2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Scott Nagy (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
Attendance	36,661
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPN2
Summit League men's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
IPFW	12	–	4		.750			24	–	10		.706
South Dakota State †	12	–	4		.750			26	–	8		.765
Omaha	10	–	6		.625			18	–	14		.563
IUPUI	9	–	7		.563			13	–	19		.406
North Dakota State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Denver	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Oral Roberts	6	–	10		.375			14	–	17		.452
South Dakota	5	–	11		.313			14	–	18		.438
Western Illinois	3	–	13		.188			10	–	17		.370
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 5–8, 2016 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. This was South Dakota State's third championship in five years.

Seeds

The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2
1	IPFW	12–4	1–1 vs. South Dakota State	2–0 vs. Omaha
2	South Dakota State	12–4	1–1 vs. IPFW	1–1 vs. Omaha
3	Omaha	10–6
4	IUPUI	9–7
5	North Dakota State	8–8
6	Denver	7–9
7	Oral Roberts	6–10
8	South Dakota	5–11

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 2016
1	1	6:00 pm	#1 IPFW 86 vs #8 South Dakota 70	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	2	8:30 pm	#2 South Dakota State 73 vs #7 Oral Roberts 70
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 2016
2	3	6:00 pm	#4 IUPUI 45 vs #5 North Dakota State 60	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	4	8:30 pm	#3 Omaha 70 vs #6 Denver 78
Semifinals – Monday March 7, 2016
3	7	6:00 pm	#1 IPFW 68 vs #5 North Dakota State 69	Midco Sport Network ESPN3
	8	8:30 pm	#2 South Dakota State 54 vs #6 Denver 53
Final – Tuesday March 8, 2016
4	9	8:00 pm	#5 North Dakota State 59 vs. #2 South Dakota State 67	ESPN2
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 5–6 Midco Sport Network					Semifinals Monday March 7 Midco Sport Network					Final Tuesday March 8 ESPN2
	1	IPFW	86
	8	South Dakota	70
						1	IPFW	68
						5	North Dakota State	69
	4	IUPUI	45
	5	North Dakota State	60
											5	North Dakota State	59
											2	South Dakota State	67
	2	South Dakota State	73
	7	Oral Roberts	70
						2	South Dakota State	54
						6	Denver	53
	3	Omaha	70
	6	Denver	78