Feb. 26, 2008
 

FLORENCE -- The University of North Alabama men's basketball team moved up four spots in the latest NCAA Division II poll to 19th. The Lions, 23-7 overall and winners of the Gulf South Conference East Division title, were ranked No. 23 in last weeks poll. That ranking marked UNA's first appearance in the Top 25 since December of 1994. UNA will not play again until the quarterfinal round of the GSC Tournament on March 7 in Southaven, Miss.

1.Bentley (5 first-place votes) 26-0
2.Grand Valley State (3) 30-0
3.Winona State 29-1
4.Northern State 25-2
5.South Carolina Aiken 23-2
6.Findlay 24-3
7.Drury 22-3
8.Augusta State 21-4
9.Alaska-Anchorage 22-4
10.Gannon 24-3
11.Lenoir-Rhyne 21-3
12.South Dakota 21-4
13.Cal State-San Bernardino 21-5
14.California (Pa.) 21-4
15.Minnesota State 21-5
16.Tarleton State 21-4
17.Mount Olive 21-5
18.LIU-C.W. Post 22-3
19.North Alabama 22-7
20.Benedict 22-4
21.Southwestern Oklahoma State 20-5
22.Florida Southern 21-7
23.Southwest Baptist 19-6
24.Fort Lewis 21-5
25.Edinboro 20-5

Others receiving votes: West Texas A&M 12, Assumption (Mass.) 5, Humboldt State (Calif.) 5, Northwest Missouri State 5, Saint Rose (N.Y.) 5, Central Oklahoma 4, Wingate (N.C.) 4, Central Washington 3, Kentucky Wesleyan 3, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 3, Rollins (Fla.) 3, Virginia Union 3.