Lake Superior State comes in at No. 23 in Latest NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Rankings

Lake Superior State comes in at No. 23 in Latest NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Rankings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top 10 spots remained the same this week in the first NABC/Division II poll of the 2014 calendar year, but plenty of changes took place after that with a number of teams falling in the opening week of play following the holiday break.

West Liberty retains the top spot in the rankings, while Bellarmine and Drury – who will face one another Thursday in Louisville, Ky. – hold the next two spots.  Florida Southern checks in again at No. 4 this week and Metropolitan State, who will have a showdown of its own Saturday when it hosts No. 11 Colorado School of Mines, stays at No. 5.

Indiana (Pa.) is sixth again this week and Dixie State, whose loss Monday at Hawaii Pacific is not reflected in this week’s rankings as only games through Sunday are factored in, is seventh.  Southern Indiana, Tarleton State and East Stroudsburg complete the top ten ahead of Colorado School of Mines, who moved up two spots this week along with Minnesota State.

Montevallo is up four spots to 13th and Cal State-San Bernardino jumped five to 14th in this week’s poll, while Lincoln Memorial comes in at No. 15.  Franklin Pierce and Lewis also moved up in the rankings to 16th and 17th, respectively, while Georgia Southwestern did the same in a rise to 18th.  Indianapolis dropped three spots to 19th after its loss Sunday at Drury, while Western Washington fell to 20th.

The final five teams in this week’s poll are all teams that were not among the top 25 last week.  Winona State heads that group at No. 21, followed by South Carolina Aiken, Lake Superior State, Central Missouri and California Baptist.

NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 7, 2014 – Poll #7)

 

Record

Points

Pvs

 

1. West Liberty, W.Va. (14 first place votes)

9-0

396

1

 

2. Bellarmine, Ky. (2 first place votes)

10-0

386

2

 

3. Drury, Mo.

11-0

361

3

 

4. Florida Southern

13-0

354

4

 

5. Metropolitan State, Colo.

10-1

328

5

 

6. Indiana, Pa.

12-0

318

6

 

7. Dixie State, Utah

11-0

304

7

 

8. Southern Indiana

10-0

284

8

 

9. Tarleton State, Texas

11-0

283

9

 

10. East Stroudsburg, Pa.

13-0

248

10

 

11. Colorado School of Mines

11-0

239

13

 

12. Minnesota State

13-2

202

14

 

13. Montevallo, Ala.

10-1

184

17

 

14. Cal State-San Bernardino

9-1

176

19

 

15. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.

9-1

158

18

 

16. Franklin Pierce, N.H.

11-1

135

20

 

17. Lewis, Ill.

10-0

130

22

 

18. Georgia Southwestern

11-1

105

24

 

19. Indianapolis, Ind.

9-1

98

16

 

20. Western Washington

9-3

52

15

 

21. Winona State, Minn.

13-2

45

NR

 

22. South Carolina Aiken

11-2

44

NR

 

23. Lake Superior State, Mich.

13-1

41

NR

 

24. Central Missouri

11-2

40

NR

 

25. California Baptist

12-0

39

NR

 
 
 
 
 
 

Dropped out:Seattle Pacific (11), Findlay (12), Chico State (21), Alaska-Anchorage (23), Barry (25).

Others receiving votes:Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 38, Findlay (Ohio) 24, Southern Connecticut State 22, Washburn (Kan.) 22, Chico State (Calif.) 18, Georgia Regents University 17, Cal State-L.A. 16, Northeastern State (Okla.) 14, Barry (Fla.) 11, Livingstone (N.C.) 11, Delta State (Miss.) 9, Angelo State (Texas) 8, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 8, Michigan Tech 8, St. Mary’s (Texas) 7, Midwestern State (Texas) 4, Saint Leo (Fla.) 4, Valdosta State (Ga.) 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2, Cal Poly Pomona 1, Florida Tech 1, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 1.

Records are through games of Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014.