WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The MSU Denver men's basketball team has dropped No. 10 in the South Central Region in the Division II Sports Information Directors Association poll.
 
MSU Denver, 8-3, lost Wednesday to Colorado School of Mines, which moved up from No. 9 to No. 7 in the poll.

The D2SIDA region polls aren