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Seattle Pacific Men Break Into Hoops Top 10 at No. 8
January 25, 2005

SEATTLE (Jan. 25) Seattle Pacific University's rapid rise in the NCAA Division II men's basketball national rankings continued this week as the Falcons achieved their highest ranking in three years, breaking into the top 10 at No. 8.

A week after making its debut in the poll at No. 11, SPU moved up three spots following home wins over Alaska Anchorage and then-16th-ranked Alaska Fairbanks. The Falcons (14-3) have won four in a row and 12 of their last 13 going into Thursday's game at Western Oregon.

Seattle Pacific is the only Div. II member which can claim both its men's and women's teams are among their respective top 10. The SPU women are No. 2 this week.

At the top of the men's poll, Virginia Union replaced Metropolitan State (Co.). Only one other West Region team is in the top 25; Hawaii Hilo, which defeated the Falcons Nov. 26, is No. 17.

This marks the highest SPU ranking since a No. 7 listing on Feb. 11, 2002.

	Team	Record	Points
1.	Virginia Union	13-1	189
2.	Metropolitan State	15-1	175
3.	Bentley	18-2	174
4.	Minnesota State-Mankato	18-2	172
5.	West Georgia	16-2	160
6.	Findlay	16-2	146
7.	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	16-3	143
8.	Seattle Pacific	14-3	126
9.	Texas A&M-Commerce	15-3	122
10.	Central Missouri State	14-3	111
11.	Fort Lewis	13-2	109
12.	Edinboro	15-2	105
13.	Bowie State	14-2	100
13.	Indiana (Pa.)	15-3	100
15.	South Carolina Upstate	14-3	94
16.	Kennesaw State	13-3	77
17.	Hawaii-Hilo	18-2	71
18.	Florida Gulf Coast	15-4	63
19.	Pittsburg State	14-3	53
20.	Nebraska-Omaha	16-3	47
21.	Lynn	14-3	43
22.	Southwestern Oklahoma State	14-3	37
23.	South Dakota	15-3	34
24.	Southern Indiana	13-4	31
25.	Southern New Hampshire	14-3	23
Others receiving votes: Western Washington 22, Central Arkansas 18, Cal State-Bakersfield 12, North Dakota 12, Saint Anselm 11, Grand Valley State 5, Ferris State 3, Arkansas-Monticello 2, Shippensburg 2. All records through games of Sunday, Jan. 23.