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2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament


FieldValue
Year2010
ConferenceSummit League
DivisionI
GenderMen's
<!-- Commented out:ImageSummit tournament logo.png --
ImageSize150px
CaptionTournament logo
Teams8
ArenaSioux Falls Arena
CitySioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions[Oakland](2009-10-oakland-golden-grizzlies-men-s-basketball-team)
TitleCount2nd
CoachGreg Kampe
CoachCount2nd
MVPDerick Nelson
MVPTeamOakland
TopScorerRobert Glenn
TopScorerTeamIUPUI
Points66

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.

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.

The tournament took place March 6–9, 2010 at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Format

Out 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:

  1. Head-to-head competition
  2. Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  3. Ratings Percentage Index

Bracket

March 6–7 March 8 March 9 | RD1-seed1 = 1 | RD1-team1 = Oakland | RD1-score1 = 85 | RD1-seed2 = 8 | RD1-team2 = UMKC | RD1-score2 = 70

| RD1-seed3 = 4 | RD1-team3 = | RD1-score3 = 66 | RD1-seed4 = 5 | RD1-team4 = **** | RD1-score4 = 71

| RD1-seed5 = 2 | RD1-team5 = IUPUI | RD1-score5 = 77 | RD1-seed6 = 7 | RD1-team6 = | RD1-score6 = 68

| RD1-seed7 = 3 | RD1-team7 = **** | RD1-score7 = 65 | RD1-seed8 = 6 | RD1-team8 = | RD1-score8 = 64 OT

| RD2-seed1 = 1 | RD2-team1 = Oakland | RD2-score1 = 71 | RD2-seed2 = 5 | RD2-team2 = IPFW | RD2-score2 = 58

| RD2-seed3 = 2 | RD2-team3 = IUPUI | RD2-score3 = 69 | RD2-seed4 = 3 | RD2-team4 = Oral Roberts | RD2-score4 = 65

| RD3-seed1 = 1 | RD3-team1 = Oakland | RD3-score1 =76 | RD3-seed2 = 2 | RD3-team2 = IUPUI | RD3-score2 =64

References

References

  1. "theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League".
  2. "Men's Basketball Championship - theSummitLeague.org Official Web Site of The Summit League".
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