2008 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2008 The Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was won by Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team earned an automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was their third...

. It took place March 8–11, 2008 at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center
Union Multipurpose Activity Center
The Union Multipurpose Activity Center is a 5,662-seat multipurpose arena located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Built in 2003 at a cost of $22 million, it is the home of the Union High School Redskins basketball team...

 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

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All-tournament team

  • Jaraun Burrows, IPFW
  • Moses Ehambe, Oral Roberts (Most Valuable Player)
  • George Hill
    George Hill (basketball)
    George Jesse Hill, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. While playing for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis he received many honors, including Summit League 'Player of the Year' and was an 'Honorable Mention All-American' his junior...

    , 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
    Ratings Percentage Index
    The Rating Percentage Index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule. It is one of the systems by which NCAA basketball and baseball teams are ranked...

  • Coin flip

2008 seeds

Seed | Team | Conference | Overall
W L Pct. GB W L Pct.
1 x-Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball
The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team earned an automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was their third...

 
16 2 .889 24 8 .750
2 IUPUI
IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball
The IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball...

 
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
Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball
The Southern Utah Thunderbirds Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2001...

 
9 9 .500 7 11 19 .367
5 IPFW
IPFW Mastodons men's basketball
The IPFW Mastodons Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team has never played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Mastodons are...

 
9 9 .500 7 14 17 .452
6 Western Illinois
Western Illinois Leathernecks basketball
The Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team represents Western Illinois University of Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I men's college basketball competition....

 
7 11 .389 9 12 18 .400
7 UMKC
UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball
The UMKC Kangaroos Basketball team is the basketball team that represent University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. The school's team currently competes in The Summit League. The team has never played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament...

 
6 12 .333 10 11 21 .343
8 Centenary
Centenary Gentlemen basketball
The Centenary Gentlemen basketball team represents Centenary College, located in Shreveport, Louisiana, in NCAA Division III men's basketball competition. The "Gentlemen" nickname is exclusive to men's athletes and teams; Ladies is used for women's teams and athletes. The school's team currently...

 
4 14 .222 12 10 21 .323
South Dakota State
South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits Men's Basketball team is the basketball team that represents South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The school's team began competing in The Summit League in 2007-08. The team has never played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament....

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.

Bracket

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