2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, from March 7–10, 2020. First-seeded North Dakota State defeated North Dakota, 89–53, to set the Summit League Tournament record for the largest margin victory in the title game. They earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but it was canceled days after NDSU won due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Seeds The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate 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.

SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1 North Dakota State13–3 1–1 vs. SDSU2–0 vs. USD2 South Dakota State13–3 1–1 vs. NDSU1–1 vs. USD3 South Dakota10–64 Oral Roberts9–7 1–1 vs. Omaha1–1 vs. NDSU5Omaha9–7 1–1 vs. ORU0–2 vs. NDSU6 North Dakota7–97 Purdue Fort Wayne6–108 Denver3–13

Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 716:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Denver71–69MidcoSN/ESPN+28:30 pmNo. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 7 Purdue Fort Wayne74–77 Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 836:00 pmNo. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 Omaha79–52MidcoSN/ESPN+48:30 pmNo. 3 South Dakota vs. No. 6 North Dakota71–74 Semifinals – Monday, March 956:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts75–69MidcoSN/ESPN+68:30 pmNo. 7 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 6 North Dakota56–73 Final – Tuesday, March 1078:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 North Dakota89–53ESPN2 *Game times in CST for March 7 quarterfinals, and CDT for March 8 quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed. Source: TV availability source:

Bracket

All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Player SchoolVinnie Shahid (MVP)North Dakota StateSam GrieselNorth Dakota StateTyson WardNorth Dakota StateMarlon StewartNorth DakotaKevin ObanorOral Roberts

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