2012 Summit League men's basketball tournament

2012 Summit League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201112
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
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oral Roberts171 .944277  .794
South Dakota State153 .833278  .771
Oakland117 .6112016  .556
Western Illinois99 .5001815  .545
North Dakota State99 .5001714  .548
Southern Utah810 .4441417  .452
IUPUI711 .3891418  .438
South Dakota *513 .2781018  .357
IPFW513 .2781119  .367
UMKC414 .2221021  .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.