Roster turnover and carrying the target as reigning national champion did little to slow down 2023 NCAA Men's Div. II national champion Nova Southeastern in 2023-24.

The Saginaw Valley State men’s basketball program was average last season, finishing 14-15 overall, which included a 9-9 mark in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the regular season.

The Purdue University Northwest men’s basketball program isn’t the most feared squad in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, at least on paper. Will that take the pressure off the Pride or make them prove otherwise this season?

The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball program was one game from a piece of the 2022-2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title, finishing a win behind Wisconsin-Parkside (14-4 in GLIAC play), but the Wildcats (13-5) made up for it in the postseason.

The Michigan Tech University men’s basketball program comes into the 2023-2024 season with something to build on.

The Lake Superior State men’s basketball program is led by Steve Hettinga, the winningest coach in program history at 267-184.

The Grand Valley State men’s basketball program enjoyed a solid season under first-year head coach Cornell Mann, turning in an 18-12 record overall and an 11-7 mark to finish in the middle of the pack in the regular-season Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings.

The Ferris State men’s basketball program is coming off a season of close calls, including second in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season standings, a semifinal loss in the conference tournament—then an excruciating wait to see if the team had done enough during the season to make the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship.

The Davenport University men’s basketball team’s stock is trending upward, but the Panthers do have something to prove this season.

Three GLIAC teams -- Northern Michigan, Ferris State and Parkside -- are among the field of 64 that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship, the NCAA Division II Men’s Committee announced late on Sunday evening.

After a regular season full of surprises, the GLIAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments are set to start, with the higher-seeded team in each game earning the right to host those games.

The 2021-2022 season was a somewhat down year by GLIAC basketball standards.