2019 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2018-19 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 9–12, 2019. Fourth seeded North Dakota State defeated second seeded Omaha 73–63 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.

2019 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsNorth Dakota State (4th title)
Winning coachDavid Richman (2nd title)
MVPVinnie Shahid (North Dakota State)
TelevisionESPN2
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2018–19 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  14 2   .875 24 9   .727
Omaha 13 3   .813 21 11   .656
Purdue Fort Wayne 9 7   .563 18 15   .545
North Dakota State 9 7   .563 19 16   .543
Oral Roberts 7 9   .438 11 21   .344
South Dakota 7 9   .438 13 17   .433
North Dakota 6 10   .375 12 18   .400
Western Illinois 4 12   .250 10 21   .323
Denver 3 13   .188 8 22   .267
2019 Summit League tournament winner

Seeds

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The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 South Dakota State 14–2
2 Omaha 13–3
3 Purdue Fort Wayne 9–7 1–1 vs. NDSU; 1–1 vs. SDSU
4 North Dakota State 9–7 1–1 vs. PFW; 0–2 vs SDSU
5 Oral Roberts 7–9 2–0 vs. USD
6 South Dakota 7–9 0–2 vs. ORU
7 North Dakota 6–10
8 Western Illinois 4–12

Schedule and results

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
1 6:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois 76–79
2 8:30 pm No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 7 North Dakota 81–76
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
3 6:00 pm No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts 86–73
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 South Dakota 96–70
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
5 6:00 pm No. 8 Western Illinois vs. No. 4 North Dakota State 73–76
6 8:30 pm No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne 61–60
Final – Tuesday, March 12
7 8:00 pm No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 Omaha 73–63 ESPN2
*Game times in CST for March 9 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 10 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 9 & 10
Semifinals
March 11
Championship
March 12
         
1 South Dakota State 76
8 Western Illinois 79
8 Western Illinois 73
4 North Dakota State 76
4 North Dakota State 86
5 Oral Roberts 73
4 North Dakota State 73
2 Omaha 63
2 Omaha 81
7 North Dakota 76
2 Omaha 61
3 Purdue Fort Wayne 60
3 Purdue Fort Wayne 96
6 South Dakota 70

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[1]

Player School
Vinnie Shahid (MVP) North Dakota State
Tyson Ward North Dakota State
Mitch Hahn Omaha
Zach Jackson Omaha
John Konchar Purdue Fort Wayne

References

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  1. ^ "Fourth-seeded Bison punch ticket to Big Dance". The Summit League. Retrieved March 9, 2022.

http://www.thesummitleague.org/19_MBB_Bracket.pdf. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

http://www.thesummitleague.org/tournaments/mbkb/2018-19/index Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 30, 2018.