Kentucky Wesleyan stayed No. 7 in the eighth weekly National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Top 25 men's basketball poll after a split last week.
Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Bellarmine for the second week held onto No. 1 followed by fellow league rivals No. 8 Southern Indiana and No. 15 Northern Kentucky plus Midwest Region member No. 18 Hillsdale.
This marks the 325th time the Panthers are in the Top 25 since the rankings started in 1961.
KWC (16-3, 8-3 GLVC) plays at Indianapolis (15-4, 8-3) on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6:45 CT and at Saint Joseph's (7-12, 2-9) on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 3:00.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 31, 2012)
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|
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W-L |
Pts |
Pvs |
|
1. |
Bellarmine (8 first place votes) |
18-1 |
200 |
1 |
|
2. |
West Liberty State |
19-1 |
191 |
2 |
|
3. |
Tarleton State |
19-1 |
185 |
4 |
|
4. |
Winona State |
19-2 |
176 |
6 |
|
5. |
Colorado School of Mines |
17-2 |
158 |
11 |
|
6. |
Alabama-Huntsville |
15-3 |
146 |
12 |
|
7. |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
16-3 |
145 |
7 |
|
8. |
Southern Indiana |
16-3 |
140 |
8 |
|
9. |
Lincoln Memorial |
18-2 |
135 |
5 |
|
10. |
Christian Brothers |
15-3 |
113 |
15 |
|
11. |
Midwestern State |
16-2 |
112 |
10 |
|
12. |
Metropolitan State |
17-3 |
108 |
3 |
|
13. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
15-3 |
106 |
16 |
|
14. |
Shaw |
16-2 |
91 |
17 |
|
15. |
Northern Kentucky |
15-4 |
79 |
9 |
|
16. |
Western Washington |
18-3 |
78 |
18 |
|
17. |
Bowie State |
15-3 |
75 |
19 |
|
18. |
Hillsdale |
17-2 |
71 |
20 |
|
19. |
West Georgia |
18-3 |
63 |
22 |
|
20. |
St. Cloud State |
16-3 |
48 |
13 |
|
21. |
Alaska-Anchorage |
15-4 |
42 |
25 |
|
22. |
Northwest Missouri State |
16-3 |
37 |
nr |
|
23. |
Missouri Southern |
16-5 |
15 |
14 |
|
24. |
South Carolina-Aiken |
17-3 |
12 |
24 |
|
25t. |
King (Tenn.) |
17-3 |
11 |
nr |
|
25t. |
Winston-Salem State |
15-3 |
11 |
nr |
Others receiving votes: Arkansas Tech, District of Columbia, Cal Poly Pomona, Central Missouri, Indianapolis, LIU-C.W. Post, Seattle Pacific, Montevallo, Fort Hays State, Stonehill and Adelphi.
The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
