Kentucky Wesleyan slipped to No. 7 after one week at No. 1 in the seventh weekly National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Top 25 men's basketball poll after one win in three contests last week.
Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Bellarmine returns to No. 1 after a six week absence. Other league members are No. 8 Southern Indiana, No. 9 Northern Kentucky, No. 21 Indianapolis plus fellow Midwest Region member No. 20 Hillsdale.
This marks the 324th time the Panthers are in the Top 25 since the rankings started in 1961.
KWC (15-2, 7-2 GLVC) travels to No. 9 Northern Kentucky (15-2, 7-2) on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 6:45 CT and back to Owensboro for top-ranked Bellarmine (16-1, 8-1) on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7:30.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 24, 2012)
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W-L |
Pts |
Pvs |
|
1. |
Bellarmine (8 first place votes) |
16-1 |
200 |
2 |
|
2. |
West Liberty State |
16-1 |
190 |
3 |
|
3. |
Metropolitan State |
17-1 |
184 |
4 |
|
4. |
Tarleton State |
16-1 |
178 |
5 |
|
5. |
Lincoln Memorial |
17-1 |
161 |
6 |
|
6. |
Winona State |
17-2 |
157 |
8 |
|
7. |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
15-2 |
146 |
1 |
|
8. |
Southern Indiana |
15-2 |
140 |
7 |
|
9. |
Northern Kentucky |
15-2 |
129 |
9 |
|
10. |
Midwestern State |
15-1 |
128 |
13 |
|
11. |
Colorado School of Mines |
15-2 |
126 |
12 |
|
12. |
Alabama-Huntsville |
14-3 |
112 |
15 |
|
13. |
St. Cloud State |
15-2 |
101 |
17 |
|
14. |
Missouri Southern |
16-3 |
95 |
16 |
|
15. |
Christian Brothers |
14-3 |
86 |
11 |
|
16. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
13-3 |
78 |
10 |
|
17. |
Shaw |
15-2 |
64 |
23 |
|
18. |
Western Washington |
17-3 |
51 |
22 |
|
19. |
Bowie State |
13-3 |
46 |
21 |
|
20. |
Hillsdale |
15-2 |
45 |
14 |
|
21. |
Indianapolis |
14-3 |
35 |
nr |
|
22. |
West Georgia |
17-3 |
34 |
nr |
|
23. |
Fort Hays State |
13-4 |
24 |
25 |
|
24. |
South Carolina-Aiken |
13-3 |
21 |
19 |
|
25. |
Alaska-Anchorage |
13-4 |
13 |
nr |
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State-Moorhead, Arkansas-Monticell, Winston-Salem State, Adelphi, Montevallo, Northwest Missouri State, Alderson-Broaddus, C.W. Post, Anderson, Bemidji State, Bentley, Florida Tech, Missouri St. Louis.
The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
