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2023 Summit League women's basketball tournament

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2023 Summit League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteDenny Sanford Premier Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (10th title)
Winning coachAaron Johnston (10th title)
MVPHaleigh Timmer (South Dakota State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2022–23 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 18 0   1.000 29 6   .829
North Dakota State 12 6   .667 18 12   .600
North Dakota 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
South Dakota 10 8   .556 14 16   .467
Oral Roberts 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
Omaha 8 10   .444 15 17   .469
Denver 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
St. Thomas* 7 11   .389 13 17   .433
Western Illinois 5 13   .278 10 20   .333
Kansas City 3 15   .167 9 23   .281
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
2023 Summit League Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2023

The 2023 Summit League women's basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Summit League for the 2022-23 season. All tournament games were played at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from March 3–7, 2023.[1]

Seeds

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All ten conference teams participated in the tournament following a change announced before the season began.[2] It was the first year that St. Thomas participated in a Division I conference tournament in any sport. Teams were seeded by regular-season conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 18–0
2 12–6
3 11–7
4 10–8
5 8–10 4–0 vs Denver, Omaha
6 8–10 2–2 vs Denver, Oral Roberts
7 8–10 0–4 vs Omaha, Oral Roberts
8 7–11
9 5–13
10 3–15

Schedule and results

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Game Time [3] Matchup Score Television
First Round - Friday, March 3
1 12:30 pm No. 8 St. Thomas vs. No. 9 Western Illinois 61–50 MidcoSN/ESPN+
2 3:00 pm No. 7 Denver vs. No. 10 Kansas City 66–65
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3 12:30 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 St. Thomas 87–59 MidcoSN/ESPN+
4 3:00 pm No. 2 North Dakota State vs. No. 10 Kansas City 71–64
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
5 12:30 pm No. 4 South Dakota vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts 92–69 MidcoSN/ESPN+
6 3:00 pm No. 3 North Dakota vs. No. 6 Omaha 84–81
Semifinals - Monday, March 6
7 12:30 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 5 Oral Roberts 87–60 MidcoSN/ESPN+
8 3:00 pm No. 10 Kansas City vs. No. 6 Omaha 69–60
Final – Tuesday, March 7
9 1:00 pm No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 6 Omaha 93–51 ESPNU
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:[4]

Bracket

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First Round
March 3
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 4 & 5
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 6
ESPN+
Championship
March 7
ESPNU
1 South Dakota State 87
8 St. Thomas 61 8 St. Thomas 59
9 Western Illinois 50 1 South Dakota State 87
5 Oral Roberts 60
4 South Dakota 69
5 Oral Roberts 92
1 South Dakota State 93
6 Omaha 51
2 North Dakota State 64
7 Denver 65 10 Kansas City 71
10 Kansas City 66 10 Kansas City 60
6 Omaha 69
3 North Dakota 81
6 Omaha 84

Source:[3]

All-Tournament Team

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

Player School
Haleigh Timmer (MVP) South Dakota State
Paige Meyer South Dakota State
Myah Selland South Dakota State
Elena Pilakouta Omaha
Manna Mensah Kansas City

References

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  1. ^ "On-sale date for 2023 Summit League Basketball Championships tickets set for Oct. 18". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 22, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Summit League Basketball Schedules Released". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. August 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2023 #SummitWBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jacks are top seed in 2023 #SummitWBB Championship bracket". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jackrabbits blister nets, dominate Mavericks to win championship". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.