{"id":85833,"date":"2015-10-27T07:51:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=85833"},"modified":"2015-10-27T07:54:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:54:48","slug":"jimmie-men-tied-for-no-2-preseason-basketball-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=85833","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie men tied for No. 2 preseason basketball poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"basketballBG\"<\/a>\u00a0North Star Athletic Association\u2019s (NSAA) newcomer Bellevue (Neb.) is the preseason\u00a0coaches\u2019 favorite to win the men\u2019s basketball league title, the conference coaches\u2019 preseason poll was\u00a0announced Monday.<\/p>\n

The Bruins received five first-place votes and 58 points to atop the preseason poll.\u00a0Bellevue finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 28-6, including their 13th straight appearance in\u00a0the NAIA Division II Men\u2019s Basketball National Tournament. BU ended the season with a 54-50 loss to Grace\u00a0(Ind.) in the opening round of the national tournament.<\/p>\n

Both Dakota State (S.D.) and Jamestown (N.D.) were tied for second place in the preseason coaches\u2019 poll with\u00a0two first-place votes and tallied 53 points. The Trojans and Jimmies shared the NSAA conference regular season\u00a0title with a 7-3 record in 2014-15, where Dakota State won the conference postseason conference\u00a0tournament before falling to College of Idaho 65-64 in the national tournament\u2019s opening round.<\/p>\n

Mayville State (N.D.) was picked to finish fourth (43 points) followed by NSAA\u2019s newcomer Waldorf (Iowa) fifth\u00a0(33 points). Dickinson State (N.D.) edged out Presentation (S.D.) by one point for sixth-place (26-25). Valley\u00a0City State and conference\u2019s newcomer Viterbo (Wis.) were picked tied for eighth in the poll with 15 points.<\/p>\n

The NSAA conference season gets underway on Friday night (Oct. 30) as Valley City State hosts Viterbo.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0conference postseason tournament begins on Feb. 25, 2016, concluding with a championship game on Feb. 29\u00a0at the highest remaining seed. The NSAA\u2019s tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA\u00a0Division II National Tournament in Point Lookout, Mo. on March 9-15, 2016.<\/p>\n

Points are awarded on an 8-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.<\/p>\n

Here is the complete 2015-16 NSAA Men\u2019s Basketball Coaches\u2019 Preseason Poll:<\/p>\n

1 Bellevue (Neb.) (5) 58
\nT2 Dakota State (S.D.) (2) 53
\nT2 Jamestown (N.D.) (2) 53
\n4 Mayville State (N.D.) 43
\n5 Waldorf (Iowa) 33
\n6 Dickinson State (N.D.) 26
\n7 Presentation (S.D.) 25
\nT8 Valley City State (N.D.) 15
\nT8 Viterbo (Wis.) 15
\n*First-place votes in parenthesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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