INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Mar. 6) – The Alaska Anchorage men’s basketball team rose one spot to No. 8 in this week’s Division II West Region rankings, released Wednesday by the NCAA.
With a 15-7 record against Division II competition, UAA is now in 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 split on the road last week at Seattle Pacific and MSU Billings in order to leapfrog San Francisco State (15-11), which lost two games last week to fall to 10th. Meanwhile, Chico State (15-9) moved up from 10th to ninth, and Chaminade (16-5) remained seventh.
UAA joins No. 1 Western Washington (23-1 vs D-II) and No. 3 Seattle Pacific (21-3) to represent in the GNAC in this week’s poll.
The Seawolves have a chance to improve their NCAA chances when they take the court for the GNAC Tournament this week in Lacey, Wash. Third-seeded UAA begins with a quarterfinal matchup against 6th-seeded Central Washington on Thursday at 4:15 p.m. AST.
This marks the final version of the regional rankings, leading to the NCAA field announcement on Sunday, Mar. 10 (6:30 p.m. ADT at ncaa.com).
NCAA Div. II West Region Men’s Basketball Rankings
Mar. 6, 2013
Rk Team vs DII vs West Conf.
1 Western Washington 23-1 19-1 GNAC
2 Cal Poly Pomona 22-2 22-2 CCAA
3 Seattle Pacific 21-3 21-3 GNAC
4 Dixie State 19-6 18-5 PWC
5 CS San Bernardino 18-6 18-6 CCAA
6 Grand Canyon 20-6 20-4 PWC
7 Chaminade 16-6 16-5 PWC
8 Alaska Anchorage 15-7 13-7 GNAC
9 Cal State Chico 15-9 13-9 CCAA
10 San Francisco State 15-11 15-10 CCAA
(D-II & West Region records as of Mar. 3)
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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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