The Summit League women's basketball tournament has existed since 1993. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Div ...
.
The Summit League was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982–1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007.
Tournament champions
Tournament wins by school
* Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the
Southland Conference
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after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
* Among current Summit League members,
Denver
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,
Kansas City
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,
North Dakota State
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, and
Omaha
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have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, while
North Dakota
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has yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).
Tournament locations
See also
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Summit League men's basketball tournament
The Summit League men's basketball tournament, popularly known as The Summit League at the Falls, is the post-season tournament for NCAA Division I conference Summit League. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bi ...
References
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