2024–25 Summit League men's basketball season

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
Seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Summit League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Omaha	7	–	0	1.000	13	–	9	.591
St. Thomas*	6	–	1	.857	16	–	6	.727
North Dakota State	5	–	2	.714	16	–	6	.727
South Dakota State	5	–	2	.714	14	–	8	.636
South Dakota	3	–	4	.429	12	–	10	.545
Kansas City	2	–	5	.286	10	–	12	.455
North Dakota	2	–	6	.250	8	–	15	.348
Denver	1	–	6	.143	7	–	15	.318
Oral Roberts	1	–	6	.143	5	–	15	.250
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III

† 2025 Summit League tournament winner As of January 25, 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 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.^[1]

Preseason poll

First place votes in parenthesis

Kansas City (17) – 514
South Dakota State (12) – 474
North Dakota State (3) – 384
St. Thomas – 308
Oral Roberts (2) – 305
North Dakota (1) – 283
South Dakota (1) – 250
Omaha – 159
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 January 27, 2025^[2]

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Omaha	7–0	1.000	13–9	.591
2	St. Thomas	6–1	.857	16–6	.727
3	North Dakota State	5–2	.714	16–6	.727
4	South Dakota State	5–2	.714	14–8	.636
5	South Dakota	3–4	.429	12–10	.545
6	Kansas City	2–5	.286	10–12	.455
7	North Dakota	2–6	.250	8–15	.348
8	Denver	1–6	.143	7–15	.318
9	Oral Roberts	1–6	.143	5–15	.250

Conference matrix

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

Through January 25, 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
Dec. 16	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
Jan. 6	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)

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	1604	1753	–149
Kansas City	1639	1455	+184
North Dakota	1789	1835	–46
North Dakota State	1816	1596	+220
Omaha	1649	1628	+21
Oral Roberts	1504	1579	–75
St. Thomas	1865	1647	+218
South Dakota	1890	1839	+51
South Dakota State	1759	1574	+185

Through January 27, 2025^[9]

Home attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	% of Capacity
Denver	Hamilton Gymnasium	2,500	9	710	1,148 Dec 21 vs. Northern Colorado	6,393	28.4%
Kansas City	Swinney Recreation Center	1,500	10	841	1,534 Jan 25 vs. St. Thomas	8,413	56.1%
North Dakota	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3,300	10	1,871	3,085 Dec 18 vs. 6 Alabama	18,718	56.7%
North Dakota State	Scheels Center	5,460	10	1,698	5,198 Jan 25 vs. North Dakota	16,981	31.1%
Omaha	Baxter Arena	7,898	7	2,260	3,234 Jan 23 vs. St. Thomas	15,825	28.6%
Oral Roberts	Mabee Center	10,154	8	3,377	4,811 Nov 16 vs. Haskell	27,016	33.3%
St. Thomas	Schoenecker Arena	1,800	8	1,296	1,852 Jan 8 vs. South Dakota St	10,371	72.0%
South Dakota	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	11	1,692	2,013 Nov 4 vs. Southern	18,618	28.2%
South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena	6,500	10	2,734	4,764 Jan 25 vs. South Dakota	27,346	42.1%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of January 25, 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		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

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 will be 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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References

^ "Roos earn top spot in #SummitMBB preseason poll". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
^ "Kansas City vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "Kansas City vs. Creighton". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "Omaha vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Alabama vs. North Dakota". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
^ "South Dakota State vs. Alabama". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "2024-2025 Men's Basketball Overall Statistics". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
^ "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.
^ "CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games". CBS Sports. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

[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 January 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 January 27, 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.

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