2018–19 Summit League men's basketball season

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.

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
2018–19 Summit League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Dakota State 142 .875249  .727
Omaha133 .8132111  .656
Purdue Fort Wayne97 .5631815  .545
North Dakota State97 .5631916  .543
Oral Roberts79 .4381121  .344
South Dakota79 .4381317  .433
North Dakota610 .3751218  .400
Western Illinois412 .2501021  .323
Denver313 .188822  .267
2019 Summit League Tournament winner

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

Preseason poll

Source[2]

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

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source[2]

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

Postseason

Summit League Tournament

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

References

  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. "South Dakota State picked to repeat as Summit League Champs". Summit League. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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