Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bulldogs Basketball Ranked 6th in Atlantic Region

(BOWIE, Md.)  Bowie State University dropped one spot to sixth in the second NCAA Atlantic Region men's basketball poll.  These rankings are used to determine seedings in the NCAA Division II basketball tournament.

In the Bulldogs’ only game so far this week, Bowie State crushed conference rival Virginia Union 101-82 on Monday night (2/20) and clinched the CIAA Northern Division crown for the third consecutive year.  The win also improves BSU’s record to 20-5 overall with one (non-conference) regular season game remaining.

West Liberty (W.Va.) University sits atop the Atlantic Division with a 24-1 record.  CIAA conference foe and Southern Division champion Shaw University is second (21-2), followed by Charleston (W.Va.) in third (21-4), West Virginia Wesleyan is fourth (17-7) and  Indiana (PA) rounds out the top five (19-4).  CIAA member Winston-Salem State University currently ranks 8th in the region.  COMPLETE REGIONAL RANKINGS

The Bulldogs will close out the regular season Saturday, February 25th at home against Washington Adventist University.


1
West Liberty
24-1
22-1
2
Shaw
21-2
21-2
3
Charleston (W.Va.)
21-4
21-4
4
West Virginia Wesleyan
17-7
17-7
5
Indiana (Pa.)
19-4
19-4
6
Bowie State
18-5
18-5
7
Alderson-Broaddus
17-7
17-7
8
Winston-Salem
16-6
16-6
9
Mercyhurst
16-8
16-8
10
Wheeling Jesuit
18-8
18-8

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