Lake Superior State Jumps Up to No. 16 While Findlay Moves up to No. 23 in Latest NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Rankings

Lake Superior State Jumps Up to No. 16 While Findlay Moves up to No. 23 in Latest NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Rankings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the final week of the regular season for most conferences ahead, Metropolitan State retained the top spot in the latest NABC/Division II rankings.  However, losses by three of the top eight teams shook up the remainder of the rankings as teams begin jockeying for position in both their own conferences and for the upcoming NCAA regionals.

Metro State, who has won 20 consecutive games, received 15 of the16 first place votes this week.  The other one was received by Tarleton State, who takes over at the second spot while East region members East Stroudsburg and West Liberty hold the next two positions.  Last week’s second-ranked team, dropped to fifth after falling to William Jewell.

Southern Connecticut State vaulted to sixth this week while California Baptist retains the seventh spot. South Carolina Aiken moved up to eighth while Indianapolis, the other top-five team to fall last week, dropped to ninth ahead of Colorado School of Mines.

The second ten begins with Indiana (Pa.), followed by Florida Southern, Lincoln Memorial, Cal State-San Bernardino and Minnesota State.  Lake Superior State, who leads the nation with 26 wins, is 16ththis week with Cal Poly Pomona, Lewis, Central Missouri and Seattle Pacific rounding out the top 20. 

Montevallo, Delta State, Findlay, Wisconsin-Parkside and Southern Indiana are the last five teams in this week’s poll.

NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 25, 2014 – Poll #14)

 

Record

Points

Pvs

 

1. Metropolitan State, Colo. (15 first place votes)

23-1

399

1

 

2. Tarleton State, Texas (1 first place vote)

23-1

383

3

 

3. East Stroudsburg, Pa.

24-1

366

5

 

4. West Liberty, W.Va.

23-2

344

6

 

5. Drury, Mo.

23-2

315

2

 

6. Southern Connecticut State

23-2

307

9

 

7. California Baptist

23-1

289

7

 

8. South Carolina Aiken

24-3

276

10

 

9. Indianapolis, Ind.

22-3

267

4

 

10. Colorado School of Mines

22-3

263

11

 

11. Indiana, Pa.

22-3

232

12

 

12. Florida Southern

23-3

216

8

 

13. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.

22-2

206

14

 

14. Cal State-San Bernardino

21-3

181

15

 

15. Minnesota State

25-4

177

17

 

16. Lake Superior State, Mich.

26-3

163

18

 

17. Cal Poly Pomona

20-4

135

21

 

18. Lewis, Ill.

21-4

105

23

 

19. Central Missouri

22-4

98

24

 

20. Seattle Pacific, Wash.

22-5

97

13

 

21. Montevallo, Ala.

21-4

81

16

 

22. Delta State, Miss.

22-4

65

19

 

23. Findlay, Ohio

21-4

61

NR

 

24. Wisconsin-Parkside

21-5

50

25

 

25. Southern Indiana

20-5

42

20

 
 
 
 
 
 

Dropped out: Walsh (22).

Others receiving votes:Chico State (Calif.) 13, Midwestern State (Texas) 10, Walsh (Ohio) 9, Michigan Tech 7, Missouri Southern 6, Bellarmine (Ky.) 4, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 3, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 3, Saint Leo (Fla.) 1, Western Washington 2, Gannon (Pa.) 1, Northwest Missouri State 1, Texas A&M International 1, Winona State (Minn.) 1.

Records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.