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Seattle Pacific Men Rejoin Nation's Top 10
February 8, 2005

SEATTLE (Feb. 8) Seattle Pacific University re-joined the NCAA Division II men's basketball top 10 amidst another big shakeup.

A week after falling five spots to No. 13, SPU moved into a tie with Central Missouri State for No. 10. The Falcons (17-4), who defeated Central Missouri in December, visit Western Washington Saturday night. The Vikings narrowly missed making the top 25.

At the top of the men's poll, Bentley of Massachusetts replaced Minnesota State-Mankato. Hawaii Hilo, which was the No. 1 team in the West Region last week, is No. 13.

Seattle Pacific is the only athletic program to have both its men's and women's basketball teams ranked among the top 10. The Falcon women are No. 2.

	Team	Record	Points
1.	Bentley (5)	23-2	196
2.	Findlay (3)	19-2	195

3.	Metropolitan State	18-2	179
4.	Minnesota State-Mankato	19-3	162
5.	Texas A&M-Commerce	18-3	160
6.	Virginia Union	18-2	149
7.	West Georgia	18-3	138
8.	Bowie State	17-3	125
9.	Kennesaw State	17-3	122
10.	Central Missouri State	17-4	121
10.	Seattle Pacific	17-4	121
12.	Nebraska-Omaha	19-3	119
13.	Hawaii-Hilo	20-2	109
14.	Fort Lewis	16-3	96
15.	Edinboro	18-3	94
16.	Southern Indiana	17-4	82
17.	Pfeiffer	15-3	57
18.	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	18-5	56
19.	Adelphi	18-3	44
20.	South Carolina Upstate	15-5	40
21.	Florida Gulf Coast	19-5	37
22.	Arkansas-Monticello	16-4	35
23.	Pittsburg State	17-4	29
24.	Saint Anselm	18-4	27
25.	Southwestern Oklahoma State	17-4	20
Others receiving votes: South Dakota 17, Western Washington 16.5, Central Arkansas 14, Lynn 11, Gannon 10, Cal State-San Bernardino 6, Grand Valley State 6, Washburn 4.5, Ferris State 2. All records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 6.