The_Summit_League_Men's_Basketball_Tournament

The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

The Summit League men’s basketball tournament has existed since 1984. The winner of the tournament receives The Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Summit League was known as Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982-1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989-2007.

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

Tournament champions

Year	Champion	Venue	Location	Notes
1984	Western Illinois	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1985	Eastern Illinois	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri	First rounds at campus sites
1986	Cleveland State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1987	Southwest Missouri State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1988	Not held
1989	Southwest Missouri State	Hammons Student Center	Springfield, Missouri
1990	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	Cedar Falls, Iowa
1991	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena	Green Bay, Wisconsin
1992	Eastern Illinois	CSU Convo Center	Cleveland, Ohio
1993	Wright State	Nutter Center	Dayton, Ohio
1994	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Rosemont Horizon	Rosemont, Illinois
1995	Valparaiso	Athletics-Recreation Center	Valparaiso, Indiana	First rounds at campus sites
1996	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1997	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1998	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
1999	Valparaiso	The MARK of the Quad Cities	Moline, Illinois
2000	Valparaiso	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001	Southern Utah	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2002	Valparaiso	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana
2003	IUPUI	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
2004	Valparaiso	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
2005	Oakland	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2008	Oral Roberts	Union Multipurpose Activity Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009		Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010		Sioux Falls Arena	Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Note: Southwest Missouri State became Missouri State in 2005.

Performance By School

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Valparaiso	8	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
Oral Roberts	3	2006, 2007, 2008
Eastern Illinois	2	1985, 1992
Southwest Missouri State	2	1987, 1989
Wisconsin-Green Bay	2	1991, 1994
Western Illinois	1	1984
Cleveland State	1	1986
Northern Iowa	1	1990
Wright State	1	1993
Southern Utah	1	2001
IUPUI	1	2003
Oakland	1	2005
TOTAL	24