Purple Knights Remain Ranked Number Four In Second NCAA Regional Men's Basketball Poll Of The Season

UB Plays Home Finale Versus Mollloy On Thursday And Regular Season Final Contest At Queens On Saturday

February 25, 2015

Indianapolis, Indiana-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team remains ranked number four in the second NCAA Division II East Regional Poll of the 2014-15 season released on Wednesday afternoon. The Purple Knights take a 20-6 overall record and are 15-3 in the East Coast Conference with two games remaining in the regular season; tomorrow night at home versus Molloy and a Saturday match-up at Queens (N.Y.) College.

The NCAA Regional Rankings are used to determine which five teams will receive at-large bids to the 2015 NCAA Division II Championship Tournament along with the three automatic qualifiers in the region, the tournament champions of the East Coast, Northeast-10 and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conferences. UB is the only team ranked from the East Coast Conferee in the Top-10; while the Northeast-10 has seven teams in the Top-10 including the top three squads, and the CACC has two ranked teams.

NCAA Regional Rankings will be announced each Wednesday afternoon for the remainder of the season.

So far this season, Bridgeport has a win and a loss versus top-ranked Southern Connecticut State, plus victories over number five American International and number six USciences. Number three St. Anselm has posted a win over UB so far this year.

	NCAA DIVISION II EAST REGIONAL RANKINGS-Feb. 25, 2014
Rank		School	Overall DII Record	In-Region Record
1		Southern Conn. St.	22-5	22-5
2		Southern N.H.	18-6	18-6
3		St. Anselm	17-7	17-7
4		Bridgeport	19-6	19-6
5		American Int'l	19-6	19-6
6		USciences	20-4	20-4
7		Stonehill	17-8	17-8
8		Holy Family	20-7	20-7
9		Saint Michael's	16-9	16-9
10		Philadelphia U.	19-6	19-6

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