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
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPNU
Summit League women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Summit League women's basketball standings

	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

External links

• The 2018 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship