2011 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2011 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2010–11
Teams8
SiteSioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOakland (3rd title)
Winning coachGreg Kampe (3rd title)
MVPKeith Benson (Oakland)
Top scorerReggie Hamilton (Oakland)
(69 points)
TelevisionESPN2, Midco Sports Net
2010–11 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oakland 17 1   .944 25 10   .714
Oral Roberts 13 5   .722 19 16   .543
IUPUI 12 6   .667 19 14   .576
IPFW 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
South Dakota State 10 8   .556 19 12   .613
UMKC 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
North Dakota State 8 10   .444 14 15   .483
Southern Utah 7 11   .389 11 19   .367
Western Illinois 2 16   .111 7 23   .233
Centenary * 1 17   .056 1 29   .033
† winner
As of March 18, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2011 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2011 post-season tournament for Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by regular season champion Oakland University. It took place March 5–8, 2011 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[1]

Format

Out of the league's 10 teams, the top eight received berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head competition
  2. Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  3. Ratings Percentage Index
  4. Coin flip

Bracket

All Times Central

Quarterfinals
March 5–6
Semifinals
March 7
Final
March 8
         
1 Oakland 82
8 Southern Utah 66
1 Oakland 110
5 South Dakota State 90
4 IPFW 75
5 South Dakota State 85
1 Oakland 90
2 Oral Roberts 76
2 Oral Roberts 72
7 North Dakota State 65
2 Oral Roberts 83
3 IUPUI 77
3 IUPUI 79
6 UMKC 55

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2011.