Feb. 27, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The lone undefeated team in all of NAIA men's basketball, Georgetown (Ky.), is the No. 1 team for the second straight week in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Feb. 27). The Tigers picked up all 11 first-place votes and boast a 28-0 mark.
GC has two remaining games in the regular season, first with a home game against West Virginia Tech on Feb. 28 followed by a road contest at Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) on March 1 - LWC is receiving votes in the latest poll. Georgetown is attempting to better the start of Oklahoma City last year - the defending national champion Stars went 29-0 before finishing at 35-2.
Winners of six straight and holding a 26-1 record, No. 2 Lee (Tenn.) moves up two spots for its highest ranking this year. No. 3 Lambuth also leaps to its highest ranking in 2007-08 as the Eagles sport a 10-game winning streak. No. 4 Louisiana State University-Shreveport and No. 5 Mountain State (W.V.) both fall two slots.
Two teams enter the Top 25 after receiving votes last week, No. 22 Mobile (Ala.) and No. 25 Vanguard (Calif.). Mobile has won six of its last seven including an upset of then-No. 13 Xavier (La.) 65-64, last Saturday. Vanguard is making a move in the always tough Golden State Athletic Conference taking five of its last six games (as of Feb. 24). The Lions are currently tied for fourth in the league standings.
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The 11th and final regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, March 5.
2007-08 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Feb. 27 (Rating #10)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Georgetown College (Ky.) |
11 |
28-0 |
330 |
|
2 |
4 |
Lee University (Tenn.) |
|
26-1 |
318 |
|
3 |
5 |
Lambuth University (Tenn.) |
|
24-3 |
298 |
|
4 |
2 |
Louisiana State University-Shreveport |
|
25-2 |
289 |
|
5 |
3 |
Mountain State University (W.Va.) |
|
26-2 |
284 |
|
6 |
7 |
Concordia University (Calif.) |
|
22-4 |
282 |
|
7 |
8 |
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) |
|
22-6 |
269 |
|
8 |
9 |
Oklahoma City University |
|
21-7 |
247 |
|
9 |
6 |
Robert Morris College (Ill.) |
|
22-3 |
237 |
|
10 |
12 |
McKendree University (Ill.) |
|
22-6 |
219 |
|
11 |
10 |
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) |
|
24-5 |
218 |
|
12 |
14 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) |
|
18-6 |
199 |
|
13 |
11 |
California Baptist University |
|
20-5 |
187 |
|
14 |
20 |
Columbia College (Mo.) |
|
23-6 |
164 |
|
15 |
22 |
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) |
|
19-8 |
162 |
|
16 |
16 |
Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) |
|
21-6 |
156 |
|
17 |
15 |
Texas Wesleyan University |
|
17-9 |
134 |
|
18 |
18 |
University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) |
|
17-11 |
130 |
|
19 |
17 |
Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) |
|
20-7 |
127 |
|
20 |
19 |
Wayland Baptist University (Texas) |
|
17-10 |
124 |
|
21 |
21 |
Saint Xavier University (Ill.) |
|
22-6 |
115 |
|
22 |
RV |
University of Mobile (Ala.) |
|
19-8 |
109 |
|
23 |
23 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) |
|
18-8 |
106 |
|
24 |
24 |
Westminster College (Utah) |
|
19-5 |
93 |
|
25 |
RV |
Vanguard University (Calif.) |
|
18-8 |
47 |
Others receiving votes:
Northwestern Oklahoma State University 35; Cumberland University (Tenn.) 32; University of Illinois at
Springfield 24; Wiley College (Texas) 23; Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) 21; Tougaloo College (Miss.) 20;
Oklahoma Baptist University 17; Berry College (Ga.) 17; Faulkner University (Ala.) 13; Texas College 10;
Xavier University (La.) 9; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 9; Rogers State University (Okla.) 7; Shorter
College (Ga.) 6; Campbellsville University (Ky.) 6; Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) 6; Montana
State University-Northern 4; Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) 3; Union University (Tenn.) 2; Jarvis Christian
College (Texas) 2; Spring Hill College (Ala.) 2; Carroll College (Mont.) 2; The Master's College (Calif.) 1
* Record through games played Feb. 24
