2017-2018 Basketball

Morehouse and CAU move up in Coaches Poll

By Tolly Carr

Posted on January 30, 2018

Top 25 showdown on the horizon

There’s no guarantee but when Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse meet on February 8, it could be a meeting of two top 25 teams. The latest NABC Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday and Morehouse (18-0) is up three spots to number seven. The Maroon Tigers are the only unbeaten team remaining in Division II Basketball.

Their AUC neighbor made its first appearance in the poll this season. Clark Atlanta University (18-1) is now ranked as the number 21 team in the country. These two schools will meet for the first of two regular-season meetings on February 8 on CAU’s home court.

A slip and a dip

Virginia State (17-2) took a bit of a tumble in the rankings, falling five spots to number 13 after a loss to Bowie State on Saturday. Claflin (17-5), losers of four straight games after a 17-1 start, have fallen from the rankings completely.

1	Lincoln Memorial (14)	19-1	397	2
2	Queens (N.C.)	20-1	380	3
3	Ferris State (1)	21-1	367	4
4	Western Oregon (1)	19-1	346	6
5	West Liberty	18-1	340	1
6	Northwest Missouri State	17-2	319	7
7	Morehouse	18-0	294	10
8	UT-Permian Basin	18-2	287	9
9	Bellarmine	18-2	268	5
10	West Texas A&M	19-2	258	11
11	Findlay	20-2	231	13
12	Valdosta State	19-2	216	14
13	Virginia State	17-2	193	8
14	Southern Nazarene	16-1	190	16
15	Arkansas-Fort Smith	18-3	154	17
16	Northern State	21-3	144	12
17	Fort Lewis	17-3	138	21
18	Dallas Baptist	17-3	120	22
19	Cal Poly Pomona	16-3	115	25
20	West Florida	18-3	108	15
21	Clark Atlanta	18-1	88	NR
22	Texas A&M-Commerce	16-4	51	18
23	Shippensburg	15-3	34	NR
24	Bridgeport	17-4	30	NR
25	Barry	13-4	25	NR

Women’s Poll

If the best HBCU Division II basketball resides in Atlanta for the men, then it’s definitely VA for the women. Virginia Union remains the number four team in the country in the WBCA Coaches Poll. Virginia State moves up two spots this week from number 25 to number 23 as the only other ranked HBCU.

RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	Ashland (24)	600	20-0	1
2	Lubbock Christian	573	19-1	2
3	Bentley	546	19-1	3
4	Virginia Union	506	19-1	4
5	Carson-Newman	504	20-1	5
6	Central Missouri	470	17-1	7
7	Augustana (SD)	451	19-1	8
8	Alaska Anchorage	400	19-1	9
9	Drury	390	18-2	10
10	Southwestern Oklahoma State	372	18-1	11
10	Union (TN)	372	20-1	12
12	Glenville State	330	19-1	13
13	Indiana (PA)	327	17-2	6
14	California (PA)	258	18-3	14
15	Edinboro	237	16-2	15
16	Southern Indiana	205	17-2	20
17	Michigan Tech	190	16-3	18
18	Azusa Pacific	176	21-3	19
19	University of the Sciences	172	19-2	21
20	North Alabama	146	18-2	22
21	Central Oklahoma	107	17-3	16
22	Wingate	90	16-3	23
23	Virginia State	75	17-2	25
24	Grand Valley State	63	17-3	24
25	West Texas A&M	60	16-4	17