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.