LINK TO NABC DIVISION II TOP 25
MINOT, N.D. – Off to the best start in program history, the Minot State men’s basketball landed in the national Top 25 ranks for the second straight season this week as the Beavers earned the No. 20 spot in the NABC Division II men’s basketball poll released today.
Off to a 9-0 start to the season, which includes a 1-0 mark in NSIC play, the Beavers made their Top 25 debut collecting 85 points in the voting by coaches.
Minot State earned its first-ever Top 25 NCAA ranking last season and climbed as high as No. 16 in the nation.
The Beavers are one of four teams from the NSIC ranked in this week’s Top 25 as they join Minnesota State Moorhead (5-1, 0-0), which is No. 7, Minnesota Duluth (5-1, 0-0), which is No. 11, and Southwest Minnesota State (6-1, 1-0), which is No. 18.
Minot State is one of 11 unbeaten teams in the Top 25, which includes the top four in the nation in No. 1 Nova Southeastern (7-0), No. 2 West Texas A&M (6-0), No. 3 Washburn (7-0), and No. 4 West Liberty (6-0).
The 20th-ranked Beavers are home this weekend as they host St. Cloud State (4-4, 0-0) on Friday and Bemidji State (3-3, 0-0) on Saturday at the MSU Dome in the second half of men’s and women’s basketball doubleheaders. The Minot State women tip off the action at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday with Beaver men hitting the court at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.