Mustangs Number 24 Nationally
- Winning the rugged Lone Star Conference South and collecting 20 wins on the season finally caught the eye of the voting coaches in the National Basketball Coaches Association Division II Poll, as the Midwestern State University Mustangs make their debut in the poll at number 24 this week.
It's the first time since February 21, 2000 that MSU has cracked the Division II national poll, when it was also ranked 24th.
MSU (20-6) is the co-champion and top seed from the LSC South in the Lone Star Conference Tournament after beating
and West Texas A&M on the road last weekend.
Several teams in the previous top 25 suffered losses in the final week of regular season action, including the only other Lone Star Conference team,
(23-3) who fell from fourth to ninth.
Other teams from the South Central region ranked in the poll are No. 10 Central Missouri (24-3) and No. 13 Northwest Missouri State (22-5) of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
opens the Lone Star Conference Tournament Tuesday night against
at 7 p.m. on
in D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
+++ MSU +++
NABC DIVISION II COACHES POLL
February 27, 2007
Records through February 25, 2007
1.
(
) (8) 27-0
2. Bentley (
) 27-0
3.
(
) 25-1
4.
(
) 22-3
5.
(
) 24-3
6.
(
) 24-3
7.
State 24-3
8.
(
) 24-3
9.
State 23-3
10. Central
24-3
11. Virginia Union 18-4
12. Cal State-San Bernadino 20-5
13. Northwest
State 22-5
14.
25-5
15. Millersville (
) 22-4
16. Montevallo (
) 22-5
17.
(
) 22-5
18. Cal Poly
19-6
19. Benedict (S.C.) 23-3
20. Barton (N.C.) 21-5
21. Rollins (
) 22-5
22. Alderson-Broaddus (
) 22-4
23. Nebraska-Kearney 22-5
24.
(
) 20-6
25.
(
) 21-6
Others receiving votes: Seattle Pacific (Wash.); Northern Michigan; Quincy (Ill.); Barry (Fla.); Emporia State (Kan.); Henderson State (Ark.); Valdosta State (Ga.); California (Pa.); Christian Brothers (Tenn.); Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.); Florida Gulf Coast.
Final poll released March 6, 2007.