2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament


The 2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2010 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by conference regular season champion Oakland University. Oakland defeated #2 seed IUPUI in the finals 76–64 behind Derick Nelson's career high 38 points.

2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams8
SiteSioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOakland (2nd title)
Winning coachGreg Kampe (2nd title)
MVPDerick Nelson (Oakland)
Top scorerRobert Glenn (IUPUI)
(66 points)
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2009–10 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oakland 17 1   .944 26 9   .743
IUPUI 15 3   .833 25 11   .694
Oral Roberts 13 5   .722 20 13   .606
South Dakota State 10 8   .556 14 16   .467
IPFW 9 9   .500 16 15   .516
North Dakota State 8 10   .444 11 18   .379
Western Illinois 6 12   .333 13 17   .433
UMKC 6 12   .333 12 18   .400
Centenary * 3 15   .167 8 21   .276
Southern Utah 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Conference tournament winner
As of March 22, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

Nelson was named tournament MVP and was joined by teammates Keith Benson and Johnathon Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Robert Glenn, the leading scorer for the tournament and Alex Young, both of IUPUI rounded out the All-Tournament Team.[1]

The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

Format edit

Out of the league's 10 teams, the top eight receive berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head competition
  2. Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  3. Ratings Percentage Index

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals
March 6–7
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 9
         
1 Oakland 85
8 UMKC 70
1 Oakland 71
5 IPFW 58
4 South Dakota State 66
5 IPFW 71
1 Oakland 76
2 IUPUI 64
2 IUPUI 77
7 Western Illinois 68
2 IUPUI 69
3 Oral Roberts 65
3 Oral Roberts 65*
6 North Dakota State 64

References edit

  1. ^ "theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008./ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.