The 2026 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2025–26 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 4–8, 2026.
Regular season champion North Dakota State defeated North Dakota to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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
SeedSchoolLeagueRecordTiebreaker(s)1North Dakota State14–22St. Thomas12–43North Dakota10–64South Dakota8–83–1 vs. Omaha/Denver5Omaha8–82–2 vs. South Dakota/Denver6Denver8–81–3 vs. South Dakota/Omaha 7South Dakota State7–98Oral Roberts4–129Kansas City1–15
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceTelevisionFirst Round – Wednesday, March 417:00 pmNo. 8 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 Kansas City84–623,675Midco Sports/SLNQuarterfinals – Thursday, March 526:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Oral Roberts76–656,614Midco Sports/SLN38:30 pmNo. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 7 South Dakota State80–67Quarterfinals – Friday, March 646:00 pmNo. 4 South Dakota vs. No. 5 Omaha76–626,723Midco Sports/SLN58:35 pmNo. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Denver83–67Semifinals - Saturday, March 767:15 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Omaha74–50 6,684CBSSN79:45 pmNo. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 3 North Dakota67–66Championship – Sunday, March 888:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 North Dakota70–625,937CBSSN*Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the final.Rankings denote tournament seed.Reference:
Bracket
Game summaries First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
All–Tournament Team The following players were named to the All–Tournament Team: PlayerTeamNoah FeddersenNorth Dakota StateEli KingNorth DakotaNolan MinessaleSt. ThomasGreyson UelmenNorth DakotaDamari Wheeler-Thomas (MVP)North Dakota State
See also 2026 Summit League women's basketball tournament
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