The 2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008 at the John Q. Hammons Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
All-tournament team Jaraun Burrows, IPFW Moses Ehambe, Oral Roberts (Most Valuable Player) George Hill, IUPUI Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts Derick Nelson, Oakland
Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers: Head-to-head competition Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken) Ratings Percentage Index Coin flip
2008 seeds Seed Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. 1 x-Oral Roberts 16 2 .889 – 24 8 .750 2 IUPUI 15 3 .833 1 26 7 .788 3 Oakland 11 7 .611 5 17 14 .548 – North Dakota State 10 8 .556 6 16 13 .552 4 Southern Utah 9 9 .500 7 11 19 .367 5 IPFW 9 9 .500 7 14 17 .452 6 Western Illinois 7 11 .389 9 12 18 .400 7 UMKC 6 12 .333 10 11 21 .343 8 Centenary 4 14 .222 12 10 21 .323 – South Dakota State 3 15 .167 13 8 21 .276 x-Clinched regular season championship
NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.
4th Place Tiebreaker IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.
Bracket
References
External links Summit League men's basketball