Bridgeport Holds Steady At Number 20 In The Nation In This Week's D2SIDA Men's Basketball Poll
Purple Knights Back In Action On Friday Night At Roberts Wesleyan
January 23, 2018
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team held steady at number 20 in the nation in this week's D2SIDA Top-25 Media Poll after posting an 81-69 victory over Mercy College in the team's only action last week.
This week, head coach Mike Ruane and his team, who are 15-4 overall, will play a pair of tough East Coast Conference road games in western New York against Roberts Wesleyan College on Friday night and Daemen College on Sunday afternoon.
D2SIDA Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll
Jan. 23, 2018
| RK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Liberty (13) | 17-0 | 395 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Lincoln Memorial (3) | 17-1 | 383 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Ferris State | 20-1 | 365 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Queens (N.C.) | 18-1 | 343 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Bellarmine | 17-1 | 311 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Western Oregon | 17-1 | 304 | 9 | ||
| 7 | Northern State (S.D.) | 20-2 | 299 | 6 | ||
| 8 | Northwest Missouri State | 16-2 | 280 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Virginia State | 16-1 | 268 | 11 | ||
| 10 | UT-Permian Basin | 16-2 | 258 | 16 | ||
| 11 | Morehouse | 16-0 | 244 | 15 | ||
| 12 | Findlay | 18-2 | 238 | 14 | ||
| 13 | West Texas A&M | 17-2 | 202 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Valdosta State | 17-2 | 195 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Southern Nazarene | 14-1 | 170 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Western Washington | 15-3 | 135 | T-21 | ||
| T-17 | West Chester | 15-2 | 130 | 13 | ||
| T-17 | West Florida | 17-2 | 130 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14-3 | 107 | 12 | ||
| 20 | Bridgeport | 15-4 | 91 | 20 | ||
| 21 | UNC Pembroke | 14-3 | 63 | NR | ||
| 22 | Clark Atlanta | 17-1 | 61 | NR | ||
| 23 | Wheeling Jesuit | 14-3 | 60 | T-21 | ||
| 24 | Cal Poly Pomona | 14-3 | 36 | NR | ||
| 25 | Westminster | 15-2 | 25 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Le Moyne 20, Carson-Newman 19, Cal State San Marcos 12, Southern Indiana 10, St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 9, Minot State 5, Lake Superior State 5, Eckerd 4, Dallas Baptist 2, Barry 1.