KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the conference tournaments are now
underway across the nation, Metropolitan State heads into it as the
unanimous No. 1 team in NCAA Division II in the latest
NABC/Division II men’s basketball rankings. The
Roadrunners, who are in the midst of a 22-game winning streak,
stayed atop the poll with the only other one-loss team, East
Stroudsburg, now at second after Tarleton State’s loss
Saturday.
West Liberty and Drury also moved ahead of the Texans in the
rankings as Tarleton State dropped to fifth this week.
Southern Connecticut State remains at No. 6, while South Carolina
Aiken, Indianapolis, Colorado School of Mines and Indiana (Pa.) all
moved up one spot as the result of California Baptist’s
overtime loss at Dixie State Saturday. The Lancers check in
at No. 11 this week, just ahead of West region foe Cal State-San
Bernardino.
Lincoln Memorial stayed in 13th this week, followed
by Minnesota State, Central Missouri and Florida Southern.
Montevallo comes in at No. 17, with Seattle Pacific,
Wisconsin-Parkside and Southern Indiana completing the top 20.
Lake Superior State, Cal Poly Pomona, Lewis, Midwestern State and
Delta State are the last five teams in this week’s poll.
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NABC Division II Coaches Poll (March 4, 2014 – Poll #15) |
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Record |
Points |
Pvs |
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1. Metropolitan State, Colo. (16 first place votes) |
25-1 |
400 |
1 |
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2. East Stroudsburg, Pa. |
25-1 |
376 |
3 |
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3. West Liberty, W.Va. |
24-2 |
360 |
4 |
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4. Drury, Mo. |
24-2 |
342 |
5 |
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5. Tarleton State, Texas |
24-2 |
327 |
2 |
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6. Southern Connecticut State |
25-2 |
313 |
6 |
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7. South Carolina Aiken |
26-3 |
301 |
8 |
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8. Indianapolis, Ind. |
23-3 |
284 |
9 |
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9. Colorado School of Mines |
23-3 |
260 |
10 |
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10. Indiana, Pa. |
23-3 |
239 |
11 |
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11. California Baptist |
24-2 |
235 |
7 |
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12. Cal State-San Bernardino |
23-3 |
224 |
14 |
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13. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. |
24-2 |
205 |
13 |
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14. Minnesota State |
27-4 |
194 |
15 |
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15. Central Missouri |
24-4 |
160 |
19 |
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16. Florida Southern |
24-4 |
146 |
12 |
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17. Montevallo, Ala. |
22-4 |
132 |
21 |
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18. Seattle Pacific, Wash. |
24-5 |
116 |
20 |
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19. Wisconsin-Parkside |
22-5 |
110 |
24 |
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20. Southern Indiana |
22-5 |
97 |
25 |
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21. Lake Superior State, Mich. |
26-4 |
91 |
16 |
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22. Cal Poly Pomona |
21-5 |
83 |
17 |
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23. Lewis, Ill. |
21-5 |
46 |
18 |
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24. Midwestern State, Texas |
20-6 |
37 |
NR |
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25. Delta State, Miss. |
23-5 |
20 |
22 |
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Dropped out: Findlay (23). |
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Others receiving votes:Missouri Southern 18,
Chico State (Calif.) 14, Michigan Tech 13,
Walsh (Ohio) 12, Dixie State (Utah) 11,
Findlay (Ohio) 11, Winona State (Minn.) 10,
Arkansas-Fort Smith 4, Northwest Missouri State 4, Saint Leo (Fla.)
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