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2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Season
  
2007–08

Site
  
Union Multipurpose Activity Center Tulsa, Oklahoma

Champions
  
Oral Roberts (3rd title)

Winning coach
  
Scott Sutton (3rd title)

The 2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008 at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Contents

All-tournament team

  • Jaraun Burrows, IPFW
  • Moses Ehambe, Oral Roberts (Most Valuable Player)
  • George Hill, IUPUI
  • Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts
  • Derick Nelson, Oakland

    • Format

    The top eight eligible 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

    • 2008 seeds

    x-Clinched regular season championship

    NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.

    4th Place Tiebreaker

    IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.

    References

    2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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