Mountain State (W.V.) Continues its Hold on No. 1 in the MBB Division I Top 25

Jan. 23, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Mountain State University (W.V.) continues its lengthy stay on top of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Jan. 23). In the fifth regular season edition, the Cougars are No. 1 for the fifth straight time as they earned nine of 11 first-place votes. MSU is one of four teams with a perfect record on the season.

No. 2 Georgetown (Ky.) holds the most wins in the Division with a 19-0 log. Concordia (Calif.) and LSU-Shreveport are tied at No. 3 while Lee (Tenn.) remains at No. 5. The Pilots of LSU-Shreveport have posted two first-place nods in the last three polls.

Putting its unblemished record on the line, Georgetown hosts No. 9 Campbellsville (Ky.) on Saturday. In a showdown in the Golden State Athletic Conference, Concordia is at No. 14 California Baptist next Tuesday.

Three teams enter the Top 25 for the first time this season, No. 21 Columbia (Mo.) and Cumberland (Tenn.) and Texas Wesleyan tied at No. 23.

The sixth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 30.

2007-08 NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Jan. 23 (Rating #5)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1^st PLACE VOTES	2007-08 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Mountain State University (W.Va.)	9	18-0	328
2	2	Georgetown College (Ky.)		19-0	311
T3	3	Concordia University (Calif.)		15-1	303
T3	4	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	2	17-0	303
5	5	Lee University (Tenn.)		16-0	293
6	6	Oklahoma Baptist University		15-2	262
7	T8	Robert Morris College (Ill.)		15-2	259
8	T8	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		14-2	244
9	10	Campbellsville University (Ky.)		18-3	236
10	11	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		14-3	228
11	13	Westminster College (Utah)		14-3	221
12	7	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)		13-3	209
13	19	Oklahoma City University		11-5	205
14	15	California Baptist University		14-1	194
15	18	McKendree University (Ill.)		14-5	173
16	12	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		12-5	153
17	20	Pikeville College (Ky.)		16-2	146
18	16	Xavier University (La.)		14-4	138
19	23	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)		14-5	113
20	17	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		10-5	111
21	RV	Columbia College (Mo.)		16-3	107
22	24	Saint Xavier University (Ill.)		16-4	93
T23	RV	Cumberland University (Tenn.)		12-4	86
T23	RV	Texas Wesleyan University		12-6	86
25	14	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)		14-3	57

Others receiving votes:

Vanguard University (Calif.) 47; Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 28; Berry College (Ga.) 23; Jarvis Christian College (Texas) 23; University of Mobile (Ala.) 22; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 22; Wiley College (Texas) 17; Montana State University-Northern 16; Park University (Mo.) 10; Union University (Tenn.) 9; Northwestern Oklahoma State University 7; University of Illinois at Springfield 6; The Master's College (Calif.) 6; Indiana University-South Bend 6; Crichton College (Tenn.) 5; Shorter College (Ga.) 3; Loyola University (La.) 3; Voorhees College (S.C.) 2; Faulkner University (Ala.) 1

* Record through games played Jan. 20