2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 7–10, 2020, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. South Dakota won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2020 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center[1] Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dawn Plitzuweit (1st title)
MVP	Hannah Sjerven (South Dakota)
Television	MidcoSN ESPN+ ESPNU
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2019–20 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 South Dakota †	16	–	0		1.000			28	–	2		.933
South Dakota State	13	–	3		.813			22	–	9		.710
Denver	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
Western Illinois	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
Oral Roberts	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
North Dakota State	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
North Dakota	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Omaha	2	–	14		.125			7	–	23		.233
Purdue Fort Wayne	1	–	15		.063			5	–	24		.172
† 2020 Summit League tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are to be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker[2]
1	South Dakota	16–0
2	South Dakota State	13–3
3	Denver	9–7	1–1 vs. SDSU
4	Oral Roberts	9–7	0–2 vs. SDSU, 2–0 vs. ND
5	Western Illinois	9–7	0–2 vs. SDSU, 1–1 vs. ND
6	North Dakota State	7–9
7	North Dakota	6–10
8	Omaha	2–14

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
1	12:00 pm	#1 South Dakota vs. #8 Omaha	99–40	MidcosSN/ ESPN+
2	2:30 pm	#2 South Dakota State vs. #7 North Dakota	72–43
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8
3	12:00 pm	#4 Oral Roberts vs. #5 Western Illinois	74–66	MidcosSN/ ESPN+
4	2:00 pm	#3 Denver vs. #6 North Dakota State	72–68
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
5	12:00 pm	#1 South Dakota vs. #4 Oral Roberts	65–43	MidcosSN/ ESPN+
6	2:30 pm	#2 South Dakota State vs. #6 North Dakota State	76–56
Final – Tuesday, March 10
7	1:00 pm	#1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota State	63–58	ESPNU
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 7 & 8 MidcoSN/ESPN+					Semifinals March 9 MidcoSN/ESPN+					Championship March 10 ESPNU
	1	South Dakota	99
	8	Omaha	40
						1	South Dakota	65
						4	Oral Roberts	43
	4	Oral Roberts	74
	5	Western Illinois	66
											1	South Dakota	63
											2	South Dakota State	58
	2	South Dakota State	72
	7	North Dakota	43
						2	South Dakota State	76
						6	North Dakota State	56
	3	Denver	68
	6	North Dakota State	72

References

1. "The Summit League". The Summit League. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
2. "2020 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2020.