KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The IU Southeast men's basketball program remains in the same spot this week, earning the No. 4 ranking in the 2009-10 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 poll for the third consecutive week as announced Monday by the NAIA national office. The Grenadiers are 20-3 overall and 9-0 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). The men's basketball team is the highest NAIA national ranking ever achieved by an athletic team in IU Southeast school history.
After holding down the second spot in each of the last six polls, No. 1 Walsh (Oho) moves up to the top billing in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll this week. Walsh is ranked the top team for the first time since Dec. 7, 1997. Oklahoma Wesleyan, ranked No. 2 this week, was the top team for the last 12 straight polls before losing on Jan. 30 and Feb. 2.