For Immediate Release
Saturday, February 22, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Championship Website

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 2025 NSIC Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket is set as the 22-game regular season ended Saturday night.  The tournament will consist of 12 teams seeded using conference record. Concordia-St. Paul (first title) and Southwest Minnesota State (third title) shared the NSIC Regular Season Championship, while MSU Moorhead and Minnesota State rounded out the top four seeds and will receive a first round bye.
 
The first round of the tournament is set for Wednesday, February 26 on the campuses of the higher seed in each match-up. First round games will be available for free on the NSIC Network. 

The quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship will take place on March 1-4 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. All rounds of the NSIC Men’s Basketball Tournament played at the Sanford Pentagon will air exclusively live on Midco Sports and Midco Sports Plus.  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.

Full bracket here.

Tiebreakers:  
(1 / 2 Seed)
CSP and SMSU only played once during regular season; CSP earned the top seed over SMSU via strength of schedule

(3/4/5/6 Seed)
UMD, MSU, MSUM & SCSU did not play each other an equal amount of times.  In the point rating system there was a three-way tie with MSU, MSUM and SCSU tying in points, and UMD placing below them.  UMD placed as the sixth seed.  MSU, MSUM & SCSU all played twice, with MSUM going 3-1, MSU 2-2 and SCSU 1-3; with MSUM earing the third seed, MSU the fourth seed and SCSU the fifth seed

(7 / 8 Seed)
 MINOT and WSU split during regular season; WSU earned the seventh seed via strength of schedule

All times subject to change.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 15-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 116 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.