SEATTLE (Feb. 23) ­ With four games remaining in the regular season, Seattle Pacific University finds itself well-positioned to host the women's basketball NCAA Division II West Regional for the third year in a row.

The Falcons (21-2) remain No. 1 in the West. However, Saturday night they face the region's No. 2 team, Western Washington. The top team in the final rankings next month has the right to host the regional tournament Mar. 11-14.

The SPU men (18-6) fell one spot for the second week in a row, slipping to No. 4, behind Hawaii Hilo (23-3), Western Washington (18-5) and Cal Poly Pomona (18-5). Hilo has just one regular season game remaining.

The final poll in March will determine which six women's teams join the GNAC and CCAA regular-season champions and which five men's teams join the GNAC, PacWest and CCAA champions in the eight-team regional field. The conference champions receive automatic berths.

Men - 1. Hawaii Hilo (23-3); 2. Western Washington (18-5); 3. Cal Poly Pomona (18-5); 4. Seattle Pacific (18-6); 5. Cal State San Bernardino (18-4); 6. Alaska Fairbanks (17-7); 7. Chico State (16-7); 8. BYU-Hawaii (15-8); 9. Northwest Nazarene (14-9); 10. Sonoma State (14-9).

Women - 1. Seattle Pacific (21-2); 2. Western Washington (21-3); 3. Cal State Dominguez Hills (16-6); 4. Chico State (18-5); 5. Saint Martin's (17-6); 6. Cal State Bakersfield (17-6); 7. Cal Poly Pomona (17-6); 8. Montana State-Billings (18-6); 9. Cal State San Bernardino (17-6); 10. UC San Diego(14-9).