# 2023 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Summit League men's basketball Tournament was the postseason men'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.

## Seeds

All ten conference teams participated in the tournament following a change announced before the season began. This was the first year that St. Thomas participated in a Division I conference tournament in any sport. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order:
* Head-to-head record
* Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Summit League Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the highest seeded postseason eligible team.
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 18–0 | |
| 2 | South Dakota State | 13–5 | |
| 3 | North Dakota State | 11–7 | |
| 4 | Western Illinois | 9–9 | 1–1 vs. South Dakota |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 9–9 | 0–2 vs. South Dakota |
| 6 | South Dakota | 7–11 | 2–0 vs. St. Thomas |
| 7 | Kansas City | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. St. Thomas |
| 8 | Denver | 6–12 | 1–1 vs. Western Illinois |
| 9 | North Dakota | 6–12 | 0–2 vs. Western Illinois |
| 10 | Omaha | 4–14 | |

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First Round - Friday, March 3 |||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Denver vs. No. 9 North Dakota | 83–68 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Kansas City vs. No. 10 Omaha | 73–61 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 |||||
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 9 North Dakota | 96–80 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 10 Omaha | 63–55 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5 |||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Western Illinois vs. No. 5 St. Thomas | 67–60 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 North Dakota State vs. No. 6 South Dakota | 70–68 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| Semifinals - Monday, March 6 |||||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 St. Thomas | 70–65 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 South Dakota State vs. No. 3 North Dakota State | 89–79 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
| Final – Tuesday, March 7 |||||
| 9 | 8:00 pm | No. 1 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 North Dakota State | 92–58 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: |||||

## Bracket

| First Round March 3 ESPN+ | First Round March 3 ESPN+ | First Round March 3 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 4 & 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 6 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 6 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 6 ESPN+ | Final March 7 ESPN2 | Final March 7 ESPN2 | Final March 7 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Denver | 68 | 9 | North Dakota | 80 | | | | | | |
| 9 | North Dakota | 83 | | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 70 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | St. Thomas | 65 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Western Illinois | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. Thomas | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Oral Roberts | 92 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | North Dakota State | 58 |
| | | | 2 | South Dakota State | 63 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kansas City | 61 | 10 | Omaha | 55 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Omaha | 73 | | | | 2 | South Dakota State | 79 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | North Dakota State | 89 | | | |
| | | | 3 | North Dakota State | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | South Dakota | 68 | | | | | | |
Source:

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:
| Player | School |
| Max Abmas (MVP) | Oral Roberts |
| Connor Vanover | Oral Roberts |
| Grant Nelson | North Dakota State |
| Boden Skunberg | North Dakota State |
| Andrew Rohde | St. Thomas |