The 2021–22 Summit League Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on December 20, 2021. The regular season ended on February 26, 2022, setting up the 2022 Summit League men's basketball tournament from March 5 to March 8.
South Dakota State was the regular season champion, finishing with a perfect 18-0 conference record for the first time in conference and team history. The Jacks would go on to win the
Summit League tournament as well, beating
North Dakota State
North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural Colle ...
to reach their first NCAA tournament berth in four years.
Conference Changes
Due to the addition of
St. Thomas (MN), the conference schedule was expanded to 18 games. Each team played every team twice, once at home and once on the road.
Head Coaches
Coaching Changes
Denver hired
Jeff Wulbrun after
Rodney Billups was let go.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
* Overall and Summit League records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
* NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
*110 Wins and 68 Losses at Division II level
**2 NCAA Division II Tournaments
***1 NCAA Division II Sweet 16's and 1 NCAA Division II Elite 8
^All wins and losses at Division III level
^^8 NCAA Division III Tournaments
^^^4 NCAA Division III Sweet 16, 2 NCAA Division III Final Fours, and 1 NCAA Division III National Championship
Preseason Awards
The Preseason Summit League men's basketball polls was released on October 12, 2021.
Preseason men's basketball polls
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# South Dakota State (23) - 636
# North Dakota State (7) - 606
# Oral Roberts (6) - 545
# South Dakota - 480
# Western Illinois - 356
# Kansas City - 341
# North Dakota - 279
# Omaha - 255
# Denver - 217
# St. Thomas 120
Preseason Honors
Regular season
Conference standings
Conference Matrix
Players of the Week
Records against other conferences
Points scored
''Through March 8, 2022''
Home attendance
Bold - Exceed capacity
† - Does not include games where an attendance figure was not given
As of February 27, 2022
''Does not include exhibition games''
All-League Honors
Source:
Postseason
Conference Tournament
The top 8 teams from the Summit League qualify for the conference tournament. The tournament is at the
Denny Sanford Premier Center
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in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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.
NCAA tournament
Only South Dakota State was selected to participate in the tournament as the conference's automatic bid.
References
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