Feb. 27, 2015
Contact: Bob Guptill ([email protected])
503-305-8756 /www.gnacsports.com
Seattle Pacific Hosts Northwest Nazarene Looking To Wrap Up Bye
Conf.
All
GNAC
W
L W
L
H
A
N
(1) Western Oregon
14
3 22
5 12-2 9-3 1-0
(x) Seattle Pacific
12
5 20
7 89-3 7-4 4-0
(x) Central Washington 11
6 16
8 10-2 4-5 2-1
(x) Alaska Anchorage
11
6 15 12 10-6 5-5 0-1
(x) Northwest Nazarene 11
6 13 14
7-4 5-7 1-3
(x) Western Washington 11
7 18 10 13-2 4-6 1-2
Simon Fraser
6 12 11 15
8-5 2-10 1-0
(z) Alaska
4 13
7 18
6-6 1-9 0-3
Saint Martin’s
3 14
6 21
4-8 2-8 0-5
MSU Billings
3 14
5 22
3-9 1-11 1-2
(z) – Ineligible for post-season (x) – clinched playoff berth.
Number in parentheses indicates tournament seed
Western Oregon will be the top-seed in the tournament
and will play in Friday’s semifinals against the winner of a
Thursday game between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds.
The other Friday semifinal will match the No. 2 seed
against the winner of a Thursday game between the No. 3
and No. 6 seeds.
The first-round games and the semifinal games will both
be played at 5:15 and 7:30 p.m. on the respective dates,
however, the order is yet to be determined.
WOU is the only team that has locked in its exact seed.
Depending on what happens Saturday, NNU could be
seeded anywhere between second and sixth.
LAST WEEK: Thursday – Alaska 56 at Northwest Nazarene 67;
Alaska Anchorage 67 at Central Washington 80; Simon Fraser 103
at Saint Martin’s 87; Western Washington 73 at Western Oregon
50. Saturday – Alaska 66 at Central Washington 75; Alaska
Anchorage 93 at Northwest Nazarene 100 (ot); MSU Billings 59 at
Seattle Pacific 91; Western Washington 90 at Saint Martin’s 79;
Simon Fraser 91 at Western Oregon 93.
Seattle Pacific could end up as the No. 2 or No. 3 seed.
Central Washington could be the third, four or sixth seed.
Alaska Anchorage could wind up as the third, fourth or
fifth seed and Western Washington, which will take an
eight-game win streak into the tournament, will either be
the fifth or sixth seed.
THIS WEEK: Thursday – Saint Martin’s 78 at Alaska 82 (ot);
Western Oregon 78 at Alaska Anchorage 80 (ot); Central
Washington 47 at Seattle Pacific 69 Northwest Nazarene 91 at
MSU Billings 67; Simon Fraser 77 at Western Washington 110.
Saturday – Western Oregon at Alaska, 7:30 p.m.; Saint Martin’s
at Alaska Anchorage, 3:15 p.m.; Central Washington at MSU
Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Seattle Pacific. (End-of-regular
season).
WOU Ranked 20th in NABC, 23rd in D2SIDA Polls
Western Oregon fell five positions to No. 20 in this week’s
NABC national poll after splitting two games last week.
SPU Closing In On First-Round Bye
In this week’s official NCAA West Regional poll, WOU is
ranked fourth and Seattle Pacific is 10th.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Either Seattle Pacific or Northwest
Nazarene will earn the GNAC’s second first-round bye in
next week’s GNAC Men’s Basketball Championships at
Alterowitz Gymnasium in Billings, Mont.
The third of three NCAA regional polls will be released
next Wednesday. Then next weekend the NCAA selection
committee will choose the five teams which will join the
GNAC, CCAA and PacWest champions in the NCAA West
Regional, which begins Friday, March 13 at a site to be
determined.
The Falcons can earn the bye with a win Saturday against
Northwest Nazarene.
SPU would also gain the
tournament’s No. 2 seed if either MSUB beats Central or if
Alaska Anchorage defeats Saint Martin’s Saturday.
The qualifiers will be announced Sunday night (March 8) at
7:30 p.m. Pacific on a webcast on ncaa.com.
NNU must beat SPU and hope CWU and SMU win their
games to earn the No. 2 seed.
NCAA West Region Poll (Feb. 25) – 1. Azusa Pacific (21-4); 2. Cal
Baptist (20-5); 3. BYU-Hawaii (19-5); 4, Western Oregon (19-4); 5.
Dixie State (19-6); 6. Chico State (17-6); 7. Cal Poly Pomona (17-5);
8. Point Loma (18-6); 9. Humboldt State (15-7); 10. Seattle Pacific
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