– Minnesota State was the unanimous choice in the 2014-15 NSIC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ overall and south division polls.
The defending NSIC Overall, South Division and NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament Champions received 225 points and all 15 first place votes (coaches cannot vote for own team). Augustana was second in the poll with 205 points and the other first place vote. MSU Moorhead, the coaches’ choice in the north was third in the poll with 187 points. Winona State was third with 184 points while St. Cloud State rounded out the top five with 170 points.
NSIC coaches rank each team from 1 to 15 with a first place vote receiving 15 points, second place 14, third place 13, etc. Coaches do not rank their own team or vote for their own players.
The regular season champion will be based on the 22-game NSIC schedule. Each team will play teams in their division twice (14) and teams in the other division once (8). An NSIC North and South Division Champion will also be awarded. Divisional standings will also be based on all 22 NSIC contests played. In the case of a tie, co-champions will be awarded. The 16-team NSIC / Sanford Health Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championships are set to take place Sun.-Tues., March 1-3 at the Sanford Health Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. First round games will be played on the campus of the top eight seeds on Wednesday, Feb. 25.
The 2014-15 men’s basketball season gets underway on Friday, November 14 with conference action on the week of November 24.
| Overall | Points | North Division | Pts |
| 1. Minnesota State (15) | 225 | 1. MSU Moorhead (5) | 46 |
| 2. Augustana (1) | 205 | 2. St. Cloud State (2) | 41 |
| 3. MSU Moorhead | 187 | 3. Northern State (1) | 33 |
| 4. Winona State | 184 | 4. Minnesota Duluth | 32 |
| 5. St. Cloud State | 170 | 5. Bemidji State | 28 |
| 6. Northern State | 147 | 6. University of Mary | 22 |
| 7. Minnesota Duluth | 126 | 7. Minot State | 15 |
| 8. Sioux Falls | 122 | 8. Minnesota Crookston | 7 |
| 9. Southwest Minnesota State | 110 | South Division | Pts |
| 10. Upper Iowa | 108 | 1. Minnesota State (7) | 49 |
| 11. Bemidji State | 100 | 2. Augustana (1) | 41 |
| 12. Concordia-St. Paul | 65 | 3. Winona State | 36 |
| 13. University of Mary | 63 | 4. Sioux Falls | 26 |
| 14. Minot State | 53 | 5. Southwest Minnesota State | 25 |
| 15. Wayne State | 40 | 6. Upper Iowa | 24 |
| 16. Minnesota Crookston | 15 | 7. Concordia -St. Paul | 16 |
| first place votes in ( ) | 8. Wayne State | 7 |
