Lady Yellowjackets No. 4 in Final West Region Poll of Regular Season (February 26, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings women’s basketball team stayed at No. 4 in the final regular season West Region basketball poll released Wednesday.  The top four teams in the poll have remained the same since Western Washington passed MSU Billings to take over the No. 3 spot on February 5.

The Yellowjackets will play in the Converse College (SC) Tournament this weekend for their final two games of the season.  In their final West Region games of the year, MSUB won two games against Western New Mexico last weekend to finish with a 13-3 mark in the region. 

The top eight teams in the next poll will qualify for the NCAA Tournament.  Those teams will be announced on March 9.  The NCAA Tournament will be held March 14-17 on the campus of the No. 1 seed.  Seattle Pacific and Cal State-Bakersfield are the frontrunners for the top seed.  SPU is still unbeaten at 23-0.

NCAA Division II West Region Women’s Basketball Poll (through Feb. 23, 2003)
1.            Seattle Pacific                                        23-0
2.            Cal State Bakersfield                             22-1
3.            Western Washington                              19-5
4.            Montana State-Billings                      18-6
5.            Cal State Stanislaus                               16-7
6.            Central Washington                               13-8
7.            Northwest Nazarene                              15-8
8.            Cal State San Bernardino                      15-8
9.            Sonoma State                                        14-9
10.          Cal State Chico                                     13-9