2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season will start non-conference play on November 4, 2024, and will begin conference play on January 2, 2025. The regular season will end on March 1, 2025, and set up the 2025 Summit League men's basketball tournament which will take place from March 5 to 9, 2025.

2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
Regular season
Summit League tournament

2024–25 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Denver	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Kansas City	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
North Dakota	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
North Dakota State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Omaha	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oral Roberts	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
St. Thomas*	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
South Dakota	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
South Dakota State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner

Head coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	Summit League Record	Summit League Titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Sweet 16's
Denver	Jeff Wulbrun	Stanford (Assistant)	4	43–55	19–33	0	0	0
Kansas City	Marvin Menzies	Grand Canyon (Associate HC)	3	27–37	17–17	0	5	0
North Dakota	Paul Sather	Northern State	6	61–94	33–51	0	0	0
North Dakota State	David Richman	North Dakota State (Assistant)	11	187–131	97–62	3	2	0
Omaha	Chris Crutchfield	Oregon (Assistant)	3	23–40	11–23	0	0	0
Oral Roberts	Russell Springmann	Oral Roberts (Assistant)	2	12–19	5–11	0	0	0
St. Thomas	John Tauer	St. Thomas (Assistant)	13	266–100^	22–30	0	0^^	0^^^
South Dakota	Eric Peterson	Utah (Assistant)	3	24–38	12–22	0	0	0
South Dakota State	Eric Henderson	South Dakota State (Assistant)	6	109–48	65–15	2	2	0

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
• Overall and Summit League records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2023–24 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

^218 wins and 50 losses at the Division III level

^^8 NCAA Division III Tournaments

^^^4 NCAA Division III Sweet 16s, 2 NCAA Division III Final Fours, and 1 NCAA Division III National Championship

Preseason awards

The preseason Summit League men's basketball polls were released on October 8, 2024.

Preseason poll

First place votes in parenthesis

1. Kansas City (17) – 514
2. South Dakota State (12) – 474
3. North Dakota State (3) – 384
4. St. Thomas – 308
5. Oral Roberts (2) – 305
6. North Dakota (1) – 283
7. South Dakota (1) – 250
8. Omaha – 159
9. Denver – 158

Preseason honors

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Kendall Blue, St. Thomas
	Jamar Brown, Kansas City
	Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota
	Amar Kuljuhovic, North Dakota
	Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
	Kaleb Stewart, South Dakota
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
	DeAndre Craig, Denver
	Kalen Garry, South Dakota State
	Marquel Sutton, Omaha
	Jacari White, North Dakota State

Regular season

Conference standings

Current as of October 8, 2024

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Denver	0–0		0–0
2	Kansas City	0–0		0–0
3	North Dakota	0–0		0–0
4	North Dakota State	0–0		0–0
5	Omaha	0–0		0–0
6	Oral Roberts	0–0		0–0
7	St. Thomas	0–0		0–0
8	South Dakota	0–0		0–0
9	South Dakota State	0–0		0–0

Conference matrix

	Denver	Kansas City	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Omaha	Oral Roberts	St. Thomas	South Dakota	South Dakota State
vs. Denver	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Kansas City	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Omaha	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Oral Roberts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. St. Thomas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Through October 8, 2024

Players of the Week

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School

Records against other conferences

As of October 8, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	None	American	None
Big East	None	Big Ten	None
Big 12	None	SEC	None
Major 6 Total			0–0
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	None	ASUN	None
America East	None	Big Sky	None
Big South	None	Big West	None
CAA	None	Conference USA	None
Horizon League	None	Ivy League	None
Independents	None	MAAC	None
MAC	None	MEAC	None
MVC	None	MWC	None
NEC	None	OVC	None
Patriot League	None	SoCon	None
Southland	None	SWAC	None
Sun Belt	None	WAC	None
WCC	None
Other Division I Total			0–0
NCAA Division I Total			0–0
NCAA Division II Total			0–0
NCAA Division III Total			0–0
NAIA Total			0–0
NCCAA Total			0–0
Total Non-Conference Record			0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

Summit League records against ranked teams (rankings from AP Poll, Summit teams in Bold):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score	Conference record	Reference

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Denver	0	0	+
Kansas City	0	0	+
North Dakota	0	0	+
North Dakota State	0	0	+
Omaha	0	0	+
Oral Roberts	0	0	+
St. Thomas	0	0	+
South Dakota	0	0	+
South Dakota State	0	0	+

Through October 8, 2024

Home attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	% of Capacity
Denver	Hamilton Gymnasium	2,500	0			0	%
Kansas City	Swinney Recreation Center	1,500	0			0	%
North Dakota	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3,300	0			0	%
North Dakota State	Scheels Center	5,460	0			0	%
Omaha	Baxter Arena	7,898	0			0	%
Oral Roberts	Mabee Center	10,154	0			0	%
St. Thomas	Schoenecker Arena	1,800	0			0	%
South Dakota	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	0			0	%
South Dakota State	Frost Arena	6,500	0			0	%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of October 8, 2024
Does not include exhibition games

National Television Games

Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Date Time (CT)	Road Team	Home Team	Final Score	Network
December 10, 2024 7 PM	North Dakota State	Butler		FS1

Postseason

Conference tournament

Main article: 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. The tournament is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was held from March 5 to 9, 2024.

	First Round March 5 Summit League Network					Quarterfinals March 6 & 7 Summit League Network					Semifinals March 8 CBS Sports Network					Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network
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