University of St. Thomas Athletics
Summit League Basketball Championships set for expansion in 2023
1/27/2022 1:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –The Summit League Basketball Championships will expand to 10 teams starting with the 2023 event, league officials announced Thursday. With the addition of two more teams, the tournament will have an extra day of game play and be conducted over the course of five days. The 2023 Championships are scheduled for March 3-7 next year at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.
The first round of games, which will be played on a Friday will feature men's and women's matchups between the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds and No. 8 and No. 9 seeds.
The winners of those games will play in a quarterfinal contest on Saturday with the No. 7/No. 10 winner advancing to play the No. 2 seed and No. 8/No. 9 winner advancing to play the top seed in their respective brackets.
The tournaments will continue with the remaining quarterfinal games pitting the No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed and No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed on Sunday, followed by men's and women's semifinals on Monday.
Both the men's and women's championship games will remain on Tuesday.
In previous years, only the top eight teams qualified for the event, but now all 10 teams, including the league's newest member, the University of St. Thomas, will make up the men's and women's fields.
St. Thomas must complete the five-year Division I transition period to be eligible for the NCAA Tournament. The earliest the Tommies could qualify is in 2026. If the Tommies were to win either the men's or women's tournament from 2023-25, then the regular season champion or highest-finishing team besides St. Thomas in the regular season standings would earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Tickets to the 2023 Championships will go on sale Tuesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets will be available at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center box office and at ticketmaster.com. The 2023 all-session tickets begin at $120 per ticket.
Also, new for the 2023 Basketball Championships will be the option for fans to purchase limited preferred parking passes in Lot D. These will also be sold at ticketmaster.com and be valid for all five days of the tournaments. Each pass will sell for $100 and these will only be available leading up to the event. No single-day passes of this variety will be sold on game days.
As a reminder, single-session tickets for the 2022 Basketball Championships, slated for March 5-8 in Sioux Falls will go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. CT.
The first round of games, which will be played on a Friday will feature men's and women's matchups between the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds and No. 8 and No. 9 seeds.
The winners of those games will play in a quarterfinal contest on Saturday with the No. 7/No. 10 winner advancing to play the No. 2 seed and No. 8/No. 9 winner advancing to play the top seed in their respective brackets.
The tournaments will continue with the remaining quarterfinal games pitting the No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed and No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed on Sunday, followed by men's and women's semifinals on Monday.
Both the men's and women's championship games will remain on Tuesday.
In previous years, only the top eight teams qualified for the event, but now all 10 teams, including the league's newest member, the University of St. Thomas, will make up the men's and women's fields.
St. Thomas must complete the five-year Division I transition period to be eligible for the NCAA Tournament. The earliest the Tommies could qualify is in 2026. If the Tommies were to win either the men's or women's tournament from 2023-25, then the regular season champion or highest-finishing team besides St. Thomas in the regular season standings would earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Tickets to the 2023 Championships will go on sale Tuesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets will be available at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center box office and at ticketmaster.com. The 2023 all-session tickets begin at $120 per ticket.
Also, new for the 2023 Basketball Championships will be the option for fans to purchase limited preferred parking passes in Lot D. These will also be sold at ticketmaster.com and be valid for all five days of the tournaments. Each pass will sell for $100 and these will only be available leading up to the event. No single-day passes of this variety will be sold on game days.
As a reminder, single-session tickets for the 2022 Basketball Championships, slated for March 5-8 in Sioux Falls will go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. CT.
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