Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Alaska Anchorage maintained its No. 2 ranking and Western Washington moved up one slot from sixth to fifth in this week's NCAA Division II West Regional basketball rankings.

The two schools are the only GNAC teams ranked in the Top 10. A ranking in the Top 8 is required to be considered for selection to the NCAA tournament.

UC San Diego is ranked first and appears to have the inside track to host the regionals.

The poll will eventually determine the five at-large teams that will join the GNAC and CCAA tournament champions and the PacWest regular-season champion in the NCAA West Regionals, Mar. 9-12.

The GNAC will determine its champion with a tournament at Lacey, Wash., on Mar. 1-3. The title game will be televised on ROOT Sports on Saturday night, Mar. 3. Tipoff will be approximately at 7:30 p.m. following the conclusion of the men's title game.

West Region- 1. UC San Diego (25-0); 2. Alaska Anchorage (23-2); 3. Grand Canyon (18-3); 4. Cal State Monterey Bay (16-7); 5. Western Washington (16-6); 6. Cal Poly Pomona (16-7); 7. Cal State L.A. (15-9); 8. Humboldt State (16-7); 9. Dixie State (15-7); 10. Chico State (15-9). (Note: Records are versus Division II opponents).