2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 5–8, 2016 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. This was South Dakota State's third championship in five years.[2]

2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (3rd title)
Winning coachScott Nagy (3rd title)
MVPMike Daum[1] (South Dakota State)
Attendance36,661[1]
TelevisionMidco Sport Network
ESPN2
 2015
2017 
2015–16 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
IPFW124 .7502410  .706
South Dakota State124 .750268  .765
Omaha106 .6251814  .563
IUPUI97 .5631319  .406
North Dakota State88 .5002013  .606
Denver79 .4381615  .516
Oral Roberts610 .3751417  .452
South Dakota511 .3131418  .438
Western Illinois313 .1881017  .370
2016 Summit League Tournament winner

Seeds

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The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 IPFW 12–4 1–1 vs. South Dakota State 2–0 vs. Omaha
2 South Dakota State 12–4 1–1 vs. IPFW 1–1 vs. Omaha
3 Omaha 10–6
4 IUPUI 9–7
5 North Dakota State 8–8
6 Denver 7–9
7 Oral Roberts 6–10
8 South Dakota 5–11

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 2016
1 1 6:00 pm #1 IPFW 86 vs #8 South Dakota 70 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
2 8:30 pm #2 South Dakota State 73 vs #7 Oral Roberts 70
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 2016
2 3 6:00 pm #4 IUPUI 45 vs #5 North Dakota State 60 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
4 8:30 pm #3 Omaha 70 vs #6 Denver 78
Semifinals – Monday March 7, 2016
3 7 6:00 pm #1 IPFW 68 vs #5 North Dakota State 69 Midco Sport Network
ESPN3
8 8:30 pm #2 South Dakota State 54 vs #6 Denver 53
Final – Tuesday March 8, 2016
4 9 8:00 pm #5 North Dakota State 59 vs. #2 South Dakota State 67 ESPN2
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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[3]

Quarterfinals
Saturday/Sunday March 5–6
Midco Sport Network
Semifinals
Monday March 7
Midco Sport Network
Final
Tuesday March 8
ESPN2
         
1 IPFW 86
8 South Dakota 70
1 IPFW 68
5 North Dakota State 69
4 IUPUI 45
5 North Dakota State 60
5 North Dakota State 59
2 South Dakota State 67
2 South Dakota State 73
7 Oral Roberts 70
2 South Dakota State 54
6 Denver 53
3 Omaha 70
6 Denver 78

References

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  1. 1 2 SDSU Reaches NCAA Tournament with 67–59 Win
  2. "North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap". ESPN. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. "Summitt MBB Weekly Release" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved December 15, 2015.