SEATTLE (Feb. 19) -- After a five-week absence, the Seattle Pacific University men's basketball team is back in the NCAA Division II national rankings at No. 24. The Falcons (12-3, 19-4) have won seven in a row and 11 of their last 12 games going into Thursday night's Pacific West Conference home game with Humboldt State.

SPU had been a fixture in the poll from preseason to Jan. 7, rising as high as No. 15 the week of Dec. 18.

Two of the teams to defeat Seattle Pacific this season are once again including in the national rankings. Cal State San Bernardino is No. 6 and Western Washington, which visits SPU Mar. 3., is No. 16.

A new women's national poll will be released Tuesday (Feb. 20). Seattle Pacific was No. 19 last week.

NABC/DIVISION II BULLETIN RANKINGS February 19, 2001
1. Adelphi (24-0)
2. Southern Indiana (23-1)
3. South Dakota (21-3)
4. Kentucky Wesleyan (21-3)
5. Washburn (21-3)
6. Cal State-San Bernardino (20-2)
7. Wingate (22-2)
8. Northeastern State (21-3)
9. Southwest State (21-5)
10. St. Michael's (21-3)
11. Salem International (20-4)
12. Queens, N.C. (20-4)
13. South Dakota State (20-4)
14. St. Anselm (19-5)
15. Northern Kentucky (22-5)
16. Western Washington (21-3)
17. Northwest Missouri State (20-4)
18. West Georgia (19-5)
19. Winston-Salem State (21-3)
20. Fort Hays State (20-4)
21. Johnson C. Smith (20-4)
22. Armstrong Atlantic State (22-5)
23. Massachusetts-Lowell (19-5)
24. Seattle Pacific (19-4)
25. Tampa (21-4)