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If the season were to end today, who would be my vote for various Summit League awards? That’s not an easy question to answer for many of those awards, but I will do my best to answer below. Player of the Year Tommy Bruner Denver I do believe that winning should factor into the Player…
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Denver The Pioneers are starting to put together what is looking like their best season in quite some time. There is of course a lot of season left to play this season but this is a critical weekend for the Pioneers. Are they a top 3 team in the Summit League? A sweep this week…
Senior of the Week Guard Tyree Ihenacho North Dakota North Dakota had a big home sweep this week and Ihenacho was a huge reason why. After having to sit about half the season Ihenacho was part of the ruling that all transfers could play immediately this season. For the first time this season, Ihenacho claims…
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South Dakota State: 99pts (11) first-place votes Last week 2 After dropping out of the top spot last week, Jackrabbits sweep Omaha on the road and South Dakota on the road and receive all the first-place votes this week 2. St. Thomas: 86pts Last week 1 Tommies drop their lone game of the week at…
Guard Tommy Bruner Denver When you are the scoring leader for all of NCAA basketball it should be no surprise when you win your 4th Senior of the Week award. Bruner continues to put up impressive numbers week in and week out. For the week Bruner averaged an eye-popping 30 points per game. He also…
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The Summit/Big Sky challenge gave us some great basketball and some shake-up in the power rankings. South Dakota State: 78 points (6) first-place votes Last week: 1 The Jackrabbits dominate Montana State and lose a close one to Weber State. They stay in first place in the power rankings but can see St. Thomas in…
Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver For the third time this season Tommy Bruner is named the Reaching the Summit Senior of the Week, and it is well deserved. Bruner continues an incredible campaign here in week 7. Bruner finished the week averaging 28.5 points per game and scoring isn’t the only way…
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Welcome to the new year and a new list of power rankings. We have our first weekend of conference play in the books and that has caused some major movement in the power rankings. South Dakota State: 98 points (10) first-place votes Last week: 1 The Jackrabbits only had one game this week, and after…
Senior of the Week Guard Kareem Thompson Oral Roberts Not only did Thompson put up big numbers, but Thompson did so against two high-quality opponents Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. While the Golden Eagles weren’t able to secure a victory, that wasn’t due to the high-quality play of Thompson. For the week Thompson averaged 14.5…
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Here are the latest power rankings from the voters of Reaching the Summit 1. South Dakota State: 96 pts (9) Last week 1 The Jacks only game this week was against a non-division 1 opponent. So no reason for the voters to move the Jackrabbits in the rankings and they remain at 1. 2….