HELENA — Montana Tech is the coaches’ preseason favorite to win the Frontier Conference men’s basketball title for the fifth consecutive year. The preseason poll was announced by the league office Monday.

Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. The Frontier Conference has expanded to 12 teams this year.

The Orediggers collected 11 first-place votes and 121 points to earn the top spot of the preseason poll. Montana Tech finished its 2024-25 season with an overall record of 24-7 and 10-5 in the Frontier Conference and qualified for the NAIA national tournament.

Carroll College and Montana Western are tied for second place in the poll. Both teams received 89 points, while the Bulldogs picked up the final first-place vote.

Providence, which advanced to the 2025 Frontier champ

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