Summit Tourney Preview

At Sioux Falls Arena (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
FIRST ROUND
Saturday, March 7
Game 1: No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 8 Centenary (7 p.m.)
Game 2: No. 2 Oral Roberts vs. No. 7 South Dakota State (9:30 p.m.)
Sunday, March 8
Game 3: No. 4 IUPUI vs. No. 5 Southern Utah (7 p.m.)
Game 4: No. 3 Oakland vs. No. 6 IPFW (9:30 p.m.)

SEMIFINALS
Monday, March 9
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner (7 p.m.)
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner (9:30 p.m.)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Tuesday, March 10
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (ESPN2, 8 p.m.)


Team to watch: North Dakota State. In the first year off of NCAA provisional status, the Bison went 16-2 in the conference and nearly pulled an upset against USC earlier in the year. They will look to grab the automatic bid and become a trendy pick for an upset.

Player to watch: Ben Woodside. How do you not be the player to watch when you drop 60 points in a game? That's exactly what Woodside did earlier this year and topped the 30 point mark five times.

Upset watch: Oakland. The Grizzlies have seven straight victories and have wins over the Bison and the second place team, Oral Roberts. If a team were to make a run and upset North Dakota State, the Grizzlies would be the team to do it.

Tourney watch: Oral Roberts has been to the NCAA tournament four straight years. Along with Oakland, they will make a run, but in the end North Dakota State will win the conference tourney and go dancing.