2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 3–6, 2018 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (8th title)
Winning coachAaron Johnston (8th title)
Attendance27,054[1]
TelevisionMidco Sport Network
ESPNU
2017–18 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Dakota140 1.000  297  .806
South Dakota State122 .857  267  .788
Western Illinois104 .714  2210  .688
Oral Roberts77 .500  1713  .567
Denver77 .500  1614  .533
Omaha311 .214  1216  .429
North Dakota State212 .143  920  .310
Fort Wayne113 .071  424  .143
2018 Summit League Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2 Tiebreaker #3
1 South Dakota 14–0 26–5
2 South Dakota State 12–2 24–6
3 Western Illinois 10–4 22–8
4 Denver 7–7 16–14 1–1 vs. ORU 0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW RPI: 170
5 Oral Roberts 7–7 17–13 1–1 vs. DU 0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW RPI: 179
6 Omaha 3–11 12–16
7 North Dakota State 2–12 9–20
8 Fort Wayne 1–13 4–24

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
1 1 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #8 Fort Wayne 83–32 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
2 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs #7 North Dakota State 87–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
2 3 12:00 PM #4 Denver vs #5 Oral Roberts 71–76 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
4 2:30 PM #3 Western Illinois vs #6 Omaha 97–57
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
3 5 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #5 Oral Roberts 65–53 Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
6 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota State vs #3 Western Illinois 80–51
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
7 9 1:00 PM #1 South Dakota vs #2 South Dakota State 50–65 ESPNU
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3–4
Midco Sports Network
Semifinals
March 5
Midco Sports Network
Finals
March 6
ESPNU
         
1 South Dakota 83
8 Fort Wayne 32
1 South Dakota 65
5 Oral Roberts 53
4 Denver 71
5 Oral Roberts 76
1 South Dakota 50
2 South Dakota State 65
2 South Dakota State 87
7 North Dakota State 62
2 South Dakota State 80
3 Western Illinois 51
3 Western Illinois 97
6 Omaha 57

See also

References

  1. "Jackrabbits Win #SummitWBB Tournament". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
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