2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament

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2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams8
SiteSioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsOakland (2nd title)
Winning coachGreg Kampe (2nd title)
MVPDerick Nelson (Oakland)
Top scorerRobert Glenn (IUPUI)
(66 points)
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2009–10 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oakland 17 1   .944 26 9   .743
IUPUI 15 3   .833 25 11   .694
Oral Roberts 13 5   .722 20 13   .606
South Dakota State 10 8   .556 14 16   .467
IPFW 9 9   .500 16 15   .516
North Dakota State 8 10   .444 11 18   .379
Western Illinois 6 12   .333 13 17   .433
UMKC 6 12   .333 12 18   .400
Centenary * 3 15   .167 8 21   .276
Southern Utah 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Conference tournament winner
As of March 22, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament


The 2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2010 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by conference regular season champion Oakland University. Oakland defeated #2 seed IUPUI in the finals 76–64 behind Derick Nelson's career high 38 points.

Nelson was named tournament MVP and was joined by teammates Keith Benson and Johnathon Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Robert Glenn, the leading scorer for the tournament and Alex Young, both of IUPUI rounded out the All-Tournament Team.[1]

The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

Format[edit]

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:

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

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals
March 6–7
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 9
         
1 Oakland 85
8 UMKC 70
1 Oakland 71
5 IPFW 58
4 South Dakota State 66
5 IPFW 71
1 Oakland 76
2 IUPUI 64
2 IUPUI 77
7 Western Illinois 68
2 IUPUI 69
3 Oral Roberts 65
3 Oral Roberts 65*
6 North Dakota State 64

References[edit]

  1. ^ "theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008./ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.