The 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 8–12, 2024.
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
If St. Thomas had won the Summit League Tournament, the conference's automatic bid would have gone to the highest seeded postseason eligible team, South Dakota State. SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1South Dakota State12–42Kansas City10–61–1 vs. South Dakota State3North Dakota10–60–2 vs. South Dakota State4St. Thomas9–75North Dakota State8–86Omaha7–97Denver6–108Oral Roberts5–111–1 vs. South Dakota State9South Dakota5–110–2 vs. South Dakota State
Schedule and results GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round - Friday, March 817:00 pmNo. 8 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 South Dakota77–62MidcoSN/Summit League Network7,611Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 926:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Oral Roberts79–63MidcoSN/Summit League Network9,12138:30 pmNo. 2 Kansas City vs. No. 7 Denver61–60Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 1046:00 pmNo. 4 St. Thomas vs. No. 5 North Dakota State68–58MidcoSN/Summit League Network7,49158:30 pmNo. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Omaha73–72Semifinals - Monday, March 1166:00 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 St. Thomas59–49MidcoSN/Summit League Network8,09778:30 pmNo. 7 Denver vs. No. 6 Omaha66–63Final – Tuesday, March 1288:30 pmNo. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 7 Denver76–68CBSSN8,268*Game times in CST.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 William Kyle III (MVP) South Dakota State Luke Appel South Dakota State Zeke Mayo South Dakota State Tommy Bruner Denver Frankie Fidler Omaha
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