Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball

Currently basketball plays a 22 game conference schedule, with home-and-home games against the seven teams within a school's division and eight games against teams from the opposite division, with home and away status in those cross-division games rotating every year. All 16 teams will play in the NSIC / Sanford Health conference tournament with the first two rounds hosted by the higher seed in the matchups. The semifinal and championship games are currently held at Taylor Arena in Rochester, Minnesota.

Conference Championships Per School

School Conference Titles Last Conference Title Tournament Titles Last Tournament Title
Minnesota Duluth 16 2001-02 2 2003
St. Cloud State 16 1975-76 2 2010
Minnesota State, Mankato 15 2010-11 0 N/A
Winona State 14 2007-08 5 2011
Northern State 10 2002-03 2 2005
Bemidji State 9 2011-12 0 N/A
Minnesota State Moorhead 4 1981-82 0 N/A
Southwest Minnesota State 2 2008-09 1 2012
Wayne State 1 1999-00 1 2000
Augustana 0 N/A 0 N/A
Concordia, St. Paul 0 N/A 0 N/A
Mary 0 N/A 0 N/A
Minnesota Crookston 0 N/A 0 N/A
Upper Iowa 0 N/A 0 N/A
School Conference Titles Last Conference Title
Minnesota-Morris 3 1993-94
Michigan Tech 2 1979-80

Regular Season Champions

Year School Record
1932-33 Mankato State (6-2)
1933-34 Duluth State (6-1)
1934-35 Duluth State (7-1)
1935-36 Duluth State (8-1)
1936-37 Duluth State (8-0)
1937-38 Winona State (7-1)
1938-39 Winona State (7-1)
1939-40 Bemidji State (8-1)
1940-41 Bemidji State -and- St. Cloud State (6-2)
1941-42 Bemidji State (9-1)
1942-43 St. Cloud State (5-1)
1943-44 (no champion - World War II) (N/A)
1944-45 (no champion - World War II) (N/A)
1945-46 St. Cloud State (6-0)
1946-47 Mankato State (8-2)
1947-48 Mankato State (8-2)
1948-49 Mankato State (9-1)
1949-50 Mankato State (6-2)
1950-51 Bemidji State, Mankato State -and- Winona State (6-2)
1951-52 Bemidji State (7-1)
1952-53 Mankato State (11-3)
1953-54 Mankato State (7-2)
1954-55 Mankato State (7-1)
1955-56 Mankato State (7-2)
1956-57 Bemidji State -and- St. Cloud State (6-2)
1957-58 St. Cloud State (7-1)
1958-59 St. Cloud State (8-2)
1959-60 Mankato State -and- St. Cloud State (9-1)
1960-61 Mankato State (9-1)
1961-62 St. Cloud State (7-3)
1962-63 Michigan Tech -and- St. Cloud State (8-2)
1963-64 St. Cloud State (9-1)
1964-65 Moorhead State -and- St. Cloud State (8-2)
1965-66 St. Cloud State (9-1)
1966-67 Bemidji State (12-0)
1967-68 St. Cloud State (12-0)
1968-69 St. Cloud State -and- Winona State (10-2)
1969-70 St. Cloud State (10-2)
1970-71 Moorhead State (11-1)
1971-72 Winona State (11-1)
Year School Record
1972-73 Winona State (12-0)
1973-74 Winona State (10-2)
1974-75 Winona State (11-1)
1975-76 St. Cloud State (9-3)
1976-77 Minnesota Morris (12-2)
1977-78 Minnesota Morris (12-2)
1978-79 Mankato State (14-2)
1979-80 Michigan Tech (16-2)
1980-81 Moorhead State (13-3)
1981-82 Minnesota Duluth -and- Moorhead State (10-2)
1982-83 Minnesota Duluth (10-2)
1983-84 Minnesota Duluth -and- Northern State (10-2)
1984-85 Northern State (9-3)
1985-86 Minnesota Duluth (11-1)
1986-87 Minnesota Duluth (11-1)
1987-88 Minnesota Duluth (12-0)
1988-89 Minnesota Duluth (12-0)
1989-90 Minnesota Duluth (11-1)
1990-91 Minnesota Duluth (10-2)
1991-92 Minnesota Duluth (10-2)
1992-93 Northern State (11-1)
1993-94 Minnesota Morris (10-2)
1994-95 Northern State (10-2)
1995-96 Northern State (10-2)
1996-97 Minnesota Duluth -and- Northern State (10-2)
1997-98 Northern State (11-1)
1998-99 Northern State -and- Winona State (10-2)
1999-00 Wayne State -and- Winona State (15-3)
2000-01 Southwest State (17-1)
2001-02 Minnesota Duluth -and- Northern State (14-4)
2002-03 Northern State (15-3)
2003-04 Bemidji State (14-2)
2004-05 Winona State (12-2)
2005-06 Winona State (13-1)
2006-07 Winona State (18-0)
2007-08 Winona State (18-0)
2008-09 Southwest Minnesota State (17-3)
2009-10 Minnesota State, Mankato (17-3)
2010-11 Minnesota State, Mankato (19-3)
2011-12 Bemidji State (16-6)

Winona State finished the 2011-12 season with a league-best 19-3 record, however the Warriors had 13 games nullified by the NSIC for the use of an ineligible player. The record still stands, but a nullification factor was computed into Winona's winning percentage which put the Warriors into sixth place in the final league standings.

NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament Champions

The NSIC Basketball Tournament began in 2000.

Year School
2000 Wayne State
2001 Winona State
2002 Minnesota Duluth
2003 Minnesota Duluth
2004 Northern State
2005 Northern State
2006 Winona State
2007 Winona State
2008 Winona State
2009 St. Cloud State
2010 St. Cloud State
2011 Winona State
2012 Southwest Minnesota State

All-Time NSIC Standings (1932-33 to 2011-12)

School Wins Losses Winning Percentage Tournament Wins Tournament Losses
Augustana 57 27 .679 0 4
Northern State 317 169 .652 14 8
St. Cloud State 371 198 .652 8 2
Minnesota Duluth 377 214 .638 11 5
Minnesota State, Mankato 277 175 .613 3 3
Winona State 476 444 .517 22 8
Wayne State 118 118 .500 6 11
Minnesota State Moorhead 436 493 .469 4 11
Southwest Minnesota State 283 331 .461 14 11
Concordia, St. Paul 102 134 .432 2 9
Bemidji State 402 533 .430 6 9
Mary 51 69 .425 1 3
Minnesota Morris 196 289 .404 0 3
Michigan Tech 95 166 .364 0 0
Upper Iowa 37 83 .308 0 2
Minnesota Crookston 37 199 .157 0 2

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