KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Lake Superior State University men's basketball team moved up two more spots to No. 17 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Rankings released Tuesday (Feb. 24).
Lake Superior State (23-4, 18-3 GLIAC) registered a 74-72 victory over Michigan Tech on Saturday at Bud Cooper Gymnasium and cut down the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) regular-season championship nets outright for the second straight season. The win, coupled with Ferris State's 78-72 victory over Saginaw Valley State, secured the Lakers' fifth GLIAC regular-season title. Prior to last year's 2013-14 title, LSSU seized season crowns during the 1995-96, 1977-78 and 1975-76 campaigns.
LSSU is 23-4 overall and 18-3 in the GLIAC heading into its regular-season finale Thursday at Northwood. The Lakers will host a GLIAC Tournament quarterfinal game on Wednesday, March 4, and are scheduled to host the semifinal and final rounds March 7-8 as long as they win the quarterfinal contest.
The next poll will be released March 3.
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NABC/Division II Rankings |
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Record |
Points |
Last |
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1. |
Florida Southern (16) |
25-1 |
400 |
1 |
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2. |
Bellarmine, Ky. |
24-2 |
380 |
3 |
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3. |
Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. |
25-1 |
356 |
5 |
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4. |
West Liberty, W.Va. |
23-2 |
346 |
7 |
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5. |
Minnesota State-Moorhead |
29-2 |
340 |
8 |
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6. |
Augustana, S.D. |
26-2 |
311 |
2 |
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7. |
Tarleton State, Texas |
24-2 |
309 |
11 |
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8. |
Wisconsin-Parkside |
24-2 |
290 |
12 |
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9. |
Barry, Fla. |
21-3 |
271 |
4 |
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10. |
Mount Olive, N.C. |
25-2 |
264 |
13 |
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11. |
Colorado School of Mines |
22-3 |
234 |
14 |
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12. |
Central Missouri |
22-4 |
203 |
16 |
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13. |
Azusa Pacific, Calif. |
23-4 |
190 |
18 |
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14. |
Metropolitan State, Colo. |
22-4 |
177 |
9 |
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15. |
Angelo State, Texas |
23-3 |
162 |
10 |
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16. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
21-4 |
158 |
6 |
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17. |
Lake Superior State, Mich. |
23-4 |
147 |
19 |
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18. |
Colorado-Colorado Springs |
22-4 |
130 |
20 |
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19. |
UNC Pembroke |
23-4 |
93 |
23 |
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20. |
Western Oregon |
22-4 |
89 |
15 |
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21. |
Univ. of the Sciences, Pa. |
21-4 |
86 |
21 |
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22. |
California Baptist |
20-5 |
80 |
17 |
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23. |
Southern Connecticut State |
22-5 |
56 |
23 |
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24. |
Indiana, Pa. |
22-5 |
34 |
NR |
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25. |
Cal Poly Pomona |
20-5 |
22 |
NR |
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Others receiving votes: GRU Augusta 17, BYU-Hawaii 13, Alabama-Huntsville 12, Northwest Missouri State 12, Minnesota State 6, Montevallo (Ala.) 5, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 3, Chico State (Calif.) 2, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 1, Southern Indiana 1. Records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. |
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