2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 4–7, 2017 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 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79–77 win over Omaha in the finals. This was South Dakota State's fourth championship in six years.^[1]

2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (4th title)
Winning coach	T. J. Otzelberger (1st title)
MVP	Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPN2
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2016–17 Summit League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	12	–	4		.750			22	–	12		.647
North Dakota State	11	–	5		.688			19	–	11		.633
Omaha	9	–	7		.563			18	–	14		.563
Fort Wayne	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Denver	8	–	8		.500			16	–	14		.533
South Dakota State †	8	–	8		.500			18	–	17		.514
IUPUI	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Western Illinois	5	–	11		.313			8	–	20		.286
Oral Roberts	4	–	12		.250			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 Summit League Tournament winner

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
1	South Dakota	12–4
2	North Dakota State	11–5
3	Omaha	9–7
4	South Dakota State	8–8	3–1 vs DEN/FW
5	Denver	8–8	2–2 vs SDSU/FW
6	Fort Wayne	8–8	1–3 vs DEN/SDSU
7	IUPUI	7–9
8	Western Illinois	5–11

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2017
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota vs. No. 8 Western Illinois	78–69	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	2	8:30 pm	No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 IUPUI	57–76
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 5, 2017
2	3	6:00 pm	No. 4 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 Denver	83–73	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	4	8:30 pm	No. 3 Omaha vs. No. 6 Fort Wayne	84–80
Semifinals – Monday March 6, 2017
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota vs No. 4 South Dakota State	71–74	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	6	8:30 pm	No. 7 IUPUI vs No. 3 Omaha	62–90
Championship – Tuesday March 7, 2017
4	7	8:00 pm	No. 4 South Dakota State vs No. 3 Omaha	79–77	ESPN2
*Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

^[2]

	Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 4–5 Midco Sport Network					Semifinals Monday March 6 Midco Sport Network					Championship Game Tuesday March 7 ESPN2
	1	South Dakota	78*
	8	Western Illinois	69
						1	South Dakota	71
						4	South Dakota State	74
	4	South Dakota State	83
	5	Denver	73
											4	South Dakota State	79
											3	Omaha	77
	2	North Dakota State	57
	7	IUPUI	76
						7	IUPUI	62
						3	Omaha	90
	3	Omaha	84
	6	Fort Wayne	80

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "Daum scores 37 as S. Dakota State tips Omaha, gains 4th NCAA". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
2. "Summitt MBB Weekly Release" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved December 15, 2015.