The 2026 Summit League women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's college 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.
Defending champions South Dakota State defeated regular season champions North Dakota State in the championship game, claiming their 4th consecutive Summit League title and 13th overall.
Seeds All nine conference teams will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record. If teams are tied at the conclusion of conference play, the following tiebreakers will be used in this order: Head-to-head record Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1North Dakota State15–1 2South Dakota State14–2 3South Dakota12–4 4Oral Roberts8–81–1 vs. South Dakota5St. Thomas8–80–2 vs. South Dakota6Denver5–11 7Kansas City4–128Omaha3–131–1 vs. Oral Roberts9North Dakota3–130–2 vs. Oral Roberts
Schedule and results GameTime Matchup ScoreAttendanceTelevision First Round – Wednesday, March 414:30 pmNo. 8 Omaha vs. No. 9 North Dakota49–393,675MidcoSN/Summit League Network Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5212:00 pmNo. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 7 Kansas City75–616,176MidcoSN/Summit League Network32:33 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Omaha87–37 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6412:00 pmNo. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 St. Thomas81–545,315MidcoSN/Summit League Network52:35 pmNo. 3 South Dakota vs. No. 6 Denver61–50 Semifinals – Saturday, March 7612:00 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 St. Thomas63–518,476MidcoSN/Summit League Network72:35 pmNo. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 3 South Dakota74–59 Championship – Sunday, March 883:15 pmNo. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota State64–517,930CBSSN *Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the championship. 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 Brooklyn Meyer (MVP) South Dakota State Madison Mathiowetz South Dakota State Avery Koenen North Dakota State Angelina Robles South Dakota Alyssa Sand St. Thomas
See also 2026 Summit League men's basketball tournament
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