Wednesday, February 26, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. - Seattle Pacific and Western Washington maintained their No. 4 and No. 7 rankings in the second NCAA Division II West Regional Men's Basketball poll of the 2014 season released Wednesday.

Cal State San Bernardino maintained the No. 1 ranking as the only changes among the top seven teams were a pair of flipflops.  Cal Poly Pomona switched places with Cal Baptist moving into second and Chico State switched with Dixie State moving up to fifth.

At No. 8 Dominican replaced Chaminade.  Cal State Stanislaus moved up one slot from 10th to ninth.  San Francisco State took over 10th as Chaminade dropped out of the Top 10.

The poll will eventually determine which five teams join the GNAC, PacWest and CCAA champions in the regional tournament, which begins Friday, March 14.  The league champions earn automatic berths.

One more poll will be held before the NCAA announces the regional field on Sunday, March 9 on ncaa.com.  The women's show will be at 7 p.m. Pacific followed by the men's show at 7:30.

The GNAC will determine its champion and its automatic berth winner with a tournament March 5-8.  Saint Martin's University will host the tournament at Marcus Pavilion.

NCAA West Region - 1. Cal State San Bernardino (20-3); 2. Cal Poly Pomona (19-3); 3. Cal Baptist (23-1); 4. Seattle Pacific (20-5); 5. Chico State (18-5); 6. Dixie State (20-5); 7. Western Washingon (15-6); 8. Dominican (18-7); 9. Cal State Stanislaus (14-8); 10. San Francisco (11-11).  Note: Record listed is in games against Division II opponents only.