The 2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–6, 2018. Regular season champion South Dakota State defeated South Dakota in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All eight teams in the Summit League were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31South Dakota State13–12South Dakota11–33Denver8–64Fort Wayne7–75North Dakota State5–91–1 vs ORU0–2 vs SDSU1–1 vs SD6Oral Roberts5–91–1 vs NDSU0–2 vs SDSU0–2 vs SD7Omaha4–108Western Illinois3–11
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 316:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois66–60Midco Sport NetworkESPN3 28:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Omaha87–73 Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 436:00 pm No. 4 Fort Wayne vs. No. 5 North Dakota State82–86Midco Sport NetworkESPN348:30 pm No. 3 Denver vs. No 6 Oral Roberts90–88 2OT Semifinals – Monday, March 556:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 North Dakota State 78–57Midco Sport NetworkESPN368:30 pm No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Denver 76–58 Final – Tuesday, March 678:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota 97–87ESPN2 *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
References
External links 2018 Summit League Men's Basketball Championship