College basketball tournament
| 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2015–16 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions | South Dakota State (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Nagy (3rd title) |
| MVP | Mike Daum (South Dakota State) |
| Attendance | 36,661 |
| Television | Midco Sport Network ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IPFW | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Seeds
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 |
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| 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
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Television |
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| Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 2016 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | #8 South Dakota 70 vs #1 IPFW 86 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | #7 Oral Roberts 70 vs #2 South Dakota State 73 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 2016 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | #5 North Dakota State 60 vs #4 IUPUI 45 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | #6 Denver 78 vs #3 Omaha 70 | ||
| Semifinals – Monday March 7, 2016 | ||||
| 3 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #5 North Dakota State 69 vs #1 IPFW 68 | Midco Sport Network ESPN3 |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | #6 Denver 53 vs #2 South Dakota State 54 | ||
| Championship – 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
| Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 5–6 Midco Sport Network | Semifinals Monday March 7 Midco Sport Network | Championship Game 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
- ^ SDSU Reaches NCAA Tournament with 67–59 Win
- "North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap". ESPN. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- "Summitt MBB Weekly Release" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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