OIT Leads 4 CCC Teams in NAIA Men's Top 25
PORTLAND, Ore. – Led by Oregon Tech, which is ranked third nationally for the second consecutive week, the Cascade Collegiate Conference has four teams ranked among the Top 25 in this week’s NAIA men’s Division II basketball poll.
OIT (20-3, 9-2 CCC) totaled 422 points in balloting of a nationwide panel of coaches and is ranked behind No. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan and No. 2 Walsh (Ohio).
Warner Pacific (16-4, 8-2) climbed one spot to the No. 5 position after defeating cross-town rival Concordia in its only game last week.
Evergreen (Wash.), which has won 11 of its last 13 games, moved into the poll for the first time since the preseason, checking in at the No. 20 position. The Geoducks (16-5, 9-2) share first place in the CCC with Oregon Tech.
Eastern Oregon (15-6, 8-3) dropped from 18th to 24th after splitting a pair of games last weekend.