The 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the

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. The tournament was held from March 5–8, 2016 at the

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. The winners of the tournament,

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, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. This was South Dakota State's third championship in five years.

Seeds

The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

References

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