2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament was won by Oral Roberts. It took place March 8–11, 2008^[2] at the John Q. Hammons Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2008 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2007–08
Teams	8
Site	Union Multipurpose Activity Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Oral Roberts (3rd title)
Winning coach	Scott Sutton (3rd title)
MVP	Moses Ehambe (Oral Roberts)
Top scorer	George Hill (IUPUI) (72 points)
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2007–08 Summit League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oral Roberts †	16	–	2		.889			24	–	9		.727
IUPUI	15	–	3		.833			26	–	7		.788
Oakland	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
North Dakota State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	13		.552
Southern Utah	9	–	9		.500			11	–	19		.367
IPFW	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Western Illinois	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
UMKC	6	–	12		.333			11	–	21		.344
Centenary	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
South Dakota State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	21		.276
† 2008 Summit League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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.^[3]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 8–9					Semifinals March 10					Final March 11
	1	Oral Roberts	84
	8	Centenary	56
						1	Oral Roberts	58
						5	IPFW	42
	4	Southern Utah	62
	5	IPFW	66
											1	Oral Roberts	71
											2	IUPUI	64
	2	IUPUI	69
	7	UMKC	65
						2	IUPUI	80
						3	Oakland	65
	3	Oakland	80
	6	Western Illinois	66