Men's Basketball | 2/10/2015 2:08:00 PM

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University men's basketball team dropped to No. 6 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches and College Sports Information Directors of America media polls released Tuesday. The top six spots are identical in both polls.

The Buccaneers (18-2, 9-1 Sunshine State Conference) had climbed to No. 3 in the coaches poll before losing to No. 2 Florida Southern, 88-79, at home last Wednesday.

Barry, which has been ranked in the national polls all season, will host Rollins (7-15, 0-10 SSC) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Health & Sports Center. The Bucs share first place in the SSC with Florida Southern, which is now ranked No. 1 in the country after Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) became the last of the Division II unbeatens to lose a game, falling 87-72 to Carson-Newman also on Wednesday. The Railsplitters fell to No. 5 in this week's poll.

Augustana (S.D.) moved up to No. 2, Bellarmine (Ky.) jumped two spots to No. 3 and Angelo State (Texas) vaulted three spots to No. 4.

The Bucs received 310 points. Florida Southern, which collected 398 points, picked up 15 first-place votes. Augustana received the other first-place vote.

In the D2SIDA media poll, the Buccaneers fell four spots after rising to No. 2 in the nation. Barry picked up 302 points. Florida Southern is ranked No. 1 in the media poll as well after receiving nine of the 16 first-place votes. Augustana received five first-place votes, and is No. 2. Angelo State and Lincoln Memorial each received one first-place vote, despite being ranked Nos. 4-5, respectively. Bellarmine is third in the media poll as well.

 
NABC/Division II Rankings
(Feb. 10, 2015 – Poll #11)
                                                               
                                Record  Points   Last
1.            Florida Southern (15)     21-1       398         2
2.            Augustana, S.D. (1)         23-1       384         4
3.            Bellarmine, Ky.  20-2       360         5
4.            Angelo State, Texas        21-1       353         7
5.            Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.               21-1       313         1
6.            Barry, Fla.            18-2       310         3
7.            Indianapolis, Ind.             19-2       305         9
8.            West Liberty, W.Va.        20-2       284         10
9.            Minnesota State-Moorhead       25-2       268         6
10.          Metropolitan State, Colo.             20-3       255         11
11.          Tarleton State, Texas     20-2       253         12
12.          Wisconsin-Parkside         20-2       230         14
13.          BYU-Hawaii         18-2       198         16
14.          Mount Olive, N.C.            22-2       196         15
15.          Colorado-Colorado Springs          19-3       154         8
16.          Indiana, Pa.        20-3       149         18
17.          Colorado School of Mines            18-3       139         13
18.          Western Oregon              20-3       133         20
19.          Central Missouri               19-4       105         25
20.          Saginaw Valley State, Mich.         19-4       74           NR
21.          Columbus State, Ga.       18-3       60           NR
22.          California Baptist              17-4       59           NR
23.          Azusa Pacific, Calif.          19-4       57           19
24.          Lake Superior State, Mich.           19-4       36           21
25.          Univ. of the Sciences, Pa.             18-4       29           NR
                                                               
Others receiving votes: Ferris State (Mich.) 28, Minnesota State 17, Midwestern State (Texas) 9, UNC Pembroke 8, Southern Connecticut State 7, Northwest Missouri State 6, Chico State (Calif.) 5, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 4, Cal Poly Pomona 1, Fort Lewis (Colo.) 1.
 
Dropped out: Ferris State (17), UNC Pembroke (22), Midwestern State (23), West Georgia (24).
 
Records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.
 

2014-15 DII Media Poll Sponsored by D2SIDA (Feb. 10)
Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Previous Ranking
1	Florida Southern (9)	21-1	391	4
2	Augustana (S.D.) (5)	23-1	379	3
3	Bellarmine (Ky.)	20-2	354	5
4	Angelo State (Texas) (1)	21-1	353	6
5	Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) (1)	21-1	339	1
6	Barry (Fla.)	18-2	302	2
7	West Liberty (W.Va.)	20-2	287	9
8	BYU Hawaii	18-2	277	11
9	Minnesota State-Moorhead	25-2	272	7
10	Wisconsin-Parkside	20-2	244	16
11	Indianapolis (Ind.)	19-2	240	13
12	Mount Olive (N.C.)	22-2	231	14
13	Metropolitan State (Colo.)	20-3	217	20
14	Tarleton State (Texas)	20-2	197	21
15	Colorado Mines	18-3	168	8
16	Western Oregon	20-3	157	23
17	Colorado-Colorado Springs	19-3	120	10
18	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	19-4	107	15
19	Indiana (Pa.)	20-3	101	RV
20	Central Missouri	19-4	78	RV
21	University of the Sciences (Pa.)	18-4	73	RV
22	Columbus State (Ga.)	18-3	67	RV
23	Midwestern State (Texas)	18-5	49	17
24	Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)	19-4	43	NR
25	California Baptist	17-4	26	RV
Also receiving votes: Northern State (S.D.) 18, Alabama-Huntsville 17, UNC Pembroke 17, Southern Connecticut State 16, Ferris State (Mich.) 12, Lake Superior State (Mich.) 12, Minnesota State 11, Lynn (Fla.) 7, Georgia Regents 7, Glenville State (W.Va.) 5, American International (Mass.) 5, Chico State (Calif.) 2.