For the first time, Winona State University was selected as the Northern Sun Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ favorite, edging out defending NSIC champ Wayne State.

The Warriors received 208 points and eight first place votes to edge Wayne State by seven points. Sioux Falls was ranked third overall with 176 points. The same three teams were picked 1-2-3 in the south division poll. Minnesota Crookston and St. Cloud State were fourth and fifth overall, but the Huskies edged the Golden Eagles by one point to earn the north division preseason nod.  SCSU had three first place votes in the north while UMC had four.

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.

Overall	Points	North Division	Pts
1. Winona State (8)	208	1. St. Cloud State (3)	43
2. Wayne State (5)	201	2. Minnesota Crookston (4)	42
3. Sioux Falls (3)	176	3. MSU Moorhead	40
4. Minnesota Crookston	170	4. Northern State (1)	30
5. St. Cloud State	168	5. U-Mary	24
6. Minnesota State	151	6. Minnesota Duluth	19
7. MSU Moorhead	149	7. Minot State	17
8. Augustana	138	8. Bemidji State	9
9. Concordia-St. Paul	117	South Division	Pts
10. Northern State	113	1. Winona State (4)	44
11. U-Mary	97	2. Wayne State (1)	41
12. Minnesota Duluth	72	3. Sioux Falls (3)	39
13. Minot State	58	4. Minnesota State	29
14. Upper Iowa	54	5. Augustana	26
15. Bemidji State	31	6. Concordia-St. Paul	24
16. Southwest Minnesota State	17	7. Upper Iowa	13
first place votes in ( )		8. Southwest Minnesota State	8