UB Men Continue To Climb In NCAA Division II Basketball National Polls
Purple Knights Host UDC On Wednesday Evening At 5:00 p.m.
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team continued to move up in both NCAA Division II national polls this week, as the Purple Knights are now slotted at 15 in this week's D2SIDA Top-25 Media Poll after checking in at number 16 last week, and the team jumped four places to number 20 in the country in the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Top-25.
UB heads into this week's play, which begins tonight at home versus the University of the District of Columbia at 5:00 p.m. and concludes at St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday afternoon, with a 19-4 overall record and a 12-1 East Coast Conference mark.
D2SIDA Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll
Feb. 7, 2018
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
||
|
1 |
Lincoln Memorial (14) |
21-1 |
397 |
1 |
||
|
2 |
Ferris State (1) |
23-1 |
382 |
2 |
||
|
3 |
Queens (N.C.) |
21-1 |
351 |
3 |
||
|
4 |
West Liberty |
20-1 |
350 |
4 |
||
|
5 |
Western Oregon (1) |
21-1 |
339 |
5 |
||
|
6 |
Northwest Missouri State |
19-2 |
328 |
6 |
||
|
7 |
West Texas A&M |
20-2 |
295 |
10 |
||
|
8 |
Bellarmine |
20-2 |
276 |
13 |
||
|
9 |
Valdosta State |
21-2 |
262 |
11 |
||
|
10 |
Southern Nazarene |
18-1 |
261 |
12 |
||
|
11 |
UT-Permian Basin |
18-3 |
215 |
7 |
||
|
12 |
Northern State (S.D.) |
23-3 |
214 |
14 |
||
|
13 |
Findlay |
21-3 |
204 |
9 |
||
|
14 |
Shippensburg |
17-3 |
187 |
15 |
||
|
15 |
Bridgeport |
17-4 |
176 |
16 |
||
|
16 |
Clark Atlanta |
20-1 |
171 |
21 |
||
|
17 |
West Florida |
20-3 |
117 |
T-25 |
||
|
18 |
UNC Pembroke |
17-4 |
106 |
T-22 |
||
|
19 |
Morehouse |
18-1 |
94 |
8 |
||
|
20 |
Virginia State |
18-3 |
93 |
17 |
||
|
21 |
Fort Lewis |
19-3 |
86 |
NR |
||
|
22 |
Le Moyne |
18-5 |
55 |
24 |
||
|
23 |
Arkansas-Fort Smith |
19-4 |
41 |
T-22 |
||
|
24 |
Carson-Newman |
19-4 |
39 |
NR |
||
|
25 |
Southern Indiana |
19-5 |
32 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Dixie State 28, Central Missouri 27, Westminster 13, St. Thomas Aquinas 12, Cal Poly Pomona 10, Dallas Baptist 8, Fairmont State 8, Lake Superior State 6, Clayton State 4, California Baptist 2, Cal State San Marcos 1, Minnesota State 1.
NABC/Division II Rankings
(Feb. 6, 2018 – Poll #11)
|
RANK |
TEAM |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
||
|
1 |
Lincoln Memorial (14) |
21-1 |
397 |
1 |
||
|
2 |
Queens (N.C.) |
21-1 |
379 |
2 |
||
|
3 |
Ferris State (1) |
23-1 |
368 |
3 |
||
|
4 |
Western Oregon (1) |
21-1 |
350 |
4 |
||
|
5 |
West Liberty |
20-1 |
338 |
5 |
||
|
6 |
Northwest Missouri State |
19-2 |
325 |
6 |
||
|
7 |
Bellarmine |
20-2 |
300 |
9 |
||
|
8 |
West Texas A&M |
20-2 |
293 |
10 |
||
|
9 |
Valdosta State |
21-2 |
268 |
12 |
||
|
10 |
Southern Nazarene |
18-1 |
249 |
14 |
||
|
11 |
Morehouse |
18-1 |
224 |
7 |
||
|
12 |
Northern State |
23-3 |
211 |
16 |
||
|
13 |
UT-Permian Basin |
18-3 |
192 |
8 |
||
|
14 |
Fort Lewis |
19-3 |
187 |
17 |
||
|
15 |
Findlay |
21-3 |
180 |
11 |
||
|
16 |
Clark Atlanta |
20-1 |
162 |
21 |
||
|
17 |
West Florida |
20-3 |
159 |
20 |
||
|
18 |
Virginia State |
18-3 |
121 |
13 |
||
|
19 |
Shippensburg |
17-3 |
101 |
23 |
||
|
20 |
Bridgeport |
19-4 |
87 |
24 |
||
|
21 |
Arkansas-Fort Smith |
19-4 |
78 |
15 |
||
|
22 |
Dallas Baptist |
18-4 |
54 |
18 |
||
|
23 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
16-4 |
44 |
19 |
||
|
24 |
California Baptist |
17-4 |
37 |
NR |
||
|
25 |
Central Missouri |
18-4 |
26 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Le Moyne 18, Southern Indiana 9, Carson-Newman 7, Eckerd 7, West Chester 7, St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 4, Texas A&M-Commerce 4, Minnesota State 3, Cal State San Marcos 2, Claflin 2, Fairmont State 2, Wheeling Jesuit 2, Dixie State (Utah) 1, Indiana (Pa.) 1, Saint Martin's 1, UNC Pembroke 1.
Dropped out: Texas A&M-Commerce (22), Barry (25).