2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coach	Eric Henderson (1st title)
MVP	Douglas Wilson
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
Summit League men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	18	–	0		1.000			30	–	5		.857
North Dakota State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Kansas City	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
Oral Roberts	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
South Dakota	11	–	7		.611			19	–	12		.613
Western Illinois	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Denver	7	–	11		.389			11	–	21		.344
St. Thomas*	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Omaha	4	–	14		.222			5	–	25		.167
North Dakota	2	–	16		.111			6	–	25		.194
* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2022 Summit League tournament winner

The 2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2021–22 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during March 5–8, 2022.

Top-seeded South Dakota State defeated second-seeded North Dakota State, 75–69, to claim their first title in four years as well as the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League will compete in the conference tournament. St. Thomas was not eligible, due to its transition from Division III. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken.

Seed	School	Conf. record	Tiebreaker(s)
1	South Dakota State	18–0
2	North Dakota State	13–5
3	Oral Roberts	12–6	2–0 vs. Kansas City
4	Kansas City	12–6	0–2 vs. Oral Roberts
5	South Dakota	11–7
6	Western Illinois	7–11	1–1 vs. North Dakota State
7	Denver	7–11	0–2 vs. North Dakota State
8	Omaha	4–14

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
1	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Omaha	87–79	MidcoSN/ESPN+
2	8:30 pm	No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 Denver	82–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3	6:00 pm	No. 4 Kansas City vs. No. 5 South Dakota	74–61	MidcoSN/ESPN+
4	8:30 pm	No. 3 Oral Roberts vs. No. 6 Western Illinois	80–68
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
5	6:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 South Dakota	83–60	MidcoSN/ESPN+
6	8:30 pm	No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 Oral Roberts	92–72
Final – Tuesday, March 8
7	8:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 North Dakota State	75-69	ESPN2
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 5 & 6 ESPN+					Semifinals March 7 ESPN+					Championship March 8 ESPN2
	1	South Dakota State	87
	8	Omaha	79
						1	South Dakota State	83
						5	South Dakota	60
	4	Kansas City	61
	5	South Dakota	74
											1	South Dakota State	75
											2	North Dakota State	69
	2	North Dakota State	82
	7	Denver	62
						2	North Dakota State	92
						3	Oral Roberts	72
	3	Oral Roberts	80
	6	Western Illinois	68

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:

Player	School
Douglas Wilson (MVP)	South Dakota State
Baylor Scheierman	South Dakota State
Sam Griesel	North Dakota State
Grant Nelson	North Dakota State
Max Abmas	Oral Roberts