No. 6 Bellarmine remains the lone Great Lakes Valley Conference men's basketball program ranked in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Poll, it was announced Tuesday.
The Knights (24-2, 15-2 GLVC) improved one position from last week after an 87-64 win at Rockhurst last Thursday and an 82-70 win at Truman State on Saturday.
This week Bellarmine closes out the regular season with a home contest against Indianapolis on Thursday.
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Lincoln Memorial (14) |
25-1 |
398 |
1 |
| 2 |
Queens (N.C.) |
25-1 |
380 |
2 |
| 3 |
Ferris State (1) |
27-1 |
368 |
3 |
| 4 |
Western Oregon (1) |
25-1 |
355 |
4 |
| 5 |
West Liberty |
24-1 |
337 |
5 |
| 6 |
Bellarmine |
24-2 |
319 |
7 |
| 7 |
West Texas A&M |
24-2 |
304 |
8 |
| 8 |
Valdosta State |
25-2 |
285 |
9 |
| 9 |
Morehouse |
22-1 |
259 |
11 |
| 10 |
Northwest Missouri State |
22-3 |
253 |
6 |
| 11 |
Northern State (S.D.) |
27-3 |
237 |
12 |
| 12 |
UT-Permian Basin |
22-3 |
225 |
13 |
| 13 |
Southern Nazarene |
21-2 |
194 |
10 |
| 14 |
Findlay |
24-3 |
193 |
15 |
| 15 |
West Florida |
24-3 |
182 |
16 |
| 16 |
Virginia State |
21-3 |
160 |
17 |
| 17 |
Bridgeport |
22-4 |
136 |
18 |
| 18 |
Arkansas-Fort Smith |
23-4 |
115 |
19 |
| 19 |
California Baptist |
22-4 |
109 |
20 |
| 20 |
Clark Atlanta |
21-3 |
99 |
21 |
| 21 |
Fort Lewis |
21-4 |
77 |
14 |
| 22 |
Le Moyne |
21-5 |
68 |
25 |
| 23 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
20-5 |
46 |
NR |
| 24 |
Dallas Baptist |
21-5 |
30 |
NR |
| 25 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
21-5 |
18 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Shippensburg 10, West Chester 10, Dixie State 7, Carson-Newman 6, UNC Pembroke 6, Point Loma 5, Regis 4, Chico State 2, Claflin 2, Clayton State 1, Saint Martin’s 1.
Dropped out: Shippensburg (22), West Chester (23), UNC Pembroke (24).