No. 4 St. Thomas vs. No. 5 North Dakota State 68–58 MidcoSN/Summit League Network
5 8:30 pm No. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Omaha 73–72
Semifinals - Monday, March 11
6 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 St. Thomas 59–49 MidcoSN/Summit League Network
7 8:30 pm No. 7 Denver vs. No. 6 Omaha 66–63
Final – Tuesday, March 12
8 8:30 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 7 Denver 76–68 CBSSN
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[3]

Bracket

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First round
March 8
Summit League Network
Quarterfinals
March 9 & 10
Summit League Network
Semifinals
March 11
Summit League Network
Championship
March 12
CBSSN
1 South Dakota State 79
8 Oral Roberts 77 8 Oral Roberts 63
9 South Dakota 62 1 South Dakota State 59
4 St. Thomas 49
4 St. Thomas 68
5 North Dakota State 58
1 South Dakota State 76
7 Denver 68
2 Kansas City 60
7 Denver 61
7 Denver 66
6 Omaha 63
3 North Dakota 72
6 Omaha 73

Source:[2][4]

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[5]

Player School
William Kyle III (MVP) South Dakota State
Luke Appel South Dakota State
Zeke Mayo South Dakota State
Tommy Bruner Denver
Frankie Fidler Omaha

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Men's Basketball Championships - The Summit League". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2024 Combined Basketball Bracket (PDF) - The Summit League" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jackrabbits corral top seed for 2024 #SummitMBB Championship Bracket". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 MBB Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "No. 1 South Dakota State fends off late charge from No. 7 Denver to claim title". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.