Wayne State Ranks 25th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

Wayne State Ranks 25th in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
Posted: Jan 29, 2013

Release courtesy of John Kean, Sports Information Director, Missouri S&T

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top two spots in this week’s NABC/Division II national rankings are held by the last two undefeated teams in the nation, as Metropolitan State and Western Washington remain in those positions as the 2012-13 regular season nears the beginning of its final month. 

The Roadrunners are ranked first for the second week in succession after winning a pair of road games to keep its perfect record intact, while Western Washington won two at home as well to move to 18-0.  The changes begin at No. 3, where Kentucky Wesleyan resided last week before suffering three losses to drop all the way to No. 18.

West Liberty, Seattle Pacific and Cal Poly Pomona all moved up one spot apiece to complete the top five, while Bellarmine jumped over Minnesota State – who lost in overtime to Augustana Saturday – to take the No. 6 spot.  Seventh-ranked Minnesota State is followed by Indiana (Pa.), Florida Southern and Lincoln Memorial to round out the front end of the rankings.

Alabama-Huntsville begins the second ten at No. 11, followed by Barton, Southern Indiana, Fort Lewis and Indianapolis.  Sitting at No. 16 this week is Winston-Salem State, with Winona State, Kentucky Wesleyan, Rollins and East Stroudsburg – making its first appearance in the top 25 this year -- completing the top 20.

The final five teams in this week’s poll are Washburn, Saint Anselm, Adams State, Harding and Wayne State (Mich.).  Like East Stroudsburg, Saint Anselm and Harding are also making their first appearance of the season in the national top 25 this week.

NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 29, 2013 – Regular season poll #9)

Team
Record
Points
1.
 Metropolitan State (Colo.)
17-0
397
2.
 Western Washington
18-0
387
3.
 West Liberty (W.Va.)
17-1
365
4.
 Seattle Pacific (Wash.)
15-2
348
5.
 Cal Poly Pomona
15-1
342
6.
 Bellarmine (Ky.)
15-2
317
7.
 Minnesota State
16-2
261
8.
 Indiana (Pa.)
15-2
259
9.
 Florida Southern
14-2
249
10.
 Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)
14-2
240
11.
 Alabama-Huntsville
14-3
231
12.
 Barton (N.C.)
14-2
203
13.
 Southern Indiana
14-3
191
14.
 Fort Lewis (Colo.)
14-2
171
15.
 Indianapolis (Ind.)
14-3
162
16.
 Winston-Salem State (N.C.)
15-3
139
17.
 Winona State (Minn.)
18-3
137
18.
 Kentucky Wesleyan
14-3
113
19.
 Rollins (Fla.)
14-3
87
20.
 East Stroudsburg (Pa.)
15-2
86
21.
 Washburn (Kan.)
12-4
77
22.
 Saint Anselm (N.H.)
14-3
76
23.
 Adams State (Colo.)
13-3
66
24.
 Harding (Ark.)
16-3
57
25.
 Wayne State (Mich.)
13-3
54

Dropped out: Assumption (16), Newman (21), Charleston (23).

Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State (Minn.) 29, North Alabama 24, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 17, Dominican (N.Y.) 16, Central Missouri 13, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 12, Montevallo (Ala.) 11, Saint Leo (Fla.) 11, Cal State-San Bernardino 10, Colorado Mesa 8, Michigan Tech 8, Dixie State (Utah) 6, Wingate (N.C.) 6, Assumption (Mass.) 5, Newman (Kan.) 4, Augustana (S.D.) 2, Drury (Mo.) 2.

Records are through games of Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013.