2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament
The 2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 7–10, 2020.[1] First-seeded North Dakota State defeated North Dakota, 89-53, to set the Summit League Tournament record for the largest margin victory in the title game. They earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but it was canceled days after NDSU won due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
| 2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | North Dakota State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | David Richman (3rd title) |
| MVP | Vinnie Shahid (North Dakota State) |
| Television | MidcoSN/MidcoSN2/ESPN+/ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League compete in the conference tournament. 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:
- Head-to-head record.
- Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken.
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs. SDSU 2–0 vs. USD |
| 2 | South Dakota State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs. NDSU 1–1 vs. USD |
| 3 | South Dakota | 10–6 | |
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. Omaha 1–1 vs. NDSU |
| 5 | Omaha | 9–7 | 1–1 vs. ORU 0–2 vs. NDSU |
| 6 | North Dakota | 7–9 | |
| 7 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 6–10 | |
| 8 | Denver | 3–13 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | ||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Denver | 71–69 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 7 Purdue Fort Wayne | 74–77 | |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8 | ||||
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 Omaha | 79–52 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 South Dakota vs. No. 6 North Dakota | 71-74 | |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts | 75–69 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 North Dakota | 56–73 | |
| Final – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||
| 7 | 8:00 pm | No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 North Dakota | 89–53 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CST for March 7 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 8 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed. Source:[2] TV availability source:[3] | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 7 & 8 TV: MidcoSN | Semifinals March 9 TV: MidcoSN | Championship March 10 TV: ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Denver | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oral Roberts | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Omaha | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Dakota | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota | 74 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[4]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Vinnie Shahid (MVP) | North Dakota State |
| Sam Griesel | North Dakota State |
| Tyson Ward | North Dakota State |
| Marlon Stewart | North Dakota |
| Kevin Obanor | Oral Roberts |
References
- "The Summit League". Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- "The Summit League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- "Another bevy of Summit League basketball games set to air on Midco Sports Network - the Summit League". Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- "Top-seeded NDSU punches ticket to Big Dance". The Summit League. Retrieved March 9, 2022.