2020 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 7–10, 2020, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. South Dakota won the tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

2020 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams8
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center[1]
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota (2nd title)
Winning coachDawn Plitzuweit (1st title)
MVPHannah Sjerven (South Dakota)
TelevisionMidcoSN
ESPN+
ESPNU
2019–20 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 17 South Dakota160 1.000  282  .933
South Dakota State133 .813  229  .710
Denver97 .563  1515  .500
Western Illinois97 .563  1515  .500
Oral Roberts97 .563  1515  .500
North Dakota State79 .438  1118  .379
North Dakota610 .375  1515  .500
Omaha214 .125  723  .233
Purdue Fort Wayne115 .063  524  .172
2020 Summit League Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are to be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Record Tiebreaker[2]
1 South Dakota 16–0
2 South Dakota State 13–3
3 Denver 9–7 1–1 vs. SDSU
4 Oral Roberts 9–7 0–2 vs. SDSU, 2–0 vs. ND
5 Western Illinois 9–7 0–2 vs. SDSU, 1–1 vs. ND
6 North Dakota State 7–9
7 North Dakota 6–10
8 Omaha 2–14

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
1 12:00 pm #1 South Dakota vs. #8 Omaha 99–40 MidcosSN/ ESPN+
2 2:30 pm #2 South Dakota State vs. #7 North Dakota 72–43
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8
3 12:00 pm #4 Oral Roberts vs. #5 Western Illinois 74–66 MidcosSN/ ESPN+
4 2:00 pm #3 Denver vs. #6 North Dakota State 72–68
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
5 12:00 pm #1 South Dakota vs. #4 Oral Roberts 65–43 MidcosSN/ ESPN+
6 2:30 pm #2 South Dakota State vs. #6 North Dakota State 76–56
Final – Tuesday, March 10
7 1:00 pm #1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota State 63–58 ESPNU
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 7 & 8
MidcoSN/ESPN+
Semifinals
March 9
MidcoSN/ESPN+
Championship
March 10
ESPNU
         
1 South Dakota 99
8 Omaha 40
1 South Dakota 65
4 Oral Roberts 43
4 Oral Roberts 74
5 Western Illinois 66
1 South Dakota 63
2 South Dakota State 58
2 South Dakota State 72
7 North Dakota 43
2 South Dakota State 76
6 North Dakota State 56
3 Denver 68
6 North Dakota State 72

References

  1. "The Summit League". The Summit League.
  2. "2020 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2020.


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