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men's basketball
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press release
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NABC Division II Top 25
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: February 26,
2008
GANNON MEN'S BASKETBALL MOVES
BACK INTO NCAA DIVISION II TOP 10
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon
men’s basketball team didn’t stay out of the national top 10 for long. One
week after dropping out of the top 10 following their loss to Findlay, the
Golden Knights returned among the nation’s 10 best Tuesday afternoon. The
squad jumped three spots and is ranked 10th in the latest National Association
of Basketball Coaches (NABC)/Division II Top 25 Poll.
The top nine teams remained unchanged. Bentley (Mass.) (26-0) and Grand Valley
State (30-0) stayed No. 1 and No. 2 in the national poll. They are the only
undefeated teams left in NCAA Division II. Bentley received five first-place
votes while Grand Valley State captured the remaining three.
Winona State (Minn.) (29-1), Northern State (S.D.) (25-2), and South Carolina
Aiken (23-2) complete the top five. Findlay (24-3), Drury (Mo.) (22-3), Augusta
State (Ga.) (21-4), Alaska-Anchorage (22-4), and Gannon (24-3) round out
the top 10.
The new rankings still feature three teams from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in the top 15 for the fourth consecutive week
and three in the top 10 for the third time in the last four weeks. Plus,
four Great Lakes region teams sit in the top 25 as Drury (Mo.) is tabbed
seventh. Kentucky Wesleyan is among others receiving votes.
Gannon completed the regular season last week with a 24-3 overall record
and 15-2 GLIAC mark following a 68-55 victory against rival Mercyhurst. The
Golden Knights won the GLIAC South Division title outright for the first
time since 1999-00. The squad posted its highest conference winning percentage
and fewest conference losses since joining the GLIAC in 1995.
Gannon has won 24 games for the first time since the 1989-90 NCAA Elite Eight
team went 24-8. One more victory would give the Golden Knights 25 wins for
the first time since the 1986-87 NCAA National Semifinalist team posted a
28-6 record.
Gannon opens the post-season Saturday, March 1 against Ashland in a GLIAC
quarterfinal game at the Hammermill Center. Game time is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. The contest can be heard live on Jet Radio 1400 and via the Internet
at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/werg/knightsound.ihtml.
Season ticket holders have until the end of the business day on Wednesday,
February 27 to purchase their same seats for Saturday’s quarterfinal game.
Any unsold reserved seating will be made available to the general public
Thursday, February 28 and Friday, February 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.
at the Gannon Athletic Offices, located through the 3rd and Peach Streets
entrance of the Carneval Athletic Pavilion. General admission tickets are
currently on sale and will be on sale in advance through Friday.
Ticket windows at the Hammermill Center open Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Tickets
are scaled at $10 for reserved seating, $5 for adult general admission, and
$3 for student and senior citizen general admission.
The complete NABC/Division II Coaches Poll can be found at http://campus.mst.edu/athleticsarchives/hoops/d2basketball/bbpoll.html.
Gannon University~University Square ~ Erie, PA 16541-0001
Toll Free: 1-800-GANNON-U
Sports Press Box E-mail
updated 2/26/08 by: drt
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