Moorhead, Mankato Both in Top 5 of Latest DII Men's Hoops Poll

Both Moorhead and Mankato have spent time recently as the top ranked team in the nation, but after recent losses both teams have taken just a small step back in the latest rankings.

Mankato, last week's #1 team in DII Men's Basketball, is now the 5th ranked team in the country following a loss last week to Minot State. The Mavericks despite being 5th in the poll still received a pair of first place votes.

As for the Dragons, they were upset by USF just a short time ago, and rebounded this week from #5 to #3 in the ranks. Moorhead also received two first-place votes.

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Both teams currently have identical records of 17-1 on the season.

Here are the complete rankings:

1	West Texas A&M (12)	16-1	391	2
2	Saint Martin's, Wash.	16-1	362	3
3	MSU Moorhead, Minn. (2)	17-1	361	5
4	DBU, Texas	15-1	355	4
5	Minnesota State (2)	17-1	349	1
6	Nova Southeastern, Fla.	14-2	329	7
7	Colorado Mesa	15-2	306	8
8	Fort Lewis, Colo.	15-2	272	12
9	West Georgia	15-2	237	13
10	North Georgia	14-2	213	6
11	Lander, S.C.	14-2	206	17
12	Gannon, Pa.	15-2	204	15
13	Ferris State, Mich.	15-3	179	14
14	Colorado School of Mines	16-3	168	16
15	Benedict, S.C.	14-2	166	9
16	Minot State, N.D.	15-3	153	21
17	California, Pa.	14-2	145	18
18	USC Aiken, S.C.	14-2	128	22
19	East Stroudsburg, Pa.	14-2	122	11
20	West Liberty, W.Va.	13-3	117	20
21	Northwest Missouri State	13-4	95	24
22	Missouri Western	14-3	85	25
23	Charleston, W.Va.	13-2	49	NR
24	Chico State, Calif.	12-4	39	10
25	Cal State LA	14-3	34	NR

Others receiving votes: Wingate (N.C.) 21, Cal State San Bernardino 16, Walsh (Ohio) 15, Minnesota Duluth 14, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 12, Cal State Dominguez Hills 10, Washburn (Kan.) 10, Indianapolis (Ind.) 8, Lubbock Christian (Texas) 7, St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 7, Florida Southern 5, UNC Pembroke (N.C.) 4, Post (Conn.) 2, Concord (W.Va.) 1, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 1.

Source: NCAA.com Polls

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