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Falcon Men at No. 17 Entering Final Week
February 28, 2006

SEATTLE (Feb. 28) Going into the final week of the men's basketball regular season, Seattle Pacific University is No. 17 in the NCAA Division II weekly coaches poll.

The Falcons (21-5) dropped one more spot to No. 16 after splitting with Seattle University and Saint Martin's on the road. SPU has been in the top 20 for 13 consecutive weeks.

Mississippi's Delta State replaced Fort Hays State of Kansas at No. 1.

Seattle Pacific visits Northwest Nazarene Saturday night in Nampa, Id.

NCAA tournament invitations will be announced Sunday night.

	Team	Record	Points
1	Delta State (8 first place votes)	26-1	200
2	Saint Joseph's	27-2	192
3	Virginia Union	22-3	183
4	Montevallo	24-3	173
5	Fort Hays State	25-2	170
T6.	Grand Valley State	24-3	148
T6.	Winona State	23-4	148
8	Findlay	24-3	139
9	Western Washington	21-4	135
10	Southwest Baptist	23-4	120
11	Southern Indiana	25-5	112
12	Barton	22-3	110
13	Tarleton State	22-5	106
14	Northern State	23-4	89
15	Stonehill	22-5	86
16	Alderson-Broaddus	21-5	69
17	Seattle Pacific	21-5	57
18	Shippensburg	22-5	50
19	Minnesota State-Mankato	21-6	41
20	Columbus State	22-7	38
21	Alabama-Huntsville	21-6	37
T22.	Armstrong Atlantic State	21-6	36
T22.	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	21-6	36
24	Central Missouri State	21-6	29
25	Mount Olive	22-5	24

Others receiving votes: Bentley 18, Bryant 12, Cal State-Bakersfield 12, West Virginia State 6, Clayton State 4, Rollins 3, Truman 3, Ferris State 2, Ashland 1, Sonoma State 1.