The Falcons Online -- Seattle Pacific University Athletics

Go Figure: SPU Men Slide Out of Top 10 for First Time in 12 Weeks
February 21, 2006

SEATTLE (Feb. 21) Strangely, Seattle Pacific University fell out of the NCAA Division II men's basketball top 10 less than a week after beating the then-No. 2 team in the nation.

The Falcons (20-4) were shoved eight spots down to No. 16 after splitting with Western Washington and Central Washington. Western lost twice and fell 10 spots to No. 12. SPU had been in the top 10 for 11 consecutive weeks.

Fort Hays State of Kansas retained the poll position in the NABC coaches rankings, earning all eight first-place votes.

Seattle Pacific plays at Seattle University Thursday night.

	Team	Record	Points
1	Fort Hays State (8 first place votes)	24-1	200
2	Delta State	24-1	192
3	Saint Joseph's	24-2	183
4	Virginia Union	20-3	169
5	Montevallo	23-3	168
6	Tarleton State	21-4	149
7	Winona State	21-4	148
8	Grand Valley State	22-3	140
9	Barton	21-2	126
10	Findlay	23-3	124
11	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	21-4	108
12	Western Washington	19-4	94
13	Alderson-Broaddus	20-4	92
14	Minnesota State-Mankato	20-5	89
15	Armstrong Atlantic State	20-5	86
16	Seattle Pacific	20-4	77
17	Southern Indiana	23-5	73
18	Southwest Baptist	21-4	63
19	Shippensburg	21-4	60
20	Northern State	21-4	58
21	Truman	20-5	53
22	Alabama-Huntsville	21-5	47
23	Stonehill	20-5	31
24	Ferris State	16-10	16
25	Cal State-Bakersfield	18-5	11

Others receiving votes: Sonoma State 10, Columbus State 8, Clayton State 5, Bentley 4, Bryant 4, Mount Olive 3, Rollins 3, West Liberty State 3, Presbyterian 2, Ashland 1.