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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Augusta University men's basketball team climbed to No. 16 in the most recent NCAA National Rankings, released by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Tuesday afternoon.
The NABC released the poll for the 15th time this season and Augusta (26-5) climbed eight spots in the rankings, after winning its 13th straight game to claim the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship on March 10. AU also won the regular-season conference title and hasn't lost since Jan. 30.
Jaguar senior Deane Williams was named the Defensive Player of the Year, the Co-Player of the Year, and first-team All-Conference. AU rookie Miguel Arnold was voted Co-Freshman of the Year, Dip Metress was named Coach of the Year, and junior Rafael Monteiro was named second team All-Conference.
The Jaguars earned the second seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional and will make their 12th appearance all time in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, March 16 against Francis Marion in the quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C. Queens is the top seed and hosting the event in The Levine Center.
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NABC/Division II Rankings |
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Record |
Points |
Last |
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1. |
Northwest Missouri St. (16) |
32-0 |
400 |
1 |
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2. |
Indiana, Pa. |
29-2 |
384 |
2 |
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3. |
West Texas A&M |
31-3 |
367 |
4 |
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4. |
St. Edward's, Texas |
28-3 |
340 |
9 |
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5. |
Nova Southeastern, Fla. |
26-3 |
325 |
3 |
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6. |
Point Loma, Calif. |
26-4 |
306 |
10 |
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7. |
Bellarmine, Ky. |
26-4 |
299 |
11 |
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8. |
Findlay, Ohio |
27-4 |
278 |
6 |
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9. |
West Liberty, W.Va. |
26-4 |
273 |
5 |
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10. |
Queens, N.C. |
28-4 |
266 |
7 |
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11. |
Virginia State |
27-4 |
246 |
13 |
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12. |
Davenport, Mich. |
27-4 |
219 |
8 |
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13. |
Southern Nazarene, Okla. |
28-5 |
202 |
17 |
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14. |
Colorado School of Mines |
25-5 |
186 |
12 |
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15. |
Lewis, Ill. |
24-5 |
158 |
15 |
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16. |
Augusta |
26-5 |
146 |
24 |
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17. |
USC Aiken |
26-5 |
127 |
16 |
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18. |
Saint Martin's, Wash. |
24-5 |
108 |
14 |
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19. |
Northern State, S.D. |
26-6 |
98 |
25 |
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20. |
Saint Anselm, N.H. |
22-5 |
92 |
23 |
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21. |
Valdosta State, Ga. |
24-6 |
82 |
18 |
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22. |
Daemen, N.Y. |
24-5 |
55 |
19 |
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23. |
Seattle Pacific, Wash. |
21-6 |
48 |
NR |
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24. |
Catawba, N.C. |
24-7 |
43 |
NR |
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25. |
Florida Southern |
24-7 |
32 |
NR |
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Others receiving votes: Lynn (Fla.) 29, UC San Diego 26, Ashland (Ohio) 23, Cal Poly Pomona 14, Morehouse (Ga.) 10, Walsh (Ohio) 6, Alabama Huntsville 5, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 3, Francis Marion (S.C.) 2, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 1, West Alabama 1.
Dropped out: Cal Poly Pomona (20), Ashland (21), Lynn (22)
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