2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament

2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota (4th title)
Winning coach	Dawn Plitzuweit (3rd title)
MVP	Chloe Lamb (South Dakota)
Television	MidcoSN ESPN+ ESPNU
Summit League women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Summit League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State	17	–	1		.944			29	–	9		.763
South Dakota †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	6		.829
Kansas City	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Oral Roberts	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
North Dakota	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
North Dakota State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
Western Illinois	5	–	12		.294			14	–	15		.483
Denver	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
St. Thomas*	4	–	14		.222			7	–	21		.250
Omaha	3	–	14		.176			7	–	19		.269
* Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2022 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2022 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament took place March 5–8, 2022, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final conference standings qualified for the tournament.

Seeds

The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams are to be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	South Dakota State	17–1	NCAA NET Ranking 34
2	South Dakota	17–1	NCAA NET Ranking 36
3	Kansas City	12–6
4	Oral Roberts	10–8
5	North Dakota	9–9
6	North Dakota State	7–11
7	Western Illinois	5–12
8	Denver	5–13

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Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 5
1	12:30 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 8 Denver	86-59	MidcoSN/ESPN+
2	3:00 PM	No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 7 Western Illinois	75-49
Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 6
3	12:30 PM	No. 4 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 North Dakota	61-54	MidcoSN/ESPN+
4	3:00 PM	No. 3 Kansas City vs. No. 6 North Dakota State	81-74
Semifinals - Monday, March 7
5	12:30 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts	72-53	MidcoSN/ESPN+
6	3:00 PM	No. 2 South Dakota vs. No. 3 Kansas City	81-67
Final - Tuesday, March 8
7	1:00 PM	No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 South Dakota	56-45	ESPNU
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 5 & 6 MidcoSN/ESPN+					Semifinals March 7 MidcoSN/ESPN+					Championship March 8 ESPNU
	1	South Dakota State	86
	8	Denver	59
						1	South Dakota State	72
						4	Oral Roberts	53
	4	Oral Roberts	61
	5	North Dakota	54
											1	South Dakota State	45
											2	South Dakota	56
	3	Kansas City	81
	6	North Dakota State	74
						3	Kansas City	67
						2	South Dakota	81
	2	South Dakota	75
	7	Western Illinois	49

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All-Tournament team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:

Player	School
Chloe Lamb (MVP)	South Dakota
Hannah Sjerven	South Dakota
Paiton Burckhard	South Dakota State
Myah Selland	South Dakota State
Naomie Alnatas	Kansas City