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Oregon Tech remains No. 2 in final NAIA DII poll

02.22.2010

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oregon Tech will end the regular season as the No. 2 ranked team in the final edition of the 2009-2010 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 poll, announced Monday by the NAIA office. For the third straight poll, Walsh University is ranked on top, this time gathering 15 of the 16 possible first-place votes and 436 total points.

The field for the Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship will be announced live through College Fanz Sports Network on March 3 starting at 3:30 p.m. CST. The exclusive and free video streaming broadcast can be viewed at www.collegefanz.com.

Oregon Tech holds at No. 2 for the second straight week, and captured the remaining first-place vote with 421 total points. After a weekend road sweep over Concordia and No. 20 Warner Pacific, Oregon Tech secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament after winning the Cascade Conference with a 15-3 mark.  The Owls will enter the CCC Tournament with a 26-4 overall record, while winning 15 of its last 16 games. Oregon Tech puts a 35-game home win streak on the line when they face eight-seed The College of Idaho on Wednesday night in the quarterfinal round of the league tournament.

 Walsh is an NAIA-best 27-2 overall and won the American Mideast South Division with a 15-1 mark.  Walsh has won eight straight games overall and ends the regular season with 35 straight home wins.

 The Mid-Central College Conference (MCCC) and Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) each place four teams in Oregon Tech will battle for their second-straight CCC Tournament Championship. 

the Top 25 – from the MCCC: Indiana Wesleyan, No. 10 Bethel (Ind.), No. 15 Saint Francis (Ind.), and No. 21 Spring Arbor (Mich.). The CCC has Oregon Tech, No. 13 Eastern Oregon, No. 20 Warner Pacific (Ore.) and No. 25 Evergreen State (Wash.).

No. 23 Ozarks (Mo.), hosts for the Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship in Point Lookout, Mo., is a newcomer to the poll. The Bobcats are 20-9 overall and have won five of their last six.

NOTES: Prior to the No. 1 ranking this year, Walsh (Ohio) was ranked first on only one other occasion (in available records) which was Dec. 7, 1997… No. 9 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) holds the nation’s longest active winning streak at 18 games… No. 25 Warner (Fla.) was the only team to drop out this week – the Royals have lost two of their last three games… No. 1 Walsh (Ohio) holds the most wins in Division II with 27… No. 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan has been ranked No. 1 on 12 occasions, which is tied with Oregon Tech for the second-highest total since 2000 trailing only Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (17)… No. 2 Oregon Tech and Walsh (Ohio) own the Division II active streak for longest run in the Top 25 at 62 straight weeks -- the last time either was not ranked was Jan. 11, 2005… No. 10 Bethel (Ind.) is the next in line with 32 consecutive rankings followed by No. 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan with 30 straight. 

Rank     Last Week    School                       1st place votes             Record     Points

1               1               Walsh University (Ohio) (15)                               27-2        436

2               2               Oregon Institute of Technology (1)                       26-4        421

3               5               Indiana Wesleyan University                                25-5        393

4               4               Oklahoma Wesleyan University                           26-3        391

5               3               Indiana University Southeast                                22-4        383

6               6               Bellevue University (Neb.)                                   23-7        368

7               7               Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.)                     24-5        345

8               8               Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)        25-5        338

9               9               Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.)                         26-4        330

10             12             Bethel College (Ind.)                                            25-5        319

11             13             Northwood University (Fla.)                                25-5        288

12             11             Cornerstone University (Mich.)                            24-6        286

13             15             Eastern Oregon University                                   21-7        265

14             16             Cedarville University (Ohio)                                22-8        246

15             10             University of Saint Francis (Ind.)                         22-8        229

16             14             Grand View University (Iowa)                            22-7        220

17             21             University of Sioux Falls (S.D.)                           22-8        206

18             22             Black Hills State University (S.D.)                      20-8        188

19             18             Davenport University (Mich.)                             22-8        185

20             20             Warner Pacific College (Ore.)                            20-8        168

21             19             Spring Arbor University (Mich.)                         21-9        165

22             23             Friends University (Kan.)                                   22-6        151

23             RV             College of the Ozarks (Mo.)                             20-9        123

24             17             Hastings College (Neb.)                                     22-7        120

25             24             Evergreen State College (Wash.)                       19-9        90

Others receiving votes:

Warner University (Fla.) 74; Mount Mercy College (Iowa) 57; Valley City State University (N.D.) 44; Briar Cliff University (Iowa) 42; Brescia University (Ky.) 34; Aquinas College (Mich.) 31; Goshen College (Ind.) 9; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 6; Dordt College (Iowa) 3; California State University-Maritime 1; Bryan College (Tenn.) 1; Union College (Ky.) 1; Ashford University (Iowa) 1; McPherson College (Kan.) 1; Johnson & Wales University (Colo.) 1

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