2018–19 Summit League men's basketball season

2018–19 Summit League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2018
through March 2019
Number of teams9
Regular Season
ChampionSouth Dakota State
Season MVPMike Daum, South Dakota State
Tournament
Summit League men's basketball seasons
← 2017–18
2018–19 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  14 2   .875 24 9   .727
Omaha 13 3   .813 21 11   .656
Purdue Fort Wayne 9 7   .563 18 15   .545
North Dakota State 9 7   .563 19 16   .543
Oral Roberts 7 9   .438 11 21   .344
South Dakota 7 9   .438 13 17   .433
North Dakota 6 10   .375 12 18   .400
Western Illinois 4 12   .250 10 21   .323
Denver 3 13   .188 8 22   .267
2019 Summit League tournament winner

The 2018–19 Summit League men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2019 and concludes in February 2019. The season marked the 36th season of Summit League basketball.

On December 7, 2018, Mike Daum became the Summit League’s all-time leading scorer. In a 42-point outing against Southern, Daum passed former Oral Roberts forward Caleb Green’s conference record 2,504 points.[1]

Preseason

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Preseason poll

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Source[2]

Rank Team
1 South Dakota State (34)
2 South Dakota (1)
3 Denver (1)
4 Purdue Fort Wayne
5 North Dakota State
6 Oral Roberts
7 North Dakota
8 Omaha
9 Western Illinois

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

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Award Recipients
First Team Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
Trey Burch-Manning (South Dakota)
Zach Jackson (Omaha)
David Jenkins, Jr. (South Dakota State)
John Konchar (Purdue Fort Wayne)
Joe Rosga (Denver)
Second Team Brandon Gilbeck (Western Illinois)
Tyler Hagedorn (South Dakota)
Emmanuel Nzekwesi (Oral Roberts)
Tyson Ward (North Dakota State)
Kobe Webster (Western Illinois)

Summit League Preseason Player of the Year: Mike Daum (South Dakota State)

Regular season

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Conference matrix

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Season summary & highlights

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Conference regular season

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Midseason watchlists

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Postseason

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Summit League Tournament

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Highlights

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NCAA Tournament

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National Invitation Tournament

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Borg, Zach (December 7, 2018). "Daum Becomes Summit League's All-Time Scoring Leader During SDSU's Win Over Southern". kdlt.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "South Dakota State picked to repeat as Summit League Champs". Summit League. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.