Thursday, January 25

Blue Hose Men Ranked 10th In Latest Regional Poll

INDIANAPOLIS – Presbyterian College’s men’s basketball team was ranked 10th in the latest NCAA Division II men’s basketball regional rankings.

In total, three South Atlantic Conference teams were ranked among the top 10 in the South Atlantic Region.

Presbyterian is currently in fourth place in the SAC. The Blue Hose are 4-3 in SAC action and 11-7 overall.

Lenoir-Rhyne College, which has won six games in a row, is the highest-ranked conference school, coming in at number six in the region. Wingate, which is tied for the top spot in the conference standings with Lenoir-Rhyne, is ranked eighth.

Clayton State is the top-ranked team in the region. They are one of four Peach Belt Conference schools in the poll. Virginia Union, the 2005 NCAA Division II national champion, is second in the region and one of three schools from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association ranked.

Eight teams from the South Atlantic Region advance to the NCAA Tournament, including automatic qualifiers from each of the three conferences.

The regional rankings will be released every Wednesday through February 28.

Records through Sunday, January 21 were included in this week’s regional rankings:

SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION

                                                Division II              Division II

                                           Overall Record       In-Region Record

1. Clayton State                               11-0                   7-0

2. Virginia Union                                8-1                   6-1

3. Augusta State                              14-3                   9-2

4. Virginia State                                9-3                    7-3

5. Armstrong Atlantic State             12-4                    6-3

6. Lenoir-Rhyne                             10-4                    7-4

7. Saint Augustine’s                       12-4                   11-2

8. Wingate                                    11-4                      7-2

9. South Carolina Upstate             10-5                    10-3

10. Presbyterian                         11-7                      8-5

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