Men's Basketball Second In This Week's NABC Poll
KANSAS CITY (Feb. 17, 2009) – The C.W. Post men's basketball team stayed at No. 2 in this week's National Association of Basketball Coaches weekly poll, it was announced this week.
Findlay University received eight first-place votes and remains the top team with a 22-0 record. The Pioneers, who are first in the Northeast region, have been second the last five weeks in the poll and received 192 points behind Findlay's 200.
Northeast-10 member Bentley University climbed three spots to No. 16 in the poll while University of Massachusetts at Lowell received votes.
C.W. Post (20-0) was 2-0 last week with a 91-69 win at Concordia College and a 107-71 win at home against the University of Bridgeport. In addition, the Pioneers set a new win streak previously set during the 1972-73 season.
The Pioneers play at New York Institute of Technology on Feb. 18 and will host Molloy College Feb. 21.
NABC Poll (Feb. 17, 2009)
| Rank |
| 1 |
Findlay (8) |
22-0 |
200 |
1 |
| 2 |
C.W. Post |
20-0 |
192 |
2 |
| 3 |
BYU-Hawaii |
18-1 |
184 |
3 |
| 4 |
Southwest Baptist |
20-3 |
173 |
5 |
| 5 |
Northern Ky. |
19-4 |
167 |
6 |
| 6 |
Augusta St. |
19-4 |
153 |
9 |
| 7 |
Central Mo. |
20-3 |
142 |
11 |
| 8 |
Gannon |
19-3 |
133 |
4 |
| 9 |
Central Okla. |
21-3 |
130 |
10 |
| 10 |
Christian Bros. |
19-4 |
123 |
8 |
| 11 |
Alderson-Broaddus |
20-3 |
121 |
7 |
| 12 |
Claflin |
20-2 |
98 |
16 |
| 13 |
Benedict |
20-3 |
94 |
12 |
| 14 |
S.C. Aiken |
17-5 |
92 |
15 |
| 15 |
Minn. St. Mankato |
22-5 |
90 |
17 |
| 16 |
Bentley |
22-4 |
82 |
19 |
| 17 |
Fla. Southern |
21-5 |
66 |
22 |
| 18 |
Metro St. |
20-3 |
60 |
23 |
| 19 |
Southwest Minn. St. |
22-5 |
53 |
24 |
| 20 |
Southern Ind. |
21-5 |
47 |
13 |
| 21 |
Virginia Union |
19-4 |
42 |
21 |
| 22 |
Bellarmine |
19-5 |
30 |
18 |
| 23 |
Winona St. |
20-6 |
23 |
NR |
| 24 |
Delta St. |
18-5 |
19 |
NR |
| 25 |
Georgia College |
17-4 |
17 |
14 |