2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2013 post-season tournament for Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. The tournament took place March 9–12, 2013 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[1][2] Only Nebraska–Omaha was ineligible for the 2013 tournament due to its NCAA Division I transition. Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used when necessary.[3]

2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams8
SiteSioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Nagy (2nd title)
MVPNate Wolters (South Dakota State)
Top scorerNate Wolters (South Dakota State)
(65 points)
TelevisionFCS Atlantic,
Midco Sport Network,
ESPN2
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2012–13 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 13 3   .813 25 10   .714
Western Illinois 13 3   .813 22 9   .710
North Dakota State 12 4   .750 24 10   .706
Oakland 10 6   .625 16 17   .485
IPFW 7 9   .438 16 17   .485
Omaha * 6 10   .375 11 20   .355
UMKC 5 11   .313 8 24   .250
South Dakota 5 11   .313 10 20   .333
IUPUI 1 15   .063 6 26   .188
2013 Summit League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA Div I transition

Tiebreaking procedure

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The following rules define the tiebreaking procedure for The Summit League tournament.[3] If there are multiple ties, the ties shall be broken in descending order. Once a tie is broken using the procedures below, it shall remain broken for purposes of all future comparisons. Tiebreaker procedures are used only to determine seeds for the league tournament.

Two-team tiebreaking criteria

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The following criteria are applied to break ties between two teams:

  1. Results of head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
  2. Comparison of each tied team's record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings continuing down through the standings until a team gains an advantage.
  3. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure) rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
  4. If a tie still cannot be broken after applying criteria (1), (2) and (3), it will be broken by comparing each tied team's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) (based upon the RPIratings.com Report issued on the morning following the last regular season league game).

Multiple-team tiebreaking criteria

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The following criteria are applied to break ties between more than two teams:

  1. Results of each tied team's collective record against the other teams tied for the same position.
  2. If multiple ties still remain, then each tied team's record shall be compared to the team or group (if two or more are tied) occupying the highest position in the standings continuing down through the standings until a team gains an advantage.
  3. If the above results in two teams remaining, the two-team tiebreaker is used.
  4. If a tie involving three or more teams still cannot be broken after applying criteria (1) and (2), it will be broken by comparing each tied team's RPI (based upon the RPIratings.com Report issued on the morning following the last regular season league game).

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 9–10
FCS Atlantic/Midco Sport Network
Semifinals
March 11
FCS Atlantic/Midco Sport Network
Championship Game
March 12
ESPN2
         
1 South Dakota State 66
8 IUPUI 49
1 South Dakota State 72
5 IPFW 56
4 Oakland 72
5 IPFW 91
1 South Dakota State 73
3 North Dakota State 67
2 Western Illinois 54
7 South Dakota 53
2 Western Illinois 43
3 North Dakota State 55
3 North Dakota State 69
6 UMKC 58

References

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  1. ^ "Summit League Finalizes Fox College Sports Schedule". prestosports. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "2013 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "2013 Summit League Basketball Championships". The Summit League. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "The 2013 Summit League Men's Basketball Championship". The Summit League. Retrieved March 10, 2013.