GOLDEN SUNS REMAIN THIRD IN LATEST SOUTH REGION RANKINGS

        INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – The NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee has released its sixth Division II women’s basketball regional rankings for the 2007-08 season. The rankings list the Top 10 teams in the each of the NCAA’s D-II regions.

Tech, who is 23-4 overall, 12-2 in the GSC West Division and 19-4 in the South Region, remains third in this week’s poll after going 1-1 last week, with the loss being a 73-71 setback at home to undefeated and No. 1 ranked Delta State. Tech, who is ranked 13th in this week’s USA Today/ESPN WBCA D-II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, is one of five Gulf South Conference schools in the sixth regional poll of the season.

At the end of the season, the top eight teams from each region will receive bids to the 64-team NCAA D-II Tournament. To be considered for selection into the national tournament, each team must play at least 16 games against teams within its region or against Division II schools in contiguous states. The regional rankings will be released every Wednesday through March 5. The top team in each region will have an opportunity to host the first two rounds of the 64-team National Championship Tournament. Only games played against NCAA D-II institutions are considered by the committee.

For the sixth successive week, Delta State (26-0 overall, 20-0 Region), one of the three remaining undefeated teams in Division II, remains atop the South Region poll and is followed by West Georgia (24-3 overall and 23-3 Region) at No. 2. Tech is third, while Valdosta State (22-4 overall and 20-4 Region) moves up two spots this week to No. 6 and Harding (18-9 overall and 14-9 Region) falls one spot to No. 8 this week.

Other teams in this week’s sixth South Regional poll include Tampa (22-5, 20-4 Region) at No. 4, Nova Southeastern (21-6, 18-5 Region) at No. 5 and Tuskegee (18-9, 18-7 Region) is at No. 7. Fort Valley State (18-9, 17-7 Region) and Rollins [FL] (17-9, 16-9 Region) are ranked 9th and 10th respectively this week.

Tech will return to action on Thursday, March 6, when they open up play in the 2008 GSC Tournament against West Alabama at 12:30 p.m. at the DeSoto County Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. Tech is 2-0 this season against the Lady Tigers as they posted a 76-74 overtime win in Livingston, Ala., on Dec. 1 and then collected a 77-69 win in Russellville on Jan. 5.

          Complete NCAA Division II Regional Rankings

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