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Eli Linton is the RTC correspondent for the Summit League. Tournament action tips Saturday in Sioux Falls, so get up to speed on all things Summit League and get a leg up on your Big Dance upset research.

Summit League Tournament Predictions

Saturday, March 5:

Oakland 91, Southern Utah 72— Keith Benson and company will make a statement in the opening game, leaving no doubt who the top dog in the conference is. Oral Roberts 77, North Dakota State 70—Michael Tveidt, in his swan song, will do his best to help his Bison [...]]]>
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Eli Linton is the RTC correspondent for the Summit League.

A Look Back

The cream has risen to the top in the Summit League, finally, and it looks like there are four teams that have a legitimate shot to win a title. IUPUI resurfaced in the Summit after knocking off the top two teams, and Oral Roberts asserted itself with a dominating win against UMKC, keeping them in the mix of elite teams. Oakland fell in the mid-major Top 25 to # 12 after losing to IUPUI, and likely lost what little chance they had of getting [...]]]>
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Eli Linton is the RTC correspondent for the Summit League.

Standings

South Dakota State 3-0 UMKC 2-0 North Dakota State 2-1 Western Illinois 2-1 IPFW 1-1 IUPUI 1-1 Oakland 1-1 Southern Utah 1-1 Oral Roberts 0-2 Centenary 0-3

A Look Back

The Summit League has had a pretty good start to the non-conference season. The Dakotas notched impressive wins over the defending Big West champs UC Santa Barbara, and Big Ten opponent Iowa. NDSU won by eight over UC Santa Barbara, and SDSU took a 10-point win [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/11/20/checking-in-on-the-summit-league-14/feed/ 1 Checking In On… the Summit League http://rushthecourt.net/2009/12/04/checking-in-on-the-summit-league-8/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/12/04/checking-in-on-the-summit-league-8/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:46:34 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=13472

Eli Linton is the RTC correspondent for the Summit League.

Current Standings (Overall Record/League Record):

IUPUI  (6-2/1-0) Centenary  (4-2/1-0) Oral Roberts  (4-4/1-0) North Dakota State  (3-3/1-0) Oakland  (3-4/0-0) IPFW  (2-3/0-0) UMKC  (3-3/0-1) Western Illinois  (3-4/0-1) Southern Utah  (3-5/0-1) South Dakota State  (2-5/0-1)

Top Storylines:

Whatever could go wrong has gone wrong for Oral Roberts University to start this season.  After getting an emotional win against Stanford, everything came crashing down to earth when they discovered that their junior point guard Rod Pearson became the third player THIS YEAR to suffer a season-ending ACL tear.  To make matters worse, the third string point guard, sophomore Beloved [...]]]>
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