2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 2008 Summit League I Men's 150px 2008 Tournament Logo 8 Union Multipurpose Activity Center Tulsa, Oklahoma Oral Roberts 3rd Scott Sutton 3rd Moses Ehambe Oral Roberts George Hill 2007 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI 72 2007 The 2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/tournaments/conference/SUMM 2008 Summit League Tournament 2008-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20080315160452/http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/tournaments/conference/SUMM 2008-03-15 dead at the John Q. Hammons Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All-tournament team Jaraun Burrows, IPFW Moses Ehambe, Oral Roberts (Most Valuable Player) George Hill, IUPUI Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts Derick Nelson, Oakland Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers: Head-to-head competition Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken) Ratings Percentage Index Coin flip 2008 seeds Seed Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. 1 x-Oral Roberts 16 2 .889 – 24 8 .750 2 IUPUI 15 3 .833 1 26 7 .788 3 Oakland 11 7 .611 5 17 14 .548 – North Dakota State 10 8 .556 6 16 13 .552 4 Southern Utah 9 9 .500 7 11 19 .367 5 IPFW 9 9 .500 7 14 17 .452 6 Western Illinois 7 11 .389 9 12 18 .400 7 UMKC 6 12 .333 10 11 21 .343 8 Centenary 4 14 .222 12 10 21 .323 – South Dakota State 3 15 .167 13 8 21 .276 x-Clinched regular season championship NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament. 4th Place Tiebreaker IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=1402499 Pairings Announced for Men's Basketball Championship 2008-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022757/http://www.thesummitleague.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21767&SPID=1768&DB_OEM_ID=3900&ATCLID=1402499 2011-07-23 dead Bracket Quarterfinals March 8–9 Semifinals March 10 Final March 11 high 1 Oral Roberts 84 8 2007 none Centenary Gentlemen Centenary 56 4 2007 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Southern Utah 62 5 2007 IPFW Mastodons IPFW 66 2 2007 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI 69 7 UMKC 65 3 Oakland 80 6 2007 none Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois 66 1 Oral Roberts 58 5 IPFW 42 2 IUPUI 80 3 Oakland 65 1 Oral Roberts 71 2 IUPUI 64 References External links Summit League men's basketball Tournament Category:Summit League men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Tulsa, Oklahoma Summit League men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Oklahoma Category:March 2008 sports events in the United States