2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2013 post-season tournament for Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. The tournament took place March 9–12, 2013 at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Only Nebraska–Omaha was ineligible for the 2013 tournament due to its NCAA Division I transition. Teams were seeded by conference record, with tiebreakers used when necessary.

2013 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	8
Site	Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Scott Nagy (2nd title)
MVP	Nate Wolters (South Dakota State)
Top scorer	Nate Wolters (South Dakota State) (65 points)
Television	FCS Atlantic, Midco Sport Network, ESPN2
Summit League men's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	10		.714
Western Illinois	13	–	3		.813			22	–	9		.710
North Dakota State	12	–	4		.750			24	–	10		.706
Oakland	10	–	6		.625			16	–	17		.485
IPFW	7	–	9		.438			16	–	17		.485
Omaha *	6	–	10		.375			11	–	20		.355
UMKC	5	–	11		.313			8	–	24		.250
South Dakota	5	–	11		.313			10	–	20		.333
IUPUI	1	–	15		.063			6	–	26		.188
† 2013 Summit League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll * Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA Div I transition

Tiebreaking procedure

The following rules define the tiebreaking procedure for The Summit League tournament. If there are multiple ties, the ties shall be broken in descending order. Once a tie is broken using the procedures below, it shall remain broken for purposes of all future comparisons. Tiebreaker procedures are used only to determine seeds for the league tournament.

Two-team tiebreaking criteria

The following criteria are applied to break ties between two teams:

1. Results of head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
2. Comparison of each tied team's record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings continuing down through the standings until a team gains an advantage.
3. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure) rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
4. If a tie still cannot be broken after applying criteria (1), (2) and (3), it will be broken by comparing each tied team's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) (based upon the RPIratings.com Report issued on the morning following the last regular season league game).

Multiple-team tiebreaking criteria

The following criteria are applied to break ties between more than two teams:

1. Results of each tied team's collective record against the other teams tied for the same position.
2. If multiple ties still remain, then each tied team's record shall be compared to the team or group (if two or more are tied) occupying the highest position in the standings continuing down through the standings until a team gains an advantage.
3. If the above results in two teams remaining, the two-team tiebreaker is used.
4. If a tie involving three or more teams still cannot be broken after applying criteria (1) and (2), it will be broken by comparing each tied team's RPI (based upon the RPIratings.com Report issued on the morning following the last regular season league game).

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 9–10 FCS Atlantic/Midco Sport Network					Semifinals March 11 FCS Atlantic/Midco Sport Network					Championship Game March 12 ESPN2
	1	South Dakota State	66
	8	IUPUI	49
						1	South Dakota State	72
						5	IPFW	56
	4	Oakland	72
	5	IPFW	91
											1	South Dakota State	73
											3	North Dakota State	67
	2	Western Illinois	54
	7	South Dakota	53
						2	Western Illinois	43
						3	North Dakota State	55
	3	North Dakota State	69
	6	UMKC	58