Dordt Receives Votes In Latest Men’s Basketball Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside remain in the No. 1 spot for the second week in a row of the 2019-20 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs captured all 12 first-place votes this week.

The No. 1 Mustangs are ranked in the top five in four different statistical categories including: field goal percentage (.540), scoring defense per game (65.11), total rebound defense (28.50) and scoring margin (18.389)
The Mustangs are currently undefeated with a record of 18-0 overall. The have made it through half of the Great Plains Athletic Conference schedule at 10-0.

2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 3 (Jan. 15)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Morningside (Iowa) [12]	18-0	312
2	2	Indiana Wesleyan	15-3	291
3	5	College of Idaho	15-3	288
4	6	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	18-1	287
5	2	Oregon Tech	14-2	270
6	4	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	16-2	269
7	10	Ottawa (Kan.)	16-1	254
8	12	Washington Adventist (Md.)	15-3	230
8	8	Marian (Ind.)	13-4	230
10	7	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	15-3	224
11	9	Bethel (Ind.)	16-2	222
12	13	IU Kokomo (Ind.)	15-3	205
13	14	Lourdes (Ohio)	14-4	182
14	22	Keiser (Fla.)	14-3	161
15	18	Southern Oregon	12-4	149
16	NR	Oklahoma Wesleyan	14-4	144
17	23	Mount Marty (S.D.)	15-4	137
18	NR	Grace (Ind.)	13-5	136
19	RV	Union (Ky.)	13-5	126
20	RV	Southeastern (Fla.)	14-5	116
21	17	Saint Francis (Ind.)	14-4	107
22	RV	Madonna (Mich.)	14-5	100
23	25	Antelope Valley (Calif.)	13-4	95
24	RV	Mayville State (N.D.)	13-2	62
25	NR	Holy Cross (Ind.)	14-5	59

Dropped Out: Michigan-Dearborn, Bethel (Kan.), Spring Arbor (Mich.), Ave Maria (Fla.)

Receiving Votes: Dordt (Iowa) 47, Indiana Southeast 40, Michigan-Dearborn 39, Northwest (Wash.) 33, Concordia (Neb.) 30, Bethel (Kan.) 25, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 16, Montreat (N.C.) 15, Ave Maria (Fla.) 15, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 11, Bellevue (Neb.) 3