INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 27) – The Alaska Anchorage men’s basketball team fell one spot to No. 9 in this week’s Division II West Region rankings, released Wednesday by the NCAA.
With a 14-6 record against Division II competition, UAA is now just out of the final position to reach the NCAA West Regional Championships, which will take postseason tournament winners from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, California Collegiate Athletic Association and Pacific West Conference, along with the next five highest-ranked teams.
The Seawolves were leapfrogged by San Francisco State (15-9) for the No. 8 ranking after the Gators swept their weekend series, including a buzzer-beating win over regionally 2nd-ranked Cal Poly Pomona. UAA split its two games, with its loss coming against region No. 1 and nationally 2nd-ranked Western Washington.
The Seawolves join WWU (22-1 vs D-II) and No. 3 Seattle Pacific (19-3) to represent in the GNAC in this week’s poll.
UAA has a chance to move up in the final week of the regular season as it visits SPU on Thursday (6 p.m. AST) and Montana State Billings on Saturday (5 p.m. AST).
The regional rankings will be released one more time – Mar. 6 – before the NCAA selection committee announces the playoff fields on Sunday, Mar. 10.
NCAA Div. II West Region Men’s Basketball Rankings
Feb. 27, 2013
Rk Team vs DII vs West Conf.
1 Western Washington 22-1 18-1 GNAC
2 Cal Poly Pomona 20-2 20-2 CCAA
3 Seattle Pacific 19-3 19-3 GNAC
4 Dixie State 17-6 16-5 PWC
5 Grand Canyon 19-5 19-3 PWC
6 CS San Bernardino 16-6 16-6 CCAA
7 Chaminade 15-5 15-4 PWC
8 San Francisco State 15-9 15-8 CCAA
9 Alaska Anchorage 14-6 12-6 GNAC
10 Cal State Chico 13-9 13-9 CCAA
(D-II & West Region records as of Feb. 25)
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Nate Sagan
Sports Information Director
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK 9508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
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