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SPU Men Match All-Time High in Hoop Rankings at No. 4
January 3, 2006

SEATTLE (Jan. 10) Seattle Pacific University has matched its best ever national ranking in men's basketball, moving up two spots to No. 4 in this week's NABC Coaches Poll for NCAA Division II.

The Falcons (11-1), who received one first-place vote, are undefeated against Div. II opposition. They equaled the ranking of the 1993-94 team which resided at No. 4 for two weeks. Both teams started their season by winning 11 of 12. Earlier this season, SPU had been as high as No. 5.

Montevallo (Al.) reclaimed the No. 1 position, with Seattle Pacific's Great Northwest Athletic Conference rival. Western Washington, climbing to No. 2.

SPU seeks its seventh straight win when it hosts Alaska Anchorage in a GNAC game Thursday night at 7.

	Team	Record	Points
1.	Montevallo (7 first place votes)	14-1	192
2.	Western Washington	11-1	191
3.	Southern Indiana	16-1	185
4.	Seattle Pacific (1)	11-1	173
5.	Saint Joseph's	13-1	154
6.	Northern State	12-1	148
7.	Southwest Baptist	14-1	141
8.	Virginia Union	8-2	140
9.	Fort Hays State	12-1	135
10.	Stonehill	11-1	116
11.	Findlay	12-2	102
12.	West Virginia State	10-2	93
T13.	Alabama-Huntsville	12-2	90
T13.	Barton	8-1	90
15.	Delta State	11-1	83
16.	Truman State	13-2	73
17.	Central Missouri State	13-2	58
18.	Johnson C. Smith	9-3	50
19.	Grand Canyon	12-3	46
20.	Massachusetts-Lowell	11-3	45
21.	Mount Olive	9-3	40
22.	Minnesota State-Mankato	13-3	33
23.	Winona State	10-4	29
24.	Grand Valley State	11-3	27
25.	Ashland	12-3	25

Others receiving votes: Lynn 19, Pittsburgh-Johnstown 18, Alderson-Broaddus 13, Catawba 12, South Carolina Upstate 11, West Georgia 10, Armstrong Atlantic State 9, Bowie State 8, Northeastern State 7, Saint Anselm 6, Hawaii-Hilo 5, West Liberty State 5, Montana State-Billings 3, Tarleton State 3, Presbyterian 2, Concordia-St. Paul 1, Philadelphia 1.