Basketball Polls

The Brigham
Young University-Hawaii men's basketball team is primarily concerned with two
polls, one governed by the NCAA II and the
other by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The NCAA II poll
that affects the Seasiders is the Pacific Region Poll and is released bi-weekly
beginning midway through the season and continuing until the NCAA II tournament
selections are made. The NABC Poll, which began this season and replaces the DII
Bulletin Poll is a national poll and is released weekly beginning with the preseason
and ending after the NCAA II tournament selections are made.

The
NCAA II conducts regional polls throughout eight regions of the nation. These
eight regional polls determine which teams receive bids to the NCAA II championship
tournament at the end of each season and, consequently, are the most important
of the polls.

The
Pacific region poll is determined by the vote a committe selected by the NCAA.
The top eight teams in the final regional poll will be invited to the Pacific
Regional Tournament of the NCAA II Championships.

The NABC
Top 25 is conducted by a group of eight coaches representing each region. It is
not affiliated with the NCAA or its regional rankings.

BYU-Hawaii's
first appearance in the NCAA II national poll was on February 4, 2003. The Seasiders
were ranked 20th in that poll. BYU-Hawaii's highest ranking in the poll, to date,
came on December 21, 2004 when the Seasiders were ranked 9th.

There
are two other preseason polls for Division II basketball. They are conducted by
"Street and Smith" and "Basketball Times" and are only done
in the preseason. BYU-Hawaii was not ranked in the "Street and Smith"
top ten and was ranked 13th in the "Basketball Times" top 20. These
two complete polls are available on the Division
II Basketball Home Page.