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men's basketball
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press release
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Great Lakes Regional Rankings
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: February 27, 2008
GANNON MEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS
TO SIXTH IN REGIONAL RANKINGS
GOLDEN KNIGHTS FALL TWO SPOTS WITHOUT LOSING A GAME
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon men’s
basketball team might go into the post-season with a chip on its shoulder.
Despite going 2-0 last week, the Golden Knights fell two spots and are ranked
sixth in the latest NCAA Division II Great Lakes regional rankings released
Wednesday afternoon. Gannon even fell below Kentucky Wesleyan, who suffered
a home loss last week.
The regional rankings are important due to the fact that they represent how
teams qualify for the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC) and Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) post-season
champions receive automatic bids. The top six remaining teams in the regional
rankings receive at-large bids to the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
Regional rankings will be released every Wednesday afternoon through the
rest of the season. The NCAA Division II Tournament selection show is scheduled
for Sunday, March 9.
The top two spots are now held by GLIAC teams. Grand Valley State continued
its season-long stay as the top-ranked team in the Great Lakes region with
a 26-0 record against Division II teams and 23-0 Division II in-region record.
Findlay (20-3, 19-3), Drury (Mo.) (18-3, 17-2), Northern Kentucky (16-5,
14-5), and Kentucky Wesleyan (18-5, 16-4) complete the top five.
Gannon (21-3, 21-3), Lewis (Ill.) (15-7, 15-6), St. Joseph’s (Ind.) (15-9,
14-8), Bellarmine (Ky.) (14-8, 13-8), and Wisconsin-Parkside (11-11, 11-11)
round out the top 10.
Gannon, ranked 10th in NCAA Division II, 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 Runner-Up 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.
A limited number of reserved seats 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 NCAA Division II regional rankings can be found at http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/polls/rankings/divii.
Gannon University~University Square ~ Erie, PA 16541-0001
Toll Free: 1-800-GANNON-U
Sports Press Box E-mail
updated 2/27/08 by: drt
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