Summit League men's basketball tournament
The Summit League men's basketball tournament, popularly known as The Summit League at the Falls, is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The tournament was first played in 1984, when the league was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities. The league was also known as the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989 to 2007, after which it was renamed to The Summit League.
Format
Currently, all 9 men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. Before the 2022-23 season, only the top 8 conference teams made the tournament. After the 16-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:- Head-to-head competition
- Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams
- NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET)
- Coin flip
Performance by school
- Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
- Among current Summit League members, Denver, North Dakota, St. Thomas and South Dakota have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, while Kansas City has yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure.