2024 Summit League women's basketball tournament


The 2024 Summit League women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's college basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 8–12, 2024.[1]

2024 Summit League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (11th title)
Winning coachAaron Johnston (11th title)
MVPPaige Meyer (South Dakota State)
Attendance36,504
TelevisionSummit League Network, CBSSN
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2023–24 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 16 0   1.000 27 6   .818
North Dakota State 13 3   .813 22 12   .647
Oral Roberts 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
South Dakota 9 7   .563 23 13   .639
St. Thomas* 7 9   .438 15 16   .484
North Dakota 5 11   .313 9 21   .300
Denver 5 11   .313 8 22   .267
Kansas City 3 13   .188 12 20   .375
Omaha 3 13   .188 8 23   .258
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
2024 Summit League tournament winner

Seeds

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All nine conference teams will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record. If teams are tied at the conclusion of conference play, the following tiebreakers will be used in this order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken

If St. Thomas were to win the tournament (since the Tommies are ineligible for the NCAA tournament until 2026), the NCAA tournament berth would go to the highest seeded team that is eligible for postseason play.

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 South Dakota State 16–0
2 North Dakota State 13–3
3 Oral Roberts 11–5
4 South Dakota 9–7
5 St. Thomas 7–9
6 North Dakota 5–11 2–0 vs. Denver
7 Denver 5–11 0–2 vs. North Dakota
8 Kansas City 3–13 2–0 vs. Omaha
9 Omaha 3–13 0–2 vs. Kansas City

Schedule and results

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Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
First Round - Friday, March 8
1 4:30 pm No. 8 Kansas City vs. No. 9 Omaha 61–55 MidcoSN/SLN
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
2 12:30 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 7 Denver 72–60 MidcoSN/SLN
3 3:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 9 Omaha 66–53
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10
4 12:30 pm No. 4 South Dakota vs. No. 5 St. Thomas 70–57 MidcoSN/SLN
5 3:00 pm No. 3 Oral Roberts vs. No. 6 North Dakota 91–68
Semifinals - Monday, March 11
6 12:30 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 South Dakota 76–63 CBSSN
7 3:00 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 3 Oral Roberts 75–66
Final – Tuesday, March 12
8 3:30 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 North Dakota State 67–54 CBSSN
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[3]

Bracket

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First Round
March 8
MidcoSN/SLN
Quarterfinals
March 9 & 10
MidcoSN/SLN
Semifinals
March 11
CBS Sports Network
Championship
March 12
CBS Sports Network
1 South Dakota State 66
8 Kansas City 55 9 Omaha 53
9 Omaha 61 1 South Dakota State 76
4 South Dakota 63
4 South Dakota 70
5 St. Thomas 57
1 South Dakota State 67
2 North Dakota State 54
2 North Dakota State 72
7 Denver 60
2 North Dakota State 75
3 Oral Roberts 66
3 Oral Roberts 91
6 North Dakota 68

Source:[4]

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[5]

Player School
Paige Meyer (MVP) South Dakota State
Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State
Madison Mathiowetz South Dakota State
Heaven Hamling North Dakota State
Elle Evans North Dakota State

References

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  1. ^ "Game times, ticket on-sale date set for 2024 Summit League Basketball Championships". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 19, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 Combined Basketball Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 19, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 #SummitWBB Championship bracket released". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 #SummitWBB Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "No. 1 South Dakota State goes back-to-back with title-game triumph over No. 2 North Dakota State". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.