NIACC men ranked 12th in final poll

NIACC's Deundra Roberson looks to drive to the basket in Saturday's win over Southwestern in the NIACC gym.

March 2, 2020

MASON CITY - The NIACC men's basketball team is ranked No. 12 in the final NJCAA Division II poll released Monday.

NIACC (23-6) was ranked 14th in the Feb. 24 poll. The Trojans, who were ranked No. 1 in the Dec. 9 poll, was ranked in all 16 polls this season.

NIACC, which earned the fourth seed for the NJCAA Region XI tournament, topped Little Priest Tribal College 100-86 and Southwestern 94-76 last week to close out the regular season.

The 23 wins in the regular season by NIACC is tied for the most in school history. NIACC was 23-6 in the 1978-79 regular season and 23-4 in the 2018-19 regular season.

DMACC (26-4) is ranked fifth, Kirkwood (23-5) is ranked ninth and Iowa Lakes (25-5) is ranked 10th.

NIACC begins NJCAA Region XI tournament play at home against Southwestern on Tuesday. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. in the NIACC gym.

NJCAA Division II rankings (March 2, 2020) - Milwaukee Area Tech, Sullivan County, Davidson County, South Suburban, DMACC, North Central Missouri, Erie, Muskegon, Kirkwood, Iowa Lakes, Beaver County, NIACC, Schoolcraft, Cecil, Johnson County, Howard (Md.), Arkansas State Mid-South, Niagara County, Scottsdale, Cuyahoga.

NIACC MEN'S BASKETBALL IN THE 2019-20 POLLS

Oct. 21 - 6th

Nov. 11 - 3rd

Nov. 18 - 3rd

Nov. 25 - 2nd

Dec. 2 - 2nd

Dec. 9 - 1st

Dec. 16 - 4th

Jan. 6 - 4th

Jan. 13 - 10th

Jan. 21 - 13th

Jan. 28 - 12th

Feb. 3 - 17th

Feb. 10 - 12th

Feb. 17 - 13th

Feb. 24 - 14th

March 2 - 12th