2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	Oral Roberts (5th title)
Winning coach	Paul Mills (2nd title)
MVP	Max Abmas (Oral Roberts)
Television	MidcoSN, ESPN+, ESPN2
Summit League men's basketball tournaments ←  2022 2024  →

2022–23 Summit League men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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	Oral Roberts	18–0
2	South Dakota State	13–5
3	North Dakota State	11–7
4	Western Illinois	9–9	1–1 vs. South Dakota
5	St. Thomas	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	Omaha	4–14

Schedule and results

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

	First Round March 3 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+					Semifinals March 6 ESPN+					Final 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

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

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. "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.