For the third straight year, and the fourth in the last five, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is headed to Kansas City, and the NAIA national men's basketball tournament. The field was announced Wednesday afternoon, though the Lights (23-9) won't know their first-round opponent until 6 p.m. Wednesday night when the brackets are announced on NAIA.org. The Frontier Conference got a historic four bids to the NAIA tourney, with UM-Western, Lewis-Clark State and the Lights joining Frontier champion Rocky Mountain College.

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