KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabod basketball men's team remained in the NABC Top 5 coming in at No. 5 in the final poll before the NCAA postseason starts. Washburn is the No. 1 seed and will host the NCAA Central Region in Topeka starting Saturday. Washburn will face Harding at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available at wusports.com.

Other teams in the top 25 who are in Topeka this weekend include: No. 17 MSU Moorhead. Winona State, Concordia St. Paul, Minot State, Harding and Southwest Minnesota State all received votes.

The winner of the Washburn/Harding contest will take on the advancing team from the Concordia St. Paul/Minot State game on Sunday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. The regional championship game is Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m.
 
The Ichabods (26-3, 17-2 MIAA) clinched their 11th MIAA regular season championship this season and have been in the top five of the national rankings for 15-straight weeks.
 
NABC Division II Coaches Poll (March 11, 2025 – Regular Season Poll #16, Final Poll)

            Record          Points            Previous      
1. Daemen, N.Y. (11)           27-0    393     1
2. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (5)      30-1    388     2
3. Alabama Huntsville          30-1    371     3
4. DBU, Texas           30-4    335     7
5. Washburn, Kan.   26-3    332     4
6. West Liberty, W.Va.         27-4    303     5
7. Colorado School of Mines          27-4    298     9
8. Columbus State   26-4    275     6
9. Point Loma, Calif. 27-4    248     12
10. Lenoir-Rhyne, N.C.       26-5    232     14
11. Fairmont State, W.Va.   27-4    221     11
12. Missouri S&T      24-5    213     10
13. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.           25-5    212     8
14. Cal State Dominguez Hills       25-5    185     18
15. Valdosta State, Ga.       25-6    166     13
16. Lake Superior State, Mich.      27-6    163     16
17. MSU Moorhead, Minn. 23-8    118      24
18. Florida Southern            25-8    101     23
19. Chico State, Calif.         24-6    98        19
20. Adelphi, N.Y.       26-7    86        17
21. Lubbock Christian, Texas         25-8    75        22
22. Gannon, Pa.       25-6    71        NR
23. Michigan Tech    23-7    62        20
24. USC Aiken, S.C. 23-8    57        NR
25. UNC Pembroke, N.C.   23-6    30        NR

Others receiving votes: Findlay (Ohio) 21, Miles (Ala.) 16, Winona State (Minn.) 14, Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 12, Pace (N.Y.) 11, Midwestern State (Texas) 10, Minot State (N.D.) 10, Ferris State (Mich.) 5, Biola (Calif.) 4, Harding (Ark.) 4, Virginia State 3, Missouri-St. Louis 2, Southern New Hampshire 2, Southwest Minnesota State 2, Lincoln (Mo.) 1, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 1, West Chester (Pa.) 1.

Dropped out: Findlay (15), Miles (21), Midwestern State (25).