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SPU No. 8 Nationally; Falcons Face Western in Top 10 Men's Hoops Showdown
February 14, 2006

SEATTLE (Feb. 14) The marquee game in NCAA Division II men's basketball this week is coming to Brougham Pavilion Thursday night, when two top-10 teams meet.

Seattle Pacific University (19-3), unbeaten at home (10-0) and ranked No. 8, hosts No. 2 Western Washington (19-2) in a contest which could determine the winner of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming West Regional tournament.

Western moved up two spots in the NABC coaches poll while SPU dropped three places after its five-game win streak was snapped at Alaska Anchorage. It's the 11th straight week in the top 10 for Seattle Pacific.

Fort Hays State of Kansas displaced Virginia Union at No. 1 and earned all eight first-place votes.

Rank	Team	Record	Points
1.	Fort Hays State (8 first place votes)	22-1	200
2.	Western Washington	19-2	186
3.	Barton	20-1	185
4.	Delta State	22-1	167
5.	Saint Joseph's	22-2	165
6.	Virginia Union	18-3	153
7.	Southwest Baptist	21-2	144
8.	Seattle Pacific	19-3	137
9.	Montevallo	21-3	125
T10.	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	20-3	118
T10.	Southern Indiana	23-3	118
12.	Tarleton State	20-4	111
13.	Winona State	19-4	108
14.	Grand Valley State	20-3	105
15.	Findlay	21-3	96
16.	Northern State	20-3	95
17.	Minnesota State-Mankato	19-5	55
18.	Armstrong Atlantic State	18-5	41
19.	Alderson-Broaddus	18-4	38
20.	Bentley	18-6	36
21.	Shippensburg	19-4	35
22.	Truman State	19-5	32
23.	Alabama-Huntsville	19-5	30
24.	Clayton State	19-4	27
25.	Stonehill	18-5	22

Others receiving votes: Grand Canyon 16, Rollins 16, Cal State-Bakersfield 15, West Liberty State 11, Sonoma State 9, Ferris State 5, Columbus State 3, Ashland 1, Saint Anselm 1, Presbyterian 1.