The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
Head-to-head competition
Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
NOTE: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are ineligible for the 2008 Tournament.
4th Place Tiebreaker
IPFW and Southern Utah split their two games and had identical records against each conference team. Southern Utah received the 4th seed, because their RPI of 231 was better than IPFW's RPI of 235.[3]