Blue Hose Men's Basketball

Thursday, February 9, 2006

BLUE HOSE MEN’S BASKETBALL MOVES TO FIFTH IN LATEST
NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION POLL

CLINTON, S.C. — The Presbyterian College men’s basketball program moved up two spots to fifth in this week’s NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region poll announced yesterday by the NCAA Championship Committee.

The top 10 teams in each of the NCAA’s Division II regions were ranked in the poll. Teams will continue to be evaluated on a weekly basis through March 1. On March 5, the 64-team field for the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championships will be announced, with the top eight teams from each region advancing to participate.

In the South Atlantic Conference, the team that wins the 2006 Food Lion SAC Tournament will receive the automatic bid.

The Blue Hose (19-6, 6-2 SAC), under the direction of 17^th-year head coach Gregg Nibert, are ranked fifth in the men’s poll. Presbyterian is the only South Atlantic Conference school ranked in the top 10 this week.

South Atlantic Region Men’s Poll (02/09/06)

School	Overall Record	Region Record
1. Virginia Union University	17-1	14-1
2. Clayton State	13-2	10-2
3. Columbus State	14-5	10-4
4. Armstrong Atlantic State	15-5	13-3
5. Presbyterian College	14-6	11-4
6. Georgia College & State University	12-6	11-5
7. Johnson C. Smith University	14-4	11-3
8. USC Upstate	12-6	10-6
9. Augusta State	8-8	6-7
10. Saint Augustine's	13-5	8-4