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It’s preview time!! Let’s Start right off the bat with my Predicted order of finish. Then I will preview the teams in that order Oral Roberts: 13-5 Conference record. No one runs away with it this year. The Golden Eagles finish at the top of a 3 or maybe 4-team fight to the top. The…
North Dakota State and South Dakota State have been the two most dominant programs in the Summit League over the last 10 years and the two best teams this season. While it’s not a surprise that they are the two teams that are playing in the Summit League finals tonight, the dominance they displayed in…
Obviously, the dismissal of a Summit League coach is newsworthy for a Summit League website. Especially a coach that out of his 17 years on the bench 10 of which were in the Summit League. All of those 17 were at Omaha and Omaha joined the Summit League 10 years ago. Although as I started…
Anyone who has spent time with me talking Summit League basketball knows that even when Elijah Lufile was playing 8 minutes a game I was trying to say Lufile was going to do big things and be a difference-maker in the Summit League. At least for one night that was proven prophetic. Lufile was dominant…
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In his postgame interview, South Dakota Coyotes Head Coach Todd Lee jokingly asked who they were playing next after their win over Kansas City. All of South Dakota and all of the Summit League know who the Coyotes are playing next. They have a date with in-state rival and number 1 seed South Dakota State….
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This is just one man’s opinion on what happens over the next 4 days. So your team’s Reaching the Summit writer had no say in these predictions. Much of these predictions come off of gut feelings and such, so don’t put much stock in it. Round 1 1Â South Dakota State Vs 8 Omaha Earlier…
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The Reaching the Summit Voters have cast their ballots and it’s time to share their votes. There will not be any real narrative on the selections today. I will post my picks on each category with reasoning tomorrow. Since this is a consensus of the voters the narrative will be brief and instead just discuss…
Senior of the week Guard Evan Gilyard Kansas City How much of a hot streak is Evan Gilyard on? Well, 3 senior of the week honors in the last 5 weeks are a good indication. Gilyard continues to lead a surging Kansas City squad as we close in on the Summit League Tournament. The Roos…
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South Dakota State: 120 pts (12) first-place votes, last week (1) No League losses, staying at the top 2. North Dakota State: 99 pts, last week (2) Bison split with ORU and KC and lead an incredibly close battle for the second spot in the power rankings 3. Oral Roberts: 96 pts, last…
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Senior of the week Guard/Forward Marvin Nesbitt, Kansas City Well, Kansas City players are starting to take over this award. While this marks Nesbitt’s first time winning senior of the week, it’s the 3rd time in 4 weeks that a Kansas City player has won. Nesbitt is picking the perfect time to play his best…
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