IPFW Ranked 18th In This Week's Mid-Major Top 25
2/29/2016 8:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
IPFW is ranked among the Top 25 for a record ninth-straight week, and dropped four spots from No. 14 last week, it's highest ever ranking in the poll. The Mastodons are enjoying their finest season as a Division I program (2001-02), surpassing the 22-9 regular season finish of 2013-14 (25-11). The 23 regular season wins equal the most in the history of the sport at the school, attained once previously in 1992-93 when the Division II 'Dons closed the regular season 23-4 before dropping two games in the NCAA Regional to finish 23-6.
Valparaiso (26-5) is again ranked No. 1 in this week's poll that also includes Indiana school Evansville (No. 13, 23-8) and Summit League regular season co-champion South Dakota State (No. 12, 23-7), the second seed for the upcoming league tournament.
| 1. | Valparaiso (22) | 26-5 | 758 | 1 | Horizon |
| 2. | Saint Mary's (3) | 24-4 | 734 | 2 | West Coast |
| 3. | Little Rock (2) | 26-3 | 702 | 3 | Sun Belt |
| 4. | Wichita State (3) | 23-7 | 698 | 4 | Missouri Valley |
| 5. | Gonzaga (1) | 22-7 | 636 | 8 | West Coast |
| 5. | Monmouth | 25-6 | 636 | 5 | Metro Atlantic |
| 7. | Stephen F. Austin | 22-5 | 540 | 7 | Southland |
| 8. | Hawaii | 23-4 | 524 | 6 | Big West |
| 9. | Chattanooga | 25-5 | 466 | 15 | Southern |
| 10. | Stony Brook | 23-6 | 447 | 9 | America East |
| 11. | BYU | 22-9 | 401 | 10 | West Coast |
| 12. | South Dakota State | 23-7 | 399 | 16 | Summit |
| 13. | Evansville | 23-8 | 383 | 12 | Missouri Valley |
| 14. | Princeton | 20-5 | 362 | 19 | Ivy League |
| 15. | Akron | 22-7 | 356 | 11 | Mid-American |
| 16. | Yale | 20-6 | 263 | 20 | Ivy League |
| 17. | Grand Canyon | 24-5 | 254 | 13 | Western Athletic |
| 18. | IPFW | 23-8 | 231 | 14 | Summit |
| 19. | Belmont | 20-10 | 140 | 17 | Ohio Valley |
| 20. | Weber State | 22-7 | 139 | 22 | Big Sky |
| 21. | Albany | 24-7 | 131 | 24 | America East |
| 22. | Iona | 19-10 | 116 | 25 | Metro Atlantic |
| 23. | Northern Iowa | 19-12 | 94 | 23 | Missouri Valley |
| 24. | Hofsta | 22-8 | 91 | NR | Colonial |
| 25. | UNCW | 22-7 | 87 | 18 | Colonial |
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Oakland 83, Southern Illinois 82, New Mexico State 77, UC Irvine 74, Siena 25, North Florida 24, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 15, High Point 11, UL Monroe 10, Ball State 9, James Madison 9, Winthrop 8, CSU Bakersfield 7, Ohio 7, UL Lafayette 7, Columbia 6, UT Arlington 5, ETSU 4, Illinois State 3, Pepperdine 3, Tennessee State 3, Vermont 3, William & Mary 3, Milwaukee 2, Wagner 2, Texas Southern 1.
VOTING PANEL: Casey Alexander (Lipscomb), Roman Banks (Southern), Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's), Horace Broadnax (Savannah State), Will Brown (Albany, Jamion Christian (Mount St. Mary's), Jon Coffman (IPFW), Jim Engles (NJIT), James Fox (Appalachian State), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Derrin Hansen (Nebraska-Omaha), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), B.J. Hill (Northern Colorado), Jason Hooten (Sam Houston State), James Jones (Yale), Mike Jones (Radford), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Texas State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Greg Lansing (Indiana State), Jim Les (UC Davis), Dan Majerle (Grand Canyon), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Bob Marlin (UL-Lafayette), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), Niko Medved (Furman), Rob O'Driscoll (James Madison), Jimmy Patsos (Siena), G.G. Smith (Loyola), Jay Spoonhour (Eastern Illinois). * Portland State head coach Tyler Geving is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2015-16 season.
NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.
The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its 17th season of existence.
