2021 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2021 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams8
SiteSanford Pentagon
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOral Roberts (4th title)
Winning coachPaul Mills (1st title)
MVPMax Abmas (Oral Roberts)
TelevisionMidcoSN/MidcoSN2/ESPN+/ESPN2
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 9 3   .750 16 7   .696
South Dakota 11 4   .733 14 11   .560
North Dakota State 11 5   .688 15 12   .556
Oral Roberts 10 5   .667 18 11   .621
North Dakota 8 8   .500 9 17   .346
Kansas City 7 7   .500 11 13   .458
Western Illinois 5 9   .357 7 15   .318
Omaha 3 11   .214 5 20   .200
Denver 1 13   .071 2 19   .095
2021 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2021 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2020–21 season. All tournament games were played at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 6–9, 2021.[1]

Fourth-seeded Oral Roberts defeated third-seeded North Dakota State, 75-72, to claim their fourth Summit League title and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League competed in the conference tournament. Teams were 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.
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 South Dakota State 9–3
2 South Dakota 11–4
3 North Dakota State 11–5
4 Oral Roberts 10–5
5 North Dakota 8–8 2–0 vs. South Dakota
6 Kansas City 7–7 0–2 vs. South Dakota
7 Western Illinois 5–9
8 Omaha 3–11

Schedule and results

Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6
1 5:45 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Omaha 84–71 MidcoSN/ESPN+
2 8:45 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Western Illinois 86–69
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 7
3 5:45 pm No. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 North Dakota 76–65 MidcoSN/ESPN+
4 8:45 pm No. 3 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 Kansas City 69–65
Semifinals – Monday, March 8
5 5:45 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts 88–90 MidcoSN/ESPN+
6 8:45 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 North Dakota State 75–79
Final – Tuesday, March 9
7 8:00 pm No. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 North Dakota State 75–72 ESPN2
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6 & 7
TV: MidcoSN
Semifinals
March 8
TV: MidcoSN
Championship
March 9
TV: ESPN2
         
1 South Dakota State 84
8 Omaha 71
1 South Dakota State 88
4 Oral Roberts 90
4 Oral Roberts 76
5 North Dakota 65
4 Oral Roberts 75
3 North Dakota State 72
2 South Dakota 86
7 Western Illinois 69
2 South Dakota 75
3 North Dakota State 79
3 North Dakota State 69
6 Kansas City 65

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[3]

Player School
Max Abmas (MVP) Oral Roberts
Kevin Obanor Oral Roberts
Tyree Eady North Dakota State
Rocky Kreuser North Dakota State
Stanley Umude South Dakoka

References

  1. ^ "2021 Men's Basketball Championship - The Summit League". thesummitleague.org.
  2. ^ "2021 Men's Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF) - the Summit League" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Fourth-seeded Oral Roberts fends off second-half charge by NDSU to capture title". Retrieved March 8, 2022.

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