2019 Summit League men's 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.

SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1South Dakota State14–22Omaha13–33Purdue Fort Wayne9–71–1 vs. NDSU; 1–1 vs. SDSU4North Dakota State9–71–1 vs. PFW; 0–2 vs SDSU5Oral Roberts7–92–0 vs. USD6South Dakota7–90–2 vs. ORU7North Dakota6–108Western Illinois4–12

Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 916:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Western Illinois 76–7928:30 pmNo. 2 Omaha vs. No. 7 North Dakota81–76 Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 1036:00 pmNo. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts86–7348:30 pmNo. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 South Dakota96–70 Semifinals – Monday, March 1156:00 pm No. 8 Western Illinois vs. No. 4 North Dakota State 73–7668:30 pm No. 2 Omaha vs. No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne 61–60 Final – Tuesday, March 1278:00 pm No. 4 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 Omaha 73–63ESPN2 *Game times in CST for March 9 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 10 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Player SchoolVinnie Shahid (MVP)North Dakota StateTyson WardNorth Dakota StateMitch HahnOmahaZach JacksonOmahaJohn KoncharPurdue Fort Wayne

References

http://www.thesummitleague.org/19_MBB_Bracket.pdf. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

http://www.thesummitleague.org/tournaments/mbkb/2018-19/index . Retrieved December 30, 2018.