Richard Bland Ranked No. 8 In This Week's NJCAA Division II Poll
SOUTH PRINCE GEORGE, Va. -- Richard Bland College is ranked No. 8 in this week's NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Poll, as released on Tuesday afternoon. The nationally-ranked Statesmen are currently 21-4 overall, including 13-2 in Region 10, with eight wins in their last nine games, and 17 wins in their last 19 games played. Richard Bland is scheduled to host region and in-state rival Patrick Henry Community College on Wednesday, February 15 at 7 p.m.
Richard Bland remained among the Top 10 for the eighth consecutive week, but did drop three spots from last week's No. 5 ranking after splitting two games this past week. The Statesmen won 104-82 at home past CCBC Dundalk (Md.) on Feb. 12, following a 78-71 setback to Region 10 archrival and previously No. 6 Louisburg (N.C.) College on Feb. 8. The Hurricanes (21-3) are ranked No. 5 this week.
Triton (Ill.) College (24-1) is ranked No. 1 this week, up from its No. 3 ranking a week ago, after last week's No. 1 Southwestern (Iowa) (32-1) dropped its first game of the season.
The complete NJCAA Division II Poll can be found below.
1. |
Triton (11) | IL | 24-1 | 239 | |
2. | Cuyahoga | OH | 21-1 | 226 | |
3. | Southwestern (1) | IA | 23-1 | 217 | |
4. | Essex County | NJ | 23-1 | 198 | |
5. | Louisburg | NC | 21-3 | 185 | |
6. | South Suburban | IL | 15-11 | 171 | |
7. | Parkland | IL | 19-3 | 165 | |
8. | Richard Bland | VA | 21-4 | 148 | |
9. | Kirkwood | IA | 19-4 | 146 | |
10. | Mott | MI | 19-4 | 133 | |
11. | Phoenix | AZ | 20-5 | 121 | |
12. | Macomb | MI | 19-3 | 117 | |
13. | Schoolcraft | MI | 17-5 | 91 | |
14. | Manor | PA | 18-5 | 73 | |
15. | Ancilla | IN | 19-4 | 59 | |
16. | Lansing | MI | 17-5 | 55 | |
17. | MCC-Penn Valley | MO | 18-5 | 51 | |
18. | Niagara County | NY | 19-5 | 48 | |
19. | Muskegon | MI | 16-5 | 38 | |
20. | Pima | AZ | 17-8 | 14 |