2024–25 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Omaha 13 – 3   .813 21 – 12   .636
St. Thomas * 12 – 4   .750 24 – 9   .727
South Dakota State 11 – 5   .688 20 – 12   .625
North Dakota State 10 – 6   .625 21 – 11   .656
South Dakota 9 – 7   .563 19 – 14   .576
North Dakota 5 – 11   .313 12 – 21   .364
Denver 5 – 11   .313 11 – 21   .344
Kansas City 4 – 12   .250 13 – 20   .394
Oral Roberts 3 – 13   .188 7 – 23   .233
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner
As of March 8, 2025

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 ended 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.[1]

Preseason poll

First place votes in parentheses

  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 February 26, 2025[2]

Conference Overall
Rank Team Record Percent Record Percent Tiebreaker
1 Omaha 12–3 .800 18–12 .600
2 St. Thomas 10–4 .714 20–9 .690
3 South Dakota State 10–4 .714 19–10 .655
4 North Dakota State 10–6 .625 21–10 .677
5 South Dakota 8–7 .533 17–13 .567
6 North Dakota 5–9 .357 11–18 .379
7 Denver 4–10 .286 10–19 .345
8 Kansas City 3–11 .214 11–18 .379
9 Oral Roberts 3–11 .214 7–20 .259

Conference matrix

  Denver Kansas City North Dakota North Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State
vs. Denver – 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Kansas City 1–1 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. North Dakota 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. North Dakota State 0–2 0–2 1–1 – 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
vs. Omaha 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 – 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Oral Roberts 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. St. Thomas 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1
vs. South Dakota 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 2–0
vs. South Dakota State 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 –
Total 5–11 4–12 5–11 10–6 13–3 3–13 12–4 9–7 11–5

Through March 1, 2025

Players of the Week

Week[3] Player(s) of the Week School
Nov. 11 Oscar Cluff South Dakota State
Nov. 18 Treysen Eaglestaff North Dakota
Nov. 25 Marquel Sutton Omaha
Dec. 2 Oscar Cluff (2) South Dakota State (2)
Dec. 9 Jackson Moni North Dakota State
Dec. 16 Chase Forte South Dakota
Jackson Moni (2) North Dakota State (2)
Dec. 23 Treysen Eaglestaff (2) North Dakota (2)
Dec. 30 Jackson Moni (3) North Dakota State (3)
Jan. 6 Miles Barnstable St. Thomas
Oscar Cluff (3) South Dakota State (3)
Jan. 13 Issac McBride Oral Roberts
Jan. 20 Oscar Cluff (4) South Dakota State (4)
Jan. 27 JJ White Omaha (2)
Feb. 3 Dre Bullock South Dakota (2)
Feb. 10 Jamar Brown Kansas City
Feb. 17 Oscar Cluff (5) South Dakota State (5)
Feb. 24 Marquel Sutton (2) Omaha (3)
Mar. 3 Chase Forte (2) South Dakota (3)

Records against other conferences

As of December 30, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences Record Major 6 Conferences Record
ACC 0–2 American 1–3
Big East 1–1 Big Ten 0–4
Big 12 0–6 SEC 0–3
Major 6 Total 2–19
Other Division I Conferences Record Other Division I Conferences Record
Atlantic 10 1–0 ASUN 2–0
America East 0–1 Big Sky 13–10
Big South None Big West 3–5
CAA None Conference USA None
Horizon League 1–1 Ivy League None
Independents None MAAC None
MAC 5–1 MEAC None
MVC 1–5 MWC 0–6
NEC None OVC 1–2
Patriot League 0–1 SoCon 1–2
Southland 3–1 SWAC 1–2
Sun Belt 1–0 WAC 3–4
WCC 3–2
Other Division I Total 32–41
NCAA Division I Total 39–63
NCAA Division II Total 6–1
NCAA Division III Total 4–0
NAIA Total 11–0
NCCAA Total 5–0
Total Non-Conference Record 65–64

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
November 11 Kansas City No. 7 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum
Ames, IA		 L 56–82 0–1 [4]
November 16 Kansas City No. 14 Creighton CHI Health Center Omaha
Omaha, NE		 L 56–79 0–2 [5]
December 15 Omaha No. 3 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum
Ames, IA		 L 51–83 0–3 [6]
December 18 No. 7 Alabama North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
Grand Forks, ND		 L 90–97 0–4 [7]
December 29 South Dakota State No. 5 Alabama Coleman Coliseum
Tuscaloosa, AL		 L 82–105 0–5 [8]

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Denver 2120 2277 –157
Kansas City 2129 1971 +158
North Dakota 2246 2292 –46
North Dakota State 2511 2301 +210
Omaha 2319 2283 +36
Oral Roberts 2018 2126 –108
St. Thomas 2436 2198 +238
South Dakota 2560 2500 +60
South Dakota State 2338 2120 +218

