2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season

2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Summit League tournament

2024–25 Summit League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
Kansas City	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
South Dakota State	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Omaha	0	–	0		–			2	–	1		.667
St. Thomas*	0	–	0		–			2	–	1		.667
Denver	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
North Dakota State	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
Oral Roberts	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
North Dakota	0	–	0		–			0	–	1		.000
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner As of November 10, 2024

The 2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 4, 2024, and will begin conference play on January 2, 2025. The regular season will end on March 1, 2025, and set up the 2025 Summit League men's basketball tournament which will take place from March 5 to 9, 2025.

Head coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School	Record at School	Summit League Record	Summit League Titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Sweet 16's
Denver	Jeff Wulbrun	Stanford (Assistant)	4	43–55	19–33	0	0	0
Kansas City	Marvin Menzies	Grand Canyon (Associate HC)	3	27–37	17–17	0	5	0
North Dakota	Paul Sather	Northern State	6	61–94	33–51	0	0	0
North Dakota State	David Richman	North Dakota State (Assistant)	11	187–131	97–62	3	2	0
Omaha	Chris Crutchfield	Oregon (Assistant)	3	23–40	11–23	0	0	0
Oral Roberts	Russell Springmann	Oral Roberts (Assistant)	2	12–19	5–11	0	0	0
St. Thomas	John Tauer	St. Thomas (Assistant)	13	266–100^	22–30	0	0^^	0^^^
South Dakota	Eric Peterson	Utah (Assistant)	3	24–38	12–22	0	0	0
South Dakota State	Eric Henderson	South Dakota State (Assistant)	6	109–48	65–15	2	2	0

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
• Overall and Summit League records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2023–24 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

^218 wins and 50 losses at the Division III level

^^8 NCAA Division III Tournaments

^^^4 NCAA Division III Sweet 16s, 2 NCAA Division III Final Fours, and 1 NCAA Division III National Championship

Preseason awards

The preseason Summit League men's basketball polls were released on October 8, 2024.

Preseason poll

First place votes in parenthesis

1. Kansas City (17) – 514
2. South Dakota State (12) – 474
3. North Dakota State (3) – 384
4. St. Thomas – 308
5. Oral Roberts (2) – 305
6. North Dakota (1) – 283
7. South Dakota (1) – 250
8. Omaha – 159
9. Denver – 158

Preseason honors

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Kendall Blue, St. Thomas
	Jamar Brown, Kansas City
	Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota
	Amar Kuljuhovic, North Dakota
	Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
	Kaleb Stewart, South Dakota
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
	DeAndre Craig, Denver
	Kalen Garry, South Dakota State
	Marquel Sutton, Omaha
	Jacari White, North Dakota State

Regular season

Conference standings

Current as of November 4, 2024

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas City	0–0		1–0	1.000
2	North Dakota State	0–0		1–0	1.000
3	Omaha	0–0		1–0	1.000
4	St. Thomas	0–0		1–0	1.000
5	South Dakota	0–0		1–0	1.000
6	South Dakota State	0–0		1–0	1.000
7	Oral Roberts	0–0		0–0
8	Denver	0–0		0–1	.000
9	North Dakota	0–0		0–1	.000

Conference matrix

	Denver	Kansas City	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Omaha	Oral Roberts	St. Thomas	South Dakota	South Dakota State
vs. Denver	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Kansas City	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Omaha	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Oral Roberts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. St. Thomas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Through October 8, 2024

Players of the Week

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School

Records against other conferences

As of November 10, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–1	American	None
Big East	None	Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–1	SEC	None
Major 6 Total			0–4
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	None	ASUN	1–0
America East	None	Big Sky	None
Big South	None	Big West	1–0
CAA	None	Conference USA	None
Horizon League	1–0	Ivy League	None
Independents	None	MAAC	None
MAC	None	MEAC	None
MVC	0–1	MWC	0–1
NEC	None	OVC	None
Patriot League	None	SoCon	None
Southland	2–0	SWAC	1–0
Sun Belt	None	WAC	None
WCC	None
Other Division I Total			5–3
NCAA Division I Total			5–7
NCAA Division II Total			1–0
NCAA Division III Total			1–0
NAIA Total			4–0
NCCAA Total			2–0
Total Non-Conference Record			13–7

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

Summit League records against ranked teams (rankings from AP Poll, Summit teams in Bold):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score	Conference record	Reference

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Denver	62	85	–23
Kansas City	91	68	+23
North Dakota	56	82	–26
North Dakota State	96	59	+37
Omaha	85	69	+16
Oral Roberts	57	80	–23
St. Thomas	96	71	+25
South Dakota	184	162	+22
South Dakota State	80	73	+7

Through November 6, 2024

Home attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	% of Capacity
Denver	Hamilton Gymnasium	2,500	1	702	—	702	28.1%
Kansas City	Swinney Recreation Center	1,500	2	720	791 Nov 8 vs. Kansas Christian	1,441	48.0%
North Dakota	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3,300	0			0	%
North Dakota State	Scheels Center	5,460	2	1,286	1,353 Nov 7 vs. Illinois St	2,572	23.6%
Omaha	Baxter Arena	7,898	1	910	—	910	11.5%
Oral Roberts	Mabee Center	10,154	0			0	%
St. Thomas	Schoenecker Arena	1,800	1	1,353	—	1,353	75.2%
South Dakota	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	3	1,704	2,013 Nov 4 vs. Southern	5,113	28.4%
South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena	6,500	1	3,646	—	3,646	56.1%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of November 10, 2024
Does not include exhibition games

National Television Games

Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Date Time (CT)	Road Team	Home Team	Final Score	Network
November 16, 2024 6 PM	Kansas City	Iowa State		FS2
December 10, 2024 7 PM	North Dakota State	Butler		FS1
December 15, 2024 12 PM	Omaha	Iowa State		CBSSN
December 18, 2024 8 PM	Alabama	North Dakota		CBSSN
January 2, 2025 8 PM	Denver	South Dakota State		CBSSN
January 8, 2025 7 PM	Kansas City	Omaha		CBSSN
February 2, 2025 3 PM	North Dakota State	St. Thomas		CBSSN
February 13, 2025 8 PM	Oral Roberts	North Dakota State		CBSSN
February 16, 2025 1 PM	South Dakota State	South Dakota		CBSSN
February 23, 2025 1 PM	Kansas City	South Dakota State		CBSSN

Postseason

Conference tournament

Main article: 2024 Summit League men's basketball tournament

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. The tournament is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was held from March 5 to 9, 2024.

	First Round March 5 Summit League Network					Quarterfinals March 6 & 7 Summit League Network					Semifinals March 8 CBS Sports Network					Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network
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