Both Cal State teams ranked No. 2 in West

By Michelle Gardner on January 30, 2008 5:01 PM | | Comments (0)

The NCAA Division II Championships committees released their  first men's and women's regional polls today and both Cal State San Bernardino teams were ranked No. 2 in the region.


    This is another first for the Coyotes basketball program, recognizing both teams for being in first place in their respective California Collegiate Athletic Association divisions after the first round of conference play.

    CSUSB's men, 15-3 overall, 8-2 in the CCAA and 15-2 against regional opponents, trail Alaska-A nchorage, 16-3, 7-0 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and 16-0 against D-2 foes.

    The Coyotes men have beaten No. 4 Seattle Pacific, No. 6 Central Washington, No. 7 Humboldt State and No. 9 Cal State L.A. this season.

    The Coyotes women, 14-3 overall, 8-2 in the CCAA, and 11-3 against region opponents, trail unbeaten Seattle Pacific University, 16-0 overall, 14-0 in region play and ranked No. 2 in the nation.

    The women have wins over No. 4 Sonoma State and No. 6 Northwest Nazarene and have lost to No. 1 SPU, No. 3 Chico State, No. 7 UC San Diego.

    The top eight teams in both polls when the final regional poll is released on March 5 will advance to the NCAA tournament.

     CSUSB's tea,ms are on the road this week, playing at San Francisco State Friday (women at 5:30, men at 7:30 p.m.) and at Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday (same times). Both women's games will be webcast at www.csusbathletics.com (click on listen live). Both men's games will be broadcast on KTIE 590-AM and simulcast on the web.

       MEN'S WEST REGION POLL -- (team/region record) -- 1. Alaska-Anchorage (16-0); 2. Cal State San Bernardino (15-2); 3. Chaminade (10-2); 4. Seattle Pacific (12-3); 5. Northwest Nazarene (9-2); 6. Central Washington (9-5); 7. Humboldt State (10-5); 8. Cal Poly Pomona (8-5); 9. Cal State L.A. (10-4); 10. BYU-Hawaii (10-5).
    WOMEN'S WEST REGION POLL -- (team/region record) -- 1. Seattle Pacific (14-0); 2. Cal State San Bernardino (11-3); 3. Chico State (12-3); 4. Sonoma State (9-4); 5. Alaska-Anchorage (10-1); 6. Northwest Nazarene (10-4); 7. UC San Diego (11-5); 8. Saint Martin's (8-4); 9. Seattle Univ. (9-4); 10. Central

 



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