2010 Summit League men's basketball 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.

2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	8
Site	Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	Oakland (2nd title)
Winning coach	Greg Kampe (2nd title)
MVP	Derick Nelson (Oakland)
Top scorer	Robert Glenn (IUPUI) (66 points)
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2009–10 Summit League men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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

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

	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

1. . Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008./ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
2. . Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.