NABC Top 25 Rankings March 11
D2CSC Media Poll March 11
 
GOLDEN, Colo. – Heading into the next round of the postseason this weekend, the Colorado School of Mine's men's basketball team was on the move in one national poll while maintaining their ground in another, ascending to #7 in the latest NABC Division II Coaches Poll Tuesday while remaining #9 in the D2 CSC Media Poll.
 
Mines (27-4, 18-2) made it a clean sweep of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles this season, blowing out Regis in last Saturday's RMAC Tournament title game by a score of 92-64 after they started the game on a 30-4 run over the first eight minutes.
 
East Coast Conference champions Daemen remain the top team in the country and the last remaining unbeaten team in Division II heading into the next round of the postseason. Sunshine State Conference champs Nova Southeastern remains second while the Gulf South champions Alabama Huntsville remain in third. Dallas Baptist, this weekend's South Central regional host, jumped up from seventh to fourth this week after sweeping the Lone Star titles while Washburn dropped one spot to fifth following an early exit from the MIAA Tournament.
 
In the media poll this week,  Nova Southeastern remained at #1 followed by Daemn. Alabama Huntsville traded places with Washburn for third and fourth as the Ichabods were tied for fourth this week with West Liberty.
 
Mines begins play in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT from Dallas, Texas against seventh-seeded West Texas A&M in opening round action.
 
Fans can keep up with Mines men's basketball on X and Instagram at @minesmbb. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, X and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.