The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
| The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Conference Basketball Championship | |
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The Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008–present)
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| Sport | College basketball |
| Conference | The Summit League |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
| Current location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Played | 1984–present |
| Last contest | 2015 |
| Current champion | North Dakota State Bison |
| Most championships | Valparaiso Crusaders (8) |
| TV partner(s) | Midco Sports Net, ESPN3, ESPN2 |
| Official website | TheSummitLeague.org Men's Basketball |
The Summit League men's basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference The Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives The Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU). The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League.
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Format
Currently, all men's basketball teams in The Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament except for Omaha, which is ineligible until 2016 due to its ongoing transition from NCAA Division II. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
- Head-to-head competition
- Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
- Ratings Percentage Index
- Coin flip
Tournament champions
| Year | Champion | Venue | Location | Notes |
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| 1984 | Western Illinois | Hammons Student Center | Springfield, Missouri | |
| 1985 | Eastern Illinois | Hammons Student Center | Springfield, Missouri | First rounds at campus sites |
| 1986 | Cleveland State | Hammons Student Center | Springfield, Missouri | |
| 1987 | Southwest Missouri State | Hammons Student Center | Springfield, Missouri | |
| 1988 | Not held | |||
| 1989 | Southwest Missouri State | Hammons Student Center | Springfield, Missouri | |
| 1990 | Northern Iowa | UNI-Dome | Cedar Falls, Iowa | |
| 1991 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |
| 1992 | Eastern Illinois | CSU Convocation Center | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 1993 | Wright State | Nutter Center | Dayton, Ohio | |
| 1994 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Rosemont Horizon | Rosemont, Illinois | |
| 1995 | Valparaiso | Athletics-Recreation Center | Valparaiso, Indiana | First rounds at campus sites |
| 1996 | Valparaiso | The MARK of the Quad Cities | Moline, Illinois | |
| 1997 | Valparaiso | The MARK of the Quad Cities | Moline, Illinois | |
| 1998 | Valparaiso | The MARK of the Quad Cities | Moline, Illinois | |
| 1999 | Valparaiso | The MARK of the Quad Cities | Moline, Illinois | |
| 2000 | Valparaiso | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| 2001 | Southern Utah | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| 2002 | Valparaiso | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
| 2003 | IUPUI | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 2004 | Valparaiso | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 2005 | Oakland | Union Multipurpose Activity Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| 2006 | Oral Roberts | Union Multipurpose Activity Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| 2007 | Oral Roberts | Union Multipurpose Activity Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| 2008 | Oral Roberts | Union Multipurpose Activity Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| 2009 | North Dakota State | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2010 | Oakland | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2011 | Oakland | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2012 | South Dakota State | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2013 | South Dakota State | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2014 | North Dakota State | Sioux Falls Arena | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
| 2015 | North Dakota State | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Highest men's tournament total attendance (35,612)[1] |
NOTE: Southwest Missouri State became Missouri State in 2005
Performance by school
| School | Championships | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso * | 8 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 |
| North Dakota State | 3 | 2009, 2014, 2015 |
| Oakland * | 3 | 2005, 2010, 2011 |
| Oral Roberts † | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Eastern Illinois * | 2 | 1985, 1992 |
| Southwest Missouri State * | 2 | 1987, 1989 |
| Wisconsin-Green Bay * | 2 | 1991, 1994 |
| South Dakota State | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Western Illinois | 1 | 1984 |
| Cleveland State * | 1 | 1986 |
| IUPUI | 1 | 2003 |
| Northern Iowa * | 1 | 1990 |
| Southern Utah * | 1 | 2001 |
| Wright State * | 1 | 1993 |
| TOTAL | 31 |
* No longer a conference member
† Oral Roberts left The Summit League for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for the 2014–15 season.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150310d8cz02
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
