The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
The Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008–present)
Sport	College basketball
Conference	The Summit League
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Sioux Falls Arena
Current location	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Played	1984–present
Last contest	2011 The Summit League Tournament
Current champion	Oakland Golden Grizzlies
Most championships	Valparaiso Crusaders (8)
Official website	TheSummitLeague.org Men's Basketball

The Summit League men’s basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA conference The Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives The Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU). The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League.

Format

The top eight men's basketball teams in The Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

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

Tournament champions

Year	Champion	Venue	Location	Notes
1984	Western Illinois	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1985	Eastern Illinois	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri	First rounds at campus sites
1986	Cleveland State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1987	Southwest Missouri State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1988	Not held
1989	Southwest Missouri State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1990	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	Cedar Falls, Iowa
1991	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena	Green Bay, Wisconsin
1992	Eastern Illinois	CSU Convocation Center	Cleveland, Ohio
1993	Wright State	Nutter Center	Dayton, Ohio
1994	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Rosemont Horizon	Rosemont, Illinois
1995	Valparaiso	Athletics-Recreation Center	Valparaiso, Indiana	First rounds at campus sites
1996	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1997	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1998	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1999	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
2000	Valparaiso	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001	Southern Utah	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2002	Valparaiso	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2003	IUPUI	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
2004	Valparaiso	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
2005	Oakland	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2008	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009	North Dakota State	Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010	Oakland	Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2011	Oakland	Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2012		Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Note: Southwest Missouri State became Missouri State in 2005.

Performance by school

School	Championships	Winning years
Valparaiso *	8	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
Oakland	3	2005, 2010, 2011
Oral Roberts	3	2006, 2007, 2008
Eastern Illinois *	2	1985, 1992
Southwest Missouri State *	2	1987, 1989
Wisconsin-Green Bay *	2	1991, 1994
Western Illinois	1	1984
Cleveland State *	1	1986
IUPUI	1	2003
Northern Iowa *	1	1990
North Dakota State	1	2009
Southern Utah	1	2001
Wright State *	1	1993
TOTAL	27

* No longer a conference member

See also

• The Summit League Tournament Finals broadcasters
• The Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

External links

• The Summit League men's basketball page