2018 Summit League women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 3–6, 2018, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

2018 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (8th title)
Winning coach	Aaron Johnston (8th title)
Attendance	27,054^[1]
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPNU
Summit League women's basketball tournaments ← 2017 2019 →

2017–18 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	14	–	0		1.000			29	–	7		.806
South Dakota State †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	7		.788
Western Illinois	10	–	4		.714			22	–	10		.688
Oral Roberts	7	–	7		.500			17	–	13		.567
Denver	7	–	7		.500			16	–	14		.533
Omaha	3	–	11		.214			12	–	16		.429
North Dakota State	2	–	12		.143			9	–	20		.310
Fort Wayne	1	–	13		.071			4	–	24		.143
† 2018 Summit League Tournament winner As of March 25, 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3
1	South Dakota	14–0	26–5
2	South Dakota State	12–2	24–6
3	Western Illinois	10–4	22–8
4	Denver	7–7	16–14	1–1 vs. ORU	0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW	RPI: 170
5	Oral Roberts	7–7	17–13	1–1 vs. DU	0–2 vs. each of USD, SDSU, and WIU; 2–0 vs. each of Omaha, NDSU, and FW	RPI: 179
6	Omaha	3–11	12–16
7	North Dakota State	2–12	9–20
8	Fort Wayne	1–13	4–24

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
1	1	12:00 PM	#1 South Dakota vs #8 Fort Wayne	83–32	Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
	2	2:30 PM	#2 South Dakota State vs #7 North Dakota State	87–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
2	3	12:00 PM	#4 Denver vs #5 Oral Roberts	71–76	Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
	4	2:30 PM	#3 Western Illinois vs #6 Omaha	97–57
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 South Dakota vs #5 Oral Roberts	65–53	Midco Sport Network/ESPN3
	6	2:30 PM	#2 South Dakota State vs #3 Western Illinois	80–51
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
7	9	1:00 PM	#1 South Dakota vs #2 South Dakota State	50–65	ESPNU
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 3–4 Midco Sports Network					Semifinals March 5 Midco Sports Network					Finals March 6 ESPNU
	1	South Dakota	83
	8	Fort Wayne	32
						1	South Dakota	65
						5	Oral Roberts	53
	4	Denver	71
	5	Oral Roberts	76
											1	South Dakota	50
											2	South Dakota State	65
	2	South Dakota State	87
	7	North Dakota State	62
						2	South Dakota State	80
						3	Western Illinois	51
	3	Western Illinois	97
	6	Omaha	57

See also

• 2018 Summit League men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Jackrabbits Win #SummitWBB Tournament". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

External links

• The 2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship