2010 The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
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)
The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournaments «2009  2011»

2009–10 The Summit League men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
†-Oakland	17	–	1		.944			26	–	9		.743
x-IUPUI	15	–	3		.833			25	–	11		.694
x-Oral Roberts	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
x-South Dakota St.	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
x-IPFW	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
x-North Dakota St.	8	–	10		.444			11	–	18		.379
x-Western Illinois	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
x-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 x-Clinched berth in conference tournament

The 2010 The 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
4. Coin flip

Centenary is not eligible for the conference tournament due to APR sanctions imposed by the NCAA.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals 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

See also

• The Summit League
• The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

• Official site