2023 Summit League women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Summit League women's basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2022-23 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–7, 2023.^[1]

2023 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (10th title)
Winning coach	Aaron Johnston (10th title)
MVP	Haleigh Timmer (South Dakota State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Summit League women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	18	–	0		1.000			29	–	6		.829
North Dakota State	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
North Dakota	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
South Dakota	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Oral Roberts	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
Omaha	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Denver	8	–	10		.444			12	–	18		.400
St. Thomas*	7	–	11		.389			13	–	17		.433
Western Illinois	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Kansas City	3	–	15		.167			9	–	23		.281
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2023 Summit League Tournament winner As of March 19, 2023

Seeds

All ten conference teams participated in the tournament following a change announced before the season began.^[2] It was the first year that St. Thomas participated in a Division I conference tournament in any sport. Teams were seeded by regular-season conference record, 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	Conf. record	Tiebreaker(s)
1	South Dakota State	18–0
2	North Dakota State	12–6
3	North Dakota	11–7
4	South Dakota	10–8
5	Oral Roberts	8–10	4–0 vs Denver, Omaha
6	Omaha	8–10	2–2 vs Denver, Oral Roberts
7	Denver	8–10	0–4 vs Omaha, Oral Roberts
8	St. Thomas	7–11
9	Western Illinois	5–13
10	Kansas City	3–15

Schedule and results

Game	Time ^[3]	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round - Friday, March 3
1	12:30 pm	No. 8 St. Thomas vs. No. 9 Western Illinois	61–50	MidcoSN/ESPN+
2	3:00 pm	No. 7 Denver vs. No. 10 Kansas City	66–65
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3	12:30 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 St. Thomas	87–59	MidcoSN/ESPN+
4	3:00 pm	No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 10 Kansas City	71–64
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
5	12:30 pm	No. 4 South Dakota vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts	92–69	MidcoSN/ESPN+
6	3:00 pm	No. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Omaha	84–81
Semifinals - Monday, March 6
7	12:30 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts	87–60	MidcoSN/ESPN+
8	3:00 pm	No. 10 Kansas City vs. No. 6 Omaha	69–60
Final – Tuesday, March 7
9	1:00 pm	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 6 Omaha	93–51	ESPNU
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:^[4]

Bracket

	First Round March 3 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+					Semifinals March 6 ESPN+					Championship March 7 ESPNU
						1	South Dakota State	87
	8	St. Thomas	61			8	St. Thomas	59
	9	Western Illinois	50								1	South Dakota State	87
											5	Oral Roberts	60
						4	South Dakota	69
						5	Oral Roberts	92
																1	South Dakota State	93
																6	Omaha	51
						2	North Dakota State	64
	7	Denver	65			10	Kansas City	71
	10	Kansas City	66								10	Kansas City	60
											6	Omaha	69
						3	North Dakota	81
						6	Omaha	84

Source:^[3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:^[5]

Player	School
Haleigh Timmer (MVP)	South Dakota State
Paige Meyer	South Dakota State
Myah Selland	South Dakota State
Elena Pilakouta	Omaha
Manna Mensah	Kansas City

References

1. "On-sale date for 2023 Summit League Basketball Championships tickets set for Oct. 18". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 22, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
2. "2022-23 Summit League Basketball Schedules Released". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
3. "2023 #SummitWBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
4. "Jacks are top seed in 2023 #SummitWBB Championship bracket". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
5. "Jackrabbits blister nets, dominate Mavericks to win championship". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.