Northwest and Truman are the Top 2 Men’s Teams in D2 Basketball

Two longtime rivals from the MIAA days are the top two men’s basketball teams in NCAA Division II heading into the postseason. Northwest Missouri State is number one and Truman State is number two in the NABC Top 25 Poll. The 18-1 Bulldogs moved up another spot after West Texas A&M lost last week. Truman will host Indianapolis in the first round of the GLVC Tournament Wednesday night. We will have the game on KRES. You can view the full set of rankings with this story at centralmoinfo.com.

1 Northwest Missouri State (16) 21-1 400 1
2 Truman State 18-1 374 3
3 Mercyhurst 11-0 367 4
4 Colorado Mesa 18-1 350 5
5 Colorado School of Mines 15-1 323 7
6 Northern State (S.D.) 18-1 315 8
7 Lubbock Christian 17-1 307 6
8 West Texas A&M 12-2 295 2
9 Hillsdale 19-1 289 9
10 Flagler 13-2 240 14
11 Alabama Huntsville 12-2 212 15
12 Charleston (W.Va) 13-2 209 16
13 Lincoln Memorial 16-3 205 12
14 Texas A&M-Kingsville 14-2 175 10
15 St. Thomas Aquinas 11-1 167 11
16 DBU (Texas) 15-3 158 18
17 Queens (NC) 14-4 154 17
18 Point Loma 8-1 148 19
19 West Liberty 13-3 128 20
20 Findlay 17-4 105 21
21 Valdosta State 14-4 85 23
22 Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) 10-3 49 13
23 Lee (Tenn.) 13-4 35 NR
24 Hawai’i Hilo 9-1 30 NR
25 Georgia College 10-2 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Southern Indiana 12, Arkansas Monticello 10, Oklahoma Baptist 9, Washburn (Kan.) 9, Gannon (Pa.) 8, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 6, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 4, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 4, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 1, Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 1.

Dropped out: Gannon (21), Fairmont State (24), Washburn (25)