NDSU MBB Ranked 25th In CollegeInsider.com Preseason Mid-Major Poll

     North Dakota State Men’s Basketball is ranked No. 25 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll released this week.

     The Bison are returning last season’s top eight players in minutes played. Led by Rocky Kreuser and Sam Giesel who were voted to the preseason All-Summit League first team, along with Tyree Eady making the preseason All-Summit League second team.

     The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, and Western Athletic.

     NDSU will open its regular season on Tuesday, November 9 at home against Concordia-Moorhead followed by a three game road trip at Cal Poly, UNLV, and Arizona.

 

Mid-Major Top 25      Points       Conference

1. Gonzaga (31)            775          West Coast

2. Belmont                     685          Ohio Valley

3. BYU                           679          West Coast

4. Drake                         643          Missouri Valley

5. Liberty                        551          ASUN

6. Buffalo                       487           Mid-American

7. Georgia State            447           Sun Belt

8. Saint Mary’s               445          West Coast

9. Loyola Chicago          413          Missouri Valley

10. South Dakota State  410          Summit

11. Missouri State           336          Missouri Valley

12. San Francisco           286         West Coast

13. Iona                           274         Metro Atlantic

14. UCSB                        248         Big West

15. New Mexico State     242         Western Athletic

16. Vermont                     225        America East

17. Toledo                        222        Mid-American

18. Louisiana                   217        Sun Belt

19. Yale                           197        Ivy League

20. Wright State              192        Horizon

21. Chattanooga              178       Southern

22. Loyola Marymount     176       West Coast

23. Southern Utah            172       Big Sky

24. Ohio                            155       Mid-American

25. North Dakota State   146       Summit

 

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Winthrop 137, Northern Iowa 123, Cleveland State 113, UC Irvine 99, ETSU 88, Murray State 85, Furman 76, Weber State 60, Colgate 55, Delaware 53, Morehead State 46, Oral Roberts 40, Milwaukee 38, Northeastern 35, Grand Canyon 28, Jacksonville State 27, Stephen F. Austin 26, Boston University 23, Harvard 22, Stony Brook 15, Wofford 15, Abilene Christian 11.