Women’s basketball at No. 23 in latest poll

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION

The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team will host a pair of crucial conference contests this weekend as the 23rd-ranked team in the country, according to the WBCA DII Coaches Poll released Tuesday (Feb. 4). It is the seventh different spot the Tigers have occupied in the coaches top 25 this season (5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd).

Fort Hays State is one of two MIAA schools ranked in the coaches poll this week, joined by No. 18 Central Missouri. Nebraska-Kearney is receiving votes in the coaches poll and sits in 23rd in this week’s media poll.

The Tigers are 1-3 all-time when ranked 23rd, with all four of those games coming on the road. Thursday night’s matchup (Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m.) with Newman will be the first time FHSU plays inside Gross Memorial Coliseum while ranked 23rd in the country.

This is the fourth time the Tigers have been ranked 23rd in the coaches poll. FHSU last occupied that spot midway through the 2016-17 season in the January 17, 2017 release. The Tigers also sat in 23rd early in the 2012-12 season, entering the polls for the first time under Tony Hobson on November 27, 2012. FHSU did not play any games that week and moved up to 17th before playing another game.

FHSU also played two games as the 23rd-ranked team in the country in January 2014, defeating Saturday’s opponent Central Oklahoma.

WBCA DII Coaches Poll – Week 10 D2SIDA Media Poll – Week 10
Rk. Team (1st) Rcd. Pts. Prev. Rk. Team (1st) Rcd. Pts. Prev.
1 Drury (20) 21-0 572 1 1 Drury (16) 21-0 400 1
2 Ashland (3) 21-0 555 2 2 Ashland 21-0 384 2
3 Grand Valley State 20-1 514 3 3 Texas A&M-Commerce 21-0 358 3
4 Texas A&M-Commerce 21-0 511 4 4 Lee 20-1 344 4
5 Indiana (Pa.) 20-1 467 5 5 Grand Valley 20-1 335 5
6 Lee (Tenn.) 20-1 453 6 6 Hawaii Pacific 20-1 322 6
7 Hawaii Pacific 20-1 437 7 7 IUP 20-1 311 7
8 Alaska Anchorage 21-2 400 9 8 Adelphi 20-2 278 9
9 Lubbock Christian 17-3 343 8 9 Alaska Anchorage 21-2 269 10
10 Adelphi 20-2 328 13 10 West Texas A&M 20-3 245 13
11 Benedict 19-2 314 12 11 Central Missouri 17-3 231 T14
12 Walsh 19-2 296 14 12 Walsh 19-2 229 12
13 Sioux Falls 20-3 279 15 13 Sioux Falls 20-3 193 18
14 Virginia Union 16-3 244 10 14 Belmont Abbey 19-2 189 21
15 Azusa Pacific 16-3 214 17 15 Colorado Mesa 18-3 163 22
16 West Texas A&M 20-3 208 19 16 Kentucky Wesleyan 21-1 126 20
17 North Georgia 17-3 190 11 17 Tampa 16-3 124 23
18 Central Missouri 17-3 182 22 18 Lincoln 20-3 108 RV
19 Anderson (S.C.) 17-3 171 20 19 USciences 18-3 102 24
20 Tampa 16-3 139 24 20 UC San Diego 17-4 96 RV
21 Colorado Mesa 18-3 104 25 21 Lander 17-3 87 RV
22 Lander 17-3 77 NR 22 Lubbock Christian 17-3 76 16
23 Fort Hays State 16-4 68 16 23 Nebraska-Kearney 20-2 53 RV
24 Kentucky Wesleyan 21-1 61 NR 24 Union 18-4 49 RV
25 University of the Sciences 18-3 60 NR 25 Azusa Pacific 16-3 47 T14

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