Semi Final Monday is Set for the Summit League Tournament
The Summit League Tournament looks a little different this year but you are still getting the high level of competition that we are accustomed to each and every season.
Semi-Final Monday is set for the Summit League Tournament on both the men s and women s brackets and fans are set from some great action.
All games are being played at the Sanford Pentagon instead of the Denny Sanford Premier Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the women s side of things, the games will start in the afternoon with the men s sessions starting in the evening.
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USD men’s basketball earned the No. 2 seed in the Summit League Tournament after splitting last weekend’s series with North Dakota State. The team is forced to change their lineup after losing starting point guard A.J. Plitzuweit to a knee injury late in Saturday’s game against the Bison.
The Coyotes ended the regular season with a 13-10 record posting an 11-4 mark in conference play. USD heads into the tournament down their second-leading scorer in Plitzuweit and will also be without their freshman forward Nikola Zizic.
Head coach Todd Lee said the team did not have much time to adjust for their regular-season finale against North Dakota State after losing Plitzuweit just one day prior.
Two goals in first 3:20 pace North Dakota in win at DU
DENVER– The North Dakota Fighting Hawks wasted little time in erasing a sour taste from their mouths, as two quick goals set up a 5-1 win over host Denver Monday evening at Magness Arena to split the series. UND was coming off a 4-1 loss a night prior and sent a message early that this game would trend differently.
Matt Kiersted’s goal just 18 seconds in provided the spark. Just over three minutes later,
Grant Mismash added another and the third-ranked Hawks seized control and never relinquished it.
Kiersted’s goal came off a rebound to solve Magnus Chrona. After the puck squirted loose from a tie-up behind the net,
2021 Summit League Tournament to Have NO Fans and Move Location
The college basketball world has been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as much as any sport and that continues as they march toward the NCAA Tournament hopefully this Spring.
Not only has the pandemic forced the NCAA Tournament to move all games to the state of Indiana, but it has also forced conferences to make some tough decisions as well.
On Thursday, the Summit League announced that it would be moving forward with their conference tournament in March, but that it would be without fans.
Additionally, the league announced that the tournament would be moving from the Denny Sanford Premier Center to the Sanford Pentagon to keep more a controlled environment along with less of a need for the larger sized facility.