Wayne State Ranks 22nd in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

Wayne State Ranks 22nd in the Latest NABC 2012-13 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time this season, a new team stands atop the NCAA Division II rankings as Metropolitan State takes over as the No. 1 team in the nation in the new NABC/Division II rankings.

The Roadrunners, who were ranked first for three weeks last season, kept their record perfect after topping then-No. 13 Adams State and No. 17 Fort Lewis over the weekend.  They are one of two remaining undefeated teams heading into play this weekend along with No. 2-ranked Western Washington, who has the nation’s longest winning streak of 22 games.

Kentucky Wesleyan remained unbeaten through Sunday and moved up one spot to No. 3 as a result, but lost for the first time on Monday evening to now-No. 10 Southern Indiana; only games through Sunday are factored into the rankings.  West Liberty, who also suffered a loss on a Monday a week ago but stayed atop the rankings last week, dropped down to No. 4 and Seattle Pacific moved up a spot to fifth.

Cal Poly Pomona and Minnesota State also moved up one place to sixth and seventh, respectively, while Bellarmine, Indiana (Pa.) and Southern Indiana all returned to the top 10 in the next three slots.  Indianapolis, who lost road games to Kentucky Wesleyan and Southern Indiana last week, fell six spots to No. 11 this week.

Lincoln Memorial checks in at No. 12 this week, followed by Alabama-Huntsville, Florida Southern and Barton.  Assumption won a pair of games last week to move up to No. 16 and is followed by Rollins, Adams State, Winston-Salem State and Fort Lewis.

The final five teams in this week’s poll include a pair of newcomers to the poll for this season.  Newman dropped to No. 21, followed by the two making their first appearances of the year, Wayne State (Mich.) and Charleston.  Washburn and Winona State are the final two teams in this week’s rankings.

 
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 18, 2012 – Regular season poll #8)

Team

Record

Points

1.

Metropolitan State (Colo.)

15-0

297

2.

Western Washington

16-0

386

3.

Kentucky Wesleyan

14-0

373

4.

West Liberty (W.Va.)

16-1

341

5.

Seattle Pacific (Wash.)

13-2

330

6.

Cal Poly Pomona

13-1

325

7.

Minnesota State

15-1

313

8.

Bellarmine (Ky.)

12-2

271

9.

Indiana (Pa.)

132

223

10.

Southern Indiana

12-2

221

11.

Indianapolis (Ind.)

12-2

219

12.

Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)

12-2

174

13.

Alabama-Huntsville

13-3

170

14.

Florida Southern

12-2

167

15.

Barton (N.C.)

11-2

163

16.

Assumption (Mass.)

13-2

146

17.

Rollins (Fla.)

13-2

136

18.

Adams State (Colo.)

12-2

130

19.

Winston-Salem State (N.C.)

13-3

124

20.

Fort Lewis (Colo.)

12-2

97

21.

Newman (Kan.)

14-2

84

22.

Wayne State (Mich.)

12-2

71

23.

Charleston (W.Va.)

12-2

70

24.

Washburn (Kan.)

10-4

44

25.

Winona State (Minn.)

16-3

41


Dropped out: Saint Leo (21), Franklin Pierce (22), Dominican, N.Y. (25).

Others receiving votes: East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 26, Saint Leo (Fla.) 24, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 23, Harding (Ark.) 20, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 19, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 16, Colorado Mesa 12, Cal State-San Bernardino 11, St. Cloud State (Minn.) 11, Wingate (N.C.) 9, Central Missouri 8, Dominican (N.Y.) 4, North Alabama 4, Slippery Rock (Pa.) 3, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 1, Michigan Tech 1.

Records are through games of Sunday, Jan. 20, 2012.

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