College basketball tournament
The 2019 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2018-19 season . All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , from March 9–12, 2019. Fourth seeded North Dakota State defeated second seeded Omaha 73–63 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament .
Seeds
The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Schedule and results
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
1
6:00 pm
No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois
76–79
2
8:30 pm
No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 7 North Dakota
81–76
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
3
6:00 pm
No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts
86–73
4
8:30 pm
No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 South Dakota
96–70
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
5
6:00 pm
No. 8 Western Illinois vs. No. 4 North Dakota State
73–76
6
8:30 pm
No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne
61–60
Final – Tuesday, March 12
7
8:00 pm
No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 Omaha
73–63
ESPN2
*Game times in CST for March 9 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 10 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 9 & 10
Semifinals March 11
Championship March 12
1
South Dakota State
76
8
Western Illinois
79
8
Western Illinois
73
4
North Dakota State
76
4
North Dakota State
86
5
Oral Roberts
73
4
North Dakota State
73
2
Omaha
63
2
Omaha
81
7
North Dakota
76
2
Omaha
61
3
Purdue Fort Wayne
60
3
Purdue Fort Wayne
96
6
South Dakota
70
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[ 1]
Player
School
Vinnie Shahid (MVP)
North Dakota State
Tyson Ward
North Dakota State
Mitch Hahn
Omaha
Zach Jackson
Omaha
John Konchar
Purdue Fort Wayne
References
http://www.thesummitleague.org/19_MBB_Bracket.pdf . Retrieved December 30, 2018.
http://www.thesummitleague.org/tournaments/mbkb/2018-19/index Archived 2018-12-31 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved December 30, 2018.