2009 Summit League men's basketball tournament
2009 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Saul Phillips (1st title) |
MVP | Ben Woodside (North Dakota St) |
Top scorer | Ben Woodside (North Dakota St) (61 points) |
Television | ESPN2 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota St. † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IPFW |
8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota St. | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois |
6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMKC |
3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Summit League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2009 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the
Top-seeded
The Bison, who were in their first season of eligibility for Division I postseason play, became the first men's team in Division I or its predecessors in more than 35 years to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in its first year of eligibility. The previous team to accomplish this feat was Southwestern Louisiana, now
Format
Unlike most Division I basketball conferences, the Summit League does not send all of its teams into its conference tournament. Out of the league's 10 teams, the top eight receive berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:
- 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
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 7–8 | Semifinals March 9 | Finals March 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 83 | ||||||||||||
8 | Centenary
| 77 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 79 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Utah | 67 | ||||||||||||
4 | IUPUI | 48 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Utah | 53 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota State | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oakland | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Oral Roberts | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota State | 72* | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota State | 56 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oakland | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oakland
| 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | IPFW
| 62 |
* Overtime
References
- ^ "2009 Summit League Basketball Championships - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ "Woodside's Basket Lifts North Dakota State Past Oakland for The Summit League Title" (Press release). The Summit League. March 10, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Associated Press (March 10, 2009). "Woodside hits jumper with 3 seconds left to push N. Dakota St. to Summit title". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "South Dakota State wins 17th straight to earn NCAA bid". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 10, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2009.