2012 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2012 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams8
SiteSioux Falls Arena
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (1st title)
Winning coachScott Nagy (1st title)
MVPNate Wolters (South Dakota State)
TelevisionESPN2, FCS,
Midco Sport Network
2011–12 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oral Roberts 17 1   .944 27 7   .794
South Dakota State 15 3   .833 27 8   .771
Oakland 11 7   .611 20 16   .556
Western Illinois 9 9   .500 18 15   .545
North Dakota State 9 9   .500 17 14   .548
Southern Utah 8 10   .444 14 17   .452
IUPUI 7 11   .389 14 18   .438
South Dakota * 5 13   .278 10 18   .357
IPFW 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
UMKC 4 14   .222 10 21   .323
2012 Summit League tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2012 Summit League men's basketball tournament was the 2012 post-season tournament for The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference. The tournament took place March 3–6, 2012, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. South Dakota State won and received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.

This was the final Summit League tournament for Southern Utah, which joined the Big Sky Conference for the 2012–13 basketball season. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts joined the Southland Conference in 2012–13 but returned to the Summit in 2014–15.