title: 2019 Summit League women's basketball tournament
text: # 2019 Summit League women's basketball tournament
  
  The 2019 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 9–12, 2019, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final 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. South Dakota State, South Dakota, Oral Roberts, Denver, Western Illinois, North Dakota, and North Dakota State, and Purdue Fort Wayne all qualified.
  
  | Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Dakota State | 15–1 | |
  | 2 | South Dakota | 14–2 | |
  | 3 | Oral Roberts | 10–6 | 2-0 vs Denver |
  | 4 | Denver | 10–6 | 0-2 vs Oral Roberts |
  | 5 | Western Illinois | 8–8 | |
  | 6 | North Dakota | 6–10 | |
  | 7 | North Dakota State | 4–12 | |
  | 8 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 3–13 | |
  | - | Omaha | 2–14 | |
  
  ## Schedule and results
  
  | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 |||||
  | 1 | 12:00 PM | #1 South Dakota State vs. #8 Purdue Fort Wayne | 88-50 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | 2 | 2:30 pm | #2 South Dakota vs. #7 North Dakota State | 74-51 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10 |||||
  | 3 | 12:00 pm | #4 Oral Roberts vs. #5 Western Illinois | 80-67 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | 4 | 2:30 pm | #3 Denver vs. #6 North Dakota | 68-64 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | Semifinals – Monday, March 11 |||||
  | 5 | 12:00 pm | #1 South Dakota State vs. #4 Oral Roberts | 86-55 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | 6 | 2:30 pm | #2 South Dakota vs. #6 North Dakota | 84-61 | MidcoSN/ESPN+ |
  | Final – Tuesday, March 12 |||||
  | 7 | 1:00 pm | #1 South Dakota State vs. #2 South Dakota | 83-71 | ESPNU |
  | *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals March 9 & 10 | Quarterfinals March 9 & 10 | Quarterfinals March 9 & 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Dakota State | 88 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 50 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 50 | 1 | South Dakota State | 86 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Oral Roberts | 55 | | | |
  | 4 | Oral Roberts | 68 | 4 | Oral Roberts | 55 | | | |
  | 5 | Western Illinois | 64 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Western Illinois | 64 | | | | 1 | South Dakota State | 83 |
  | | | | | | | 2 | South Dakota | 71 |
  | 2 | South Dakota | 74 | | | | | | | 2 | South Dakota | 71 |
  | 7 | North Dakota State | 51 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | North Dakota State | 51 | 2 | South Dakota | 84 | | | |
  | | | | 6 | North Dakota | 61 | | | |
  | 3 | Denver | 67 | 6 | North Dakota | 61 | | | |
  | 6 | North Dakota | 80 | | | | | | |
  