The 2025 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2024–25 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 5–9, 2025.

Omaha clinched the Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, after both the Mavericks and St. Thomas both won their tournament semifinal games, since St. Thomas was ineligible for NCAA postseason play as a team transitioning from Division III. The matchup between Omaha and St. Thomas in the Summit League championship marked the first ever appearance in a Division I conference tournament championship game for both teams. Omaha defeated St. Thomas in that matchup to secure their first ever Summit League championship.

Seeds All nine conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order:

Head-to-head record Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken

Since St. Thomas was ineligible for the NCAA tournament, if they had won the Summit League tournament, the conference's automatic bid would have been awarded to Omaha as the highest seeded postseason-eligible team. SeedSchoolLeagueRecordTiebreaker(s)1Omaha13–32St. Thomas12–43South Dakota State11–54North Dakota State10–65South Dakota9–76North Dakota5–111–1 vs. North Dakota State7Denver5–110–2 vs. North Dakota State8Kansas City4–129Oral Roberts3–13

Schedule and results GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round – Wednesday, March 517:00 pmNo. 8 Kansas City vs. No. 9 Oral Roberts 73–56MidcoSN/SLN3,917Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 626:00 pmNo. 1 Omaha vs. No. 8 Kansas City70–61MidcoSN/SLN5,81438:30 pmNo. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 7 Denver80–62Quarterfinals – Friday, March 746:00 pmNo. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 South Dakota84–85MidcoSN/SLN9,20258:30 pmNo. 3 South Dakota State vs. No. 6 North Dakota69–85Semifinals - Saturday, March 867:00 pmNo. 1 Omaha vs. No. 5 South Dakota100–75CBSSN8,34579:47 pmNo. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 6 North Dakota85–69Championship – Sunday, March 988:00 pmNo. 1 Omaha vs. No. 2 St. Thomas85–75CBSSN7,597*Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the final.Rankings denote tournament seed.Reference:

Bracket

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All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Player School Marquel Sutton (MVP) Omaha JJ White Omaha Miles Barnstable St. Thomas Kendall Blue St. Thomas Treysen Eaglestaff North Dakota

See also 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament

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