The 2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2010 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. It was won by conference regular season champion Oakland University. Oakland defeated #2 seed IUPUI in the finals 76–64 behind Derick Nelson's career high 38 points.
2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2009–10 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Champions | Oakland (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Greg Kampe (2nd title) |
MVP | Derick Nelson (Oakland) |
Top scorer | Robert Glenn (IUPUI) (66 points) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IPFW | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMKC | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centenary * | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner As of March 22, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for conference tournament |
Nelson was named tournament MVP and was joined by teammates Keith Benson and Johnathon Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Robert Glenn, the leading scorer for the tournament and Alex Young, both of IUPUI rounded out the All-Tournament Team.[1]
The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]
Format
editOut of the league's 10 teams, the top eight receive berths in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used if necessary in the following order:
- Head-to-head competition
- Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
- Ratings Percentage Index
Bracket
editQuarterfinals March 6–7 | Semifinals March 8 | Finals March 9 | ||||||||||||
1 | Oakland | 85 | ||||||||||||
8 | UMKC | 70 | ||||||||||||
1 | Oakland | 71 | ||||||||||||
5 | IPFW | 58 | ||||||||||||
4 | South Dakota State | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | IPFW | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Oakland | 76 | ||||||||||||
2 | IUPUI | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | IUPUI | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Western Illinois | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | IUPUI | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oral Roberts | 65 | ||||||||||||
3 | Oral Roberts | 65* | ||||||||||||
6 | North Dakota State | 64 |
References
edit- ^ "theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008./ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=204905251
- ^ "Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League". Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.