Through February 26, 2025[9]

Home attendance

Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average Attendance Attendance High Total Attendance % of Capacity
Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 2,500 13 752 1,148
Dec 21 vs. Northern Colorado 		9,783 30.1%
Kansas City Swinney Recreation Center 1,500 12 871 1,534
Jan 25 vs. St. Thomas 		10,457 58.1%
North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 3,300 13 1,928 3,085
Dec 18 vs. 6 Alabama 		25,074 58.4%
North Dakota State Scheels Center 5,460 13 1,759 5,198
Jan 25 vs. North Dakota 		22,868 32.2%
Omaha Baxter Arena 7,898 12 2,522 4,283
Feb 22 vs. South Dakota 		30,268 31.9%
Oral Roberts Mabee Center 10,154 12 3,283 4,811
Nov 16 vs. Haskell 		39,404 32.3%
St. Thomas Schoenecker Arena 1,800 10 1,348 2,068
Feb 2 vs. North Dakota St 		13,481 74.9%
South Dakota Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 15 1,858 3,942
Feb 16 vs. South Dakota St 		27,879 31.0%
South Dakota State First Bank and Trust Arena 6,500 14 2,990 4,764
Jan 25 vs. South Dakota 		41,872 46.0%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of February 23, 2025
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.[10][11]

Summit League members in bold

Date
Time (CT) 		Road Team Home Team Final Score Network
November 16, 2024
6 PM 		Kansas City No. 14 Creighton L 56–79 FS2
December 10, 2024
7 PM 		North Dakota State Butler W 71–68 FS1
December 15, 2024
12 PM 		Omaha No. 3 Iowa State L 51–83 CBSSN
December 18, 2024
8 PM 		No. 7 Alabama North Dakota L 90–97 CBSSN
January 2, 2025
8 PM 		Denver South Dakota State 70–91 CBSSN
January 8, 2025
7 PM 		Kansas City Omaha 58–77 CBSSN
February 2, 2025
3 PM 		North Dakota State St. Thomas 62–79 CBSSN
February 13, 2025
8 PM 		Oral Roberts North Dakota State 88–94OT CBSSN
February 16, 2025
1 PM 		South Dakota State South Dakota 94–91 CBSSN
February 23, 2025
1 PM 		Kansas City South Dakota State 65–70 CBSSN

All–League Honors

Honor Recipient
Player of the Year Marquel Sutton, Omaha
Defensive Player of the Year Chase Forte, South Dakota
Sixth Man of the Year Tajavis Miller, North Dakota State
Freshman of the Year Sebastian Akins, Denver
Newcomer of the Year Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
Coach of the Year Chris Crutchfield, Omaha
All-Summit League First Team Marquel Sutton, Omaha
Miles Barnstable, St. Thomas
Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
Chase Forte, South Dakota
Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State
JJ White, Omaha
All-Summit League Second Team Jamar Brown, Kansas City
Drake Dobbs, St. Thomas
Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota
Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Jacari White, North Dakota State
All-Summit League Honorable Mention Issac Bruns, South Dakota
Dre Bullock, South Dakota
Kalen Garry, South Dakota State
Masen Miller, North Dakota State
Mier Panoam, North Dakota
All-Defensive Team Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
Drake Dobbs, St. Thomas
Chase Forte, South Dakota
Eli King, North Dakota
Ja'Sean Glover, Omaha
All-Newcomer Team Sebastian Akins, Denver
Miles Barnstable, St. Thomas
Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
Chase Forte, South Dakota
Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State

Source:[12]

Postseason

Conference tournament

Main article: 2025 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
MidcoSN/SLN 		Quarterfinals
March 6 & 7
MidcoSN/SLN 		Semifinals
March 8
CBSSN 		Final
March 9
CBSSN
1 Omaha 70
8 Kansas City 73 8 Kansas City 61
9 Oral Roberts 56 1 Omaha 100
5 South Dakota 75
4 North Dakota State 84
5 South Dakota 85
1 Omaha
2 St. Thomas
2 St. Thomas 80
7 Denver 62
2 St. Thomas 85
6 North Dakota 69
3 South Dakota State 69
6 North Dakota 85

References

  1. ^ "Roos earn top spot in #SummitMBB preseason poll". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  3. ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "Kansas City vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "Kansas City vs. Creighton". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Omaha vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "Alabama vs. North Dakota". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "South Dakota State vs. Alabama". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024-2025 Men's Basketball Overall Statistics". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "Summit League announces 2024-25 national basketball television slate on CBS Sports Network". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games". CBS Sports. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  12. ^ "Omaha's Sutton collects Summit League Player of the Year Honor". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. March 4, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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