Sport College basketball Conference Summit League Number of teams 8 | Played 1984–present Current location Sioux Falls | |
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Format Single-elimination tournament Current champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits Most championships Valparaiso Crusaders (8) TV partner(s) Midco Sports Net, ESPN3, ESPN2 Current stadium Denny Sanford Premier Center Last contest 2017 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament | ||
The Summit League men's basketball tournament is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference 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.
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Format
Currently, all men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
Performance by school
Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.