ST. LOUIS --- UNI men's basketball has been picked to finish second in the 2023-24 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) preseason poll, as announced ahead of the league's annual men's basketball tip-off event on Tuesday morning. The poll, along with the conference's three preseason teams, were voted on by the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members.
Northern Iowa earned 19 of 47 first-place votes with 524 total points, finishing just behind reigning MVC Tournament champion Drake (24 first-place votes / 558 points. The defending regular season conference champion Bradley Braves were picked third (Three first-place votes / 487 points), while Indiana State was tabbed to finish in fourth (402 points), followed by Belmont (400 points).