2017 Summit League women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 4–7 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

2017 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	Western Illinois (2nd title)
Winning coach	JD Gravina (1st title)
MVP	Emily Clemens (Western Illinois)
Attendance	21,092
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPNU
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2016–17 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Western Illinois †	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
IUPUI	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
South Dakota State	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
South Dakota	11	–	5		.688			23	–	9		.719
Omaha	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Oral Roberts	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
North Dakota State	4	–	12		.250			6	–	24		.200
Denver	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
Fort Wayne	2	–	14		.125			5	–	24		.172
† 2017 Summit League Tournament winner As of March 19, 2017 Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2
1	Western Illinois	13–3	23–6
2	IUPUI	12–4	22–7	1–1 vs. South Dakota State	2–0 vs. Western Illinois
3	South Dakota State	12–4	21–7	1–1 vs. IUPUI	1–1 vs. Western Illinois
4	South Dakota	11–5	22–7
5	Omaha	8–8	15–14
6	Oral Roberts	7–9	15–14
7	North Dakota State	4–12	6–23
8	Denver	3–13	6–23

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2016
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Denver vs #1 Western Illinois	Midco Sport Network	3,297
	2	2:30 PM	#7 North Dakota State vs #2 IUPUI
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 5, 2016
2	3	12:00 PM	#5 Omaha vs #4 South Dakota	Midco Sport Network	9,419
	4	2:30 PM	#6 Oral Roberts vs #3 South Dakota State
Semifinals – Monday March 6, 2016
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Western Illinois vs #5 Omaha	Midco Sport Network	6,371
	6	2:30 PM	#2 IUPUI vs #3 South Dakota State
Championship – Tuesday March 8, 2016
7	9	1:00 PM	#1 Western Illinois vs. #2 IUPUI	ESPNU	2,005
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 4–5 Midco Sport Network					Semifinals Monday March 6 Midco Sport Network					Championship game Tuesday March 7 ESPNU
	1	Western Illinois	82
	8	Denver	39
						1	Western Illinois	84
						5	Omaha	82
	4	South Dakota	58
	5	Omaha	64
											1	Western Illinois	77(OT)
											2	IUPUI	69
	2	IUPUI	69
	7	North Dakota State	56
						2	IUPUI	65(OT)
						3	South Dakota State	61
	3	South Dakota State	65
	6	Oral Roberts	50

See also

• 2017 Summit League men's basketball tournament

References

External links

• The 2017 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship