2026 NSIC Basketball Tournaments

The 12-team NSIC Men’s & Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championships are set to take place Sat.-Tues., March 1-4 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. First round games will be played Wednesday, Feb. 25 on campus (top four seeds each receive first round byes). 

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The NSIC completed a media rights agreement with Midco Sports for the 2025 NSIC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tournaments. The agreement will have the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship rounds air exclusively on Midco Sports and streamed on Midco Sports Plus.

The 12-team NSIC Men’s & Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals, semifinals, and championships are set to take place March 1-4, 2025 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Midco subscribers can view games either on Midco Sports channel 622 or stream via Midco Sports Plus. Fans that do not have Midco Sports must subscribe to Midco Sports Plus to view contests (available via web browser, via Android or IOS app or on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku). A monthly subscription will give fans full access to all 14 NSIC tournament games played at the Sanford Pentagon. Fans would also have access to all Midco Sports Plus content during the duration of their subscription. Subscriptions are for 30 days from the date of registration and can be cancelled at any time. Midco Sports Plus is a standalone product and fans do not need to have any other Midco services.

If you have additional questions, go to Midco Sports Plus FAQ.

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Brackets and Seeding Policy

  1. The NSIC Basketball Tournament is a twelve-team tournament and will be seeded using overall conference win percentage. 

 

The tie-breaking criteria for seeding into the NSIC Post Season Tournament will be as follows. 
- Head-to-head, if two games are played.
- Point rating system – based on conference games only.
- Head to head if one game is played. 
- Head-to-head competition of descending teams (win/loss record against teams who finished highest in standings).  
- Higher point differential in conference games only.
- Coin flip.
 

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