2026 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2026 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams9
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsNorth Dakota State (6th title)
Winning coachDavid Richman (4th title)
MVPDamari Wheeler-Thomas (NDSU)
Attendance29,663 (overall)
5,937 (championship)
TelevisionCBSSN, Midco Sports/SLN
2025–26 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Dakota State † 14 – 2   .875 27 – 8   .771
St. Thomas 12 – 4   .750 24 – 10   .706
North Dakota 10 – 6   .625 18 – 17   .514
South Dakota 8 – 8   .500 16 – 16   .500
Omaha 8 – 8   .500 16 – 17   .485
Denver 8 – 8   .500 15 – 17   .469
South Dakota State 7 – 9   .438 14 – 18   .438
Oral Roberts 4 – 12   .250 10 – 23   .303
Kansas City 1 – 15   .063 4 – 27   .129
† 2026 Summit League tournament winner
As of March 19, 2026

The 2026 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2025–26 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 4–8, 2026.[1][2]

Regular season champion North Dakota State defeated North Dakota to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All nine conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
Seed School League
Record 		Tiebreaker(s)
1 North Dakota State 14–2
2 St. Thomas 12–4
3 North Dakota 10–6
4 South Dakota 8–8 3–1 vs. Omaha/Denver
5 Omaha 8–8 2–2 vs. South Dakota/Denver
6 Denver 8–8 1–3 vs. South Dakota/Omaha
7 South Dakota State 7–9
8 Oral Roberts 4–12
9 Kansas City 1–15

Schedule and results

Game Time[3] Matchup Score Attendance Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1 7:00 pm No. 8 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 Kansas City 84–62 3,675 Midco Sports/
SLN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
2 6:00 pm No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Oral Roberts 76–65 6,614 Midco Sports/
SLN
3 8:30 pm No. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 7 South Dakota State 80–67
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
4 6:00 pm No. 4 South Dakota vs. No. 5 Omaha 76–62 6,723 Midco Sports/
SLN
5 8:35 pm No. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Denver 83–67
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
6 7:15 pm No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 5 Omaha 74–50 6,684 CBSSN
7 9:45 pm No. 2 St. Thomas vs. No. 3 North Dakota 67–66
Championship – Sunday, March 8
8 8:00 pm No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 North Dakota 70–62 5,937 CBSSN
*Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the final.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[4][5]

Bracket

First Round
March 4
Midco Sports/SLN 		Quarterfinals
March 5 & 6
Midco Sports/SLN 		Semifinals
March 7
CBSSN 		Championship
March 8
CBSSN
1 North Dakota State 76
8 Oral Roberts 84 8 Oral Roberts 65
9 Kansas City 62 1 North Dakota State 74
5 Omaha 50
4 South Dakota 62
5 Omaha 76
1 North Dakota State 70
3 North Dakota 62
2 St. Thomas 80
7 South Dakota State 67
2 St. Thomas 66
3 North Dakota 67
3 North Dakota 83
6 Denver 67

Game summaries

First Round

March 4
7:00 p.m. CST
No. 8 Oral Roberts 84, No. 9 Kansas City 62
Scoring by half: 44–21, 40–41
Pts: Harper, 22
Rebs: Tied (2), 8
Asts: Dow, 3		 Pts: Petty, 14
Rebs: Dockery, 6
Asts: Tied (3), 2
Game 1
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 3,675
Referees: Kueneman, Raher, Stewart

Quarterfinals

March 5
6:00 p.m. CST
No. 1 North Dakota State 76, No. 8 Oral Roberts 65
Scoring by half: 36–26, 40–39
Pts: Wheeler-Thomas, 18
Rebs: Feddersen, 11
Asts: Stefonowicz, 7		 Pts: Dow, 24
Rebs: Naveh, 10
Asts: Tied (2), 4
Game 1
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,614
Referees: Anslinger, McNutt, Riggs
Midco Sports/
SLN
March 5
8:30 p.m.
No. 2 St. Thomas 80, No. 7 South Dakota State 67
Scoring by half: 39–37, 41–30
Pts: Oosterbaan, 23
Rebs: Minessale, 8
Asts: Minessale, 6		 Pts: Jackson, 16
Rebs: Tied (2), 6
Asts: Sayler, 4
Game 2
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,614
Referees: Burris, Kueneman, Schumer
Midco Sports/
SLN
March 6
6:00 p.m. CST
No. 4 South Dakota 62, No. 5 Omaha 76
Scoring by half: 31–34, 31–42
Pts: Buzelis, 16
Rebs: Tied (2), 12
Asts: Buzelis, 3		 Pts: Glover, 25
Rebs: Djobet, 14
Asts: Glover, 3
Game 3
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,723
Referees: Anslinger, Love, Smith
Midco Sports/
SLN
March 6
8:35 p.m.
No. 3 North Dakota 83, No. 6 Denver 67
Scoring by half: 42–29, 41–38
Pts: Uelmen, 41
Rebs: Curtis, 8
Asts: Tied (2), 3		 Pts: Johnson, 17
Rebs: Oldham, 7
Asts: Nelson, 4
Game 4
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,723
Referees: McNutt, Stewart, VonSossan

Semifinals

March 7
7:15 p.m. CST
No. 1 North Dakota State 74, No. 5 Omaha 50
Scoring by half: 40–25, 34–25
Pts: Anderson, 16
Rebs: Feddersen, 13
Asts: Stefonowicz, 8		 Pts: Glover, 13
Rebs: Glover, 6
Asts: Stubblefield, 3
Game 1
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,684
Referees: Anslinger, Smith, VonSossan
CBS Sports Network
March 7
9:45 p.m.
No. 2 St. Thomas 66, No. 3 North Dakota 67
Scoring by half: 34–28, 32–39
Pts: Minessale, 23
Rebs: Minessale, 9
Asts: Herro, 7		 Pts: Uelmen, 28
Rebs: Natsvishvili, 7
Asts: Natsvishvili, 3
Game 2
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 6,684
Referees: McNutt, Riggs, Stewart

Championship

March 8
8:00 p.m. CDT
No. 1 North Dakota State 70, No. 3 North Dakota 62
Scoring by half: 38–30, 32–32
Pts: Wheeler-Thomas, 19
Rebs: Carson, 10
Asts: Carson, 4		 Pts: Uelmen, 24
Rebs: Anderson, 9
Asts: Uelmen, 4
Championship
Denny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, SD
Attendance: 5,937
Referees: McNutt, Pfeifer, Schumer

All–Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All–Tournament Team:[6]

Player Team
Noah Feddersen North Dakota State
Eli King North Dakota
Nolan Minessale St. Thomas
Greyson Uelmen North Dakota
Damari Wheeler-Thomas (MVP) North Dakota State

See also

References

  1. ^ "Summit League announces Championship dates for 2025-26". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. July 23, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  2. ^ "Summit League hoops tournament to stay in Sioux Falls through 2029". Sioux Falls Live. July 17, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  3. ^ "2026 #SummitMBB Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
  4. ^ "Summit League announces dates for 2025 and 2026 basketball championships". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. July 17, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "NDSU earns top seed in 2026 #SummitMBB Championship Bracket". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 28, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
  6. ^ "Bison hold off Fighting Hawks to take men's tournament title". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
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