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UNA MEN RANKED 15TH IN
LATEST NABC POLL
KANSAS CITY, Mo., – The University of North Alabama men’s
basketball team remained in the Top 25 of the North American
Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Division II Coaches Poll this
week, falling four spots to No. 15 in the rankings. The Lions (6-2)
completed a 1-1 week after dropping a 51-46 road decision to
Christian Brothers before returning home to knock off Campbellsville
76-70 at Flowers Hall.
Making the jump ahead of UNA was fellow Gulf South Conference member
Arkansas-Monticello. The Boll Weevils improved to 8-0 on the season
and made the biggest jump in the poll, moving up 10 spots from 23rd
to 13th to represent the GSC’s highest-ranked team. The GSC added
its third team to the rankings when Valdosta State entered the poll
at No. 24. The Blazers are 8-1 on the season.
The top two teams remain the same for the third straight week with
Findlay (5-0) and South Carolina-Aiken (4-
0) sitting atop the rankings. A loss by Central Oklahoma allowed
Augusta State to move up to third, while Southwest Baptist (Mo.) and
Gannon (Pa.) round out the top five.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 9, 2008)
Record Points Pvs
1. Findlay, Ohio (8 first place votes) 5-0 200 1
2. South Carolina Aiken 4-0 190 2
3. Augusta State, Ga. 3-0 183 4
4. Southwest Baptist, Mo. 7-0 178 5
5. Gannon, Pa. 4-0 163 6
6. Minnesota State 8-1 156 8
7. Central Oklahoma 8-1 142 3
8. Brigham Young-Hawaii 3-0 140 9
9. LIU-C.W. Post, N.Y. 4-0 134 10
10. Catawba, N.C. 8-0 129 14
11. Grand Valley State, Mich. 6-1 124 7
12. Central Washington 4-1 101 19
13. Arkansas-Monticello 8-0 97 23
14. Kentucky Wesleyan 7-1 83 12
15. North Alabama 6-2 60 11
16. Northern Kentucky 5-2 58 20
17. Pittsburgh-Johnstown, Pa. 6-1 57 15
18. Missouri Southern 9-0 52 NR
19. Saint Martin’s, Wash. 9-2 49 25
20. Ouachita Baptist, Ark. 7-1 45 NR
21. Bellarmine, Ky. 5-0 27 NR
22. Cal State-Dominguez Hills 7-0 26 NR
23. Elizabeth City State, N.C. 8-0 25 NR
24. Valdosta State, Ga. 8-1 24 NR
25. Southern Indiana 9-2 19 NR
Others receiving votes: Drury (Mo.) 18, Tampa (Fla.) 12, West
Liberty State (W.Va.) 12, Arkansas Tech 11,
Bentley (Mass.) 10, Southwestern Oklahoma State 10, Edinboro (Pa.)
9, Angelo State (Texas) 7, Northern
State (S.D.) 7, Clayton State (Ga.) 5, Merrimack (Mass.) 5, Benedict
(S.C.) 4, St. Edward’s (Texas) 4, San
Francisco State (Calif.) 3, Augustana (S.D.) 2, Francis Marion
(S.C.) 2, Northern Michigan 2, West Texas
A&M 2, Western Washington 2, Ashland (Ohio) 1, Southwest Minnesota
State 1.
Records are through games of Dec. 7, 2008.
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