2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament: Matchups, players to know and more
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The 2020 Summit League men’s basketball tournament will determine which team gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The tournament is set to begin March 7 and run through March 10, taking place at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Eight of the league’s nine teams make the conference tournament.
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Here is the schedule of the Summit tournament.
MARCH 7 – QUARTERFINALS
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No. 1 North Dakota State def. No. 8 Denver, 71-69.
No. 7 IPFW def. No. 2 South Dakota State, 77-74.
MARCH 8 – QUARTERFINALS
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No. 4 Oral Roberts def. No. 5 Omaha, 79-52.
No. 6 North Dakota def. No. 3 South Dakota, 74-71.
MARCH 9 – SEMIFINALS
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No. 1 North Dakota State def. No. 4 Oral Roberts, 75-69.
No. 6 North Dakota def. No. 7 IPFW, 73-56.
MARCH 10 – CHAMPIONSHIP
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No. 1 North Dakota State def. No. 6 North Dakota, 89-53.
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SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
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5 PLAYERS TO KNOW
DOUGLAS WILSON, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE: Douglas Wilson was named the 2019-20 Summit League Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. The junior averaged 18.6 points and 6.4 rebounds in his first season with the Jackrabbits.
TYLER HAGEDORN, SOUTH DAKOTA: Tyler Hagedorn was an All-Conference selection in the Summit League. He averaged 18.1 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Coyotes.
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EMMANUEL NZEKWESI, ORAL ROBERTS: Emmanuel Nzekwesi helped Oral Roberts to the fourth-best record in the Summit. He averaged 16.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
VINNIE SHAHID, NORTH DAKOTA STATE: Vinnie Shahid made All-Conference for his regular-season performance. He was averaging 18.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He was the MVP of the conference tournament last season.
MARLON STEWART, NORTH DAKOTA: Marlon Stewart helped North Dakota make the conference tournament. Stewart ended the regular season averaging a career-high, 18.9 points per game.
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2019 CHAMPION
North Dakota State is the defending Summit League champion. They defeated Omaha last season.