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NWC Lingers Just Outside Top 20
The Northwest College Trappers continue to lurk just outside the NJCAA top 20 men’s basketball rankings according to the latest vote by the national organization. Northwest College received 10 votes, down seven from the team’s pre-winter recess total.
That left the Trappers as one of 32 unranked teams to receive votes in the latest poll. Western Wyoming, ranked ninth this week, remains the only Region IX team to appear in the top 20. Otero and Sheridan, like the Trappers, are listed among the others receiving votes.
On the women’s side, the Trappers did not gain mention in the polls. The only Region IX team listed is Casper College, which appears at No. 6 this week. The T-Birds pull into Powell this Saturday for a women’s and men’s doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. at Hank Cabre Gym.
NJCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL
1. Northwest Florida 16-0
2. Indian Hills-Ottumwa 16-0
3. South Plains 15-0
4. Chipola 17-1
5. Coffeyville 13-1
6. Southern Idaho 15-1
7. Monroe 14-2
8. Vincennes 17-2
9. Western Wyoming 14-1
10. Odessa 15-1
11. Eastern Oklahoma 14-1
12. Hutchinson 14-2
13. Kansas City-Kansas 13-1
14. Pensacola 16-2
15. Barton 14-2
16. North Idaho 16-1
17. Northeast Mississippi 9-1
18. Shelton State 10-2
19. North Dakota State College of Science 15-2
20. Seward County 14-2
Receiving votes: NORTHWEST, Palm Beach State, Dodge City, Kankakee, Lawson State, Otero, Midland, McLennan, Salt Lake, Three Rivers (Mo.), Cochise, Waycross, Eastern Utah, Hagerstown, Delgado, Georgia Perimeter, Cowley County, Mesa, Tallahassee, Spartansburg Methodist, Howard, San Jacinto-Central, Connors State, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Sheridan, Lamar State-Port Arthur, Jackson State, Missouri State-West Plains, Arizona Western, Olney Central, Santa Fe, Sauk Valley.