2020–21 Summit League men's basketball season

2020–21 Summit League men's basketball season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
Regular season
Tournament
Summit League men's basketball seasons
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2020–21 Summit League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Dakota State	9	–	3	.750	16	–	7	.696
South Dakota	11	–	4	.733	14	–	11	.560
North Dakota State	11	–	5	.688	15	–	12	.556
Oral Roberts †	10	–	5	.667	18	–	11	.621
North Dakota	8	–	8	.500	9	–	17	.346
Kansas City	7	–	7	.500	11	–	13	.458
Western Illinois	5	–	9	.357	7	–	15	.318
Omaha	3	–	11	.214	5	–	20	.200
Denver	1	–	13	.071	2	–	19	.095

† 2021 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2020–21 Summit League men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.

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Membership changes

The conference both gained and lost a member after the 2019–20 season. Purdue Fort Wayne left for the Horizon League^[1] and was replaced by Kansas City, which returned to the Summit after a seven-year absence spent in the Western Athletic Conference.^[2]

Preseason awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on October 26, 2020.^[3]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

Rank	Team
1.	South Dakota State (33)- 608
2.	Oral Roberts- 504
3.	North Dakota State (3)- 466
4.	Omaha- 379
5.	South Dakota- 354
6.	North Dakota- 301
7.	Kansas City- 248
8.	Denver- 203
9.	Western Illinois- 167
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Summit League teams

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Noah Friedel, South Dakota State
	Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts
	Matt Pile, Omaha
	Filip Rebraca, North Dakota
	Stanley Umude, South Dakota
	Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
	Matt Dentlinger, South Dakota State
	Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State
	Marlon Ruffin, Omaha
	Jase Townsend, Denver

Conference matrix

	Denver	Kansas City	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Omaha	Oral Roberts	South Dakota	South Dakota State	Western Illinois
vs. Denver	–	2−0	1−1	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0	0−0	2−0
vs. Kansas City	0–2	–	1−1	1−1	0−2	1−1	2−0	2−0	0−0
vs. North Dakota	1−1	1−1	–	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2	2−0	1−1
vs. North Dakota State	0−2	1−1	1−1	–	0−2	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2
vs. Omaha	0−2	2−0	1−1	2−0	–	2−0	2−0	0−0	2−0
vs. Oral Roberts	0−2	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2	–	1−0	1−1	0−2
vs. South Dakota	0−2	0−2	2−0	1−1	0−2	0−1	–	1−1	0−2
vs. South Dakota State	0−0	0−2	0−2	1−1	0−0	1−1	1−1	–	0−2
vs. Western Illinois	0−2	0−0	1−1	2−0	0−2	2−0	2−0	2−0	–
Total	1−13	7−7	8−8	11−5	3−11	10−5	11−4	9−3	5−9

All-Summit League awards

Summit League men's basketball weekly awards

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov 30	Marlon Ruffin	Omaha
Dec 7	Baylor Scheierman	South Dakota State
Dec 14	Stanley Umude (1)	South Dakota
Dec 21	Kevin Obanor (1)	Oral Roberts
Dec 28	Rocky Kreuser (1)	North Dakota State
Jan 4	Kevin Obanor (2)	Oral Roberts
Jan 11	Rocky Kreuser (2)	North Dakota State
Jan 18	Jase Townsend	Denver
Jan 25	Brandon McKissic	Kansas City
Feb 1	Stanley Umude (2)	South Dakota
Feb 8	Kevin Obanor (3)	Oral Roberts
Feb 15	Max Abmas (1)	Oral Roberts
Feb 22	A.J. Plitzuweit	South Dakota
Mar 1	Max Abmas (2)	Oral Roberts

References

^ "Purdue University Fort Wayne to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
^ "Kansas City Roo Athletics Rejoins Summit League" (Press release). Kansas City Athletics. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
^ https://thesummitleague.org/news/2020/10/26/south-dakota-state-tops-summit-league-mens-basketball-preseason-poll.aspx "South Dakota State tops Summit League men's basketball preseason poll" thesummitleague.org. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

v t e Summit League men's basketball
Teams	Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball conference season
America East AAC ASUN Atlantic 10 ACC Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C–USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast

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