2015 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 7–10 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament. Omaha's transition into Division I basketball has deemed them ineligible from postseason play and instead of the top 8 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament it will be the 8 teams eligible for the tournament will play. South Dakota State defeated South Dakota to win the Summit League Tournament title to receive an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

2015 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201415
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coachAaron Johnston (6th title)
MVPNicole Seekamp (South Dakota)
TelevisionMidco Sport Network
ESPN3
ESPNU
2014–15 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Dakota133 .813  268  .765
South Dakota State124 .750  249  .727
Western Illinois97 .563  1713  .567
Oral Roberts97 .563  1816  .529
IUPUI97 .563  1516  .484
North Dakota State79 .438  1118  .379
Omaha*511 .313  1018  .357
Denver511 .313  823  .258
IPFW313 .188  921  .300
2015 Summit League Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 South Dakota 13-3 26-8
2 South Dakota State 12-4 24-9
3 Oral Roberts 9-7 18-16
4 Western Illinois 9-7 17-13
5 IUPUI 9-7 15-16
6 North Dakota State 7-9 11-18
7 Denver 5-11 8-23
8 IPFW 3-13 9-21

Source: [1]

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 7, 2015
1 1 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs. #8 IPFW MidcoSN/ESPN3
2 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs. #7 Denver
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 8, 2015
2 3 12:00 PM #4 Western Illinois vs. #5 IUPUI MidcoSN/ESPN3
4 2:30 PM #3 Oral Roberts vs. #6 North Dakota State
Semifinals – March 9, 2015
3 5 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs. #5 IUPUI MidcoSN/ESPN3
6 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs. #6 Oral Roberts
Championship – Tuesday March 10, 2015
4 7 1:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota State ESPNU
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday/Sunday March 7–8
MidcoSN/ ESPN3
Semifinals
Monday March 9
Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
Championship Game
Tuesday March 10
ESPNU
         
1 South Dakota 78
8 IPFW 70
1 South Dakota 69
5 IUPUI 58
4 Western Illinois 59
5 IUPUI 66
1 South Dakota 57
2 South Dakota State 72
2 South Dakota State 79
7 Denver 61
2 South Dakota State 59'
6 Oral Roberts 48
3 Oral Roberts 71
6 North Dakota State 58

Source:[2]

References

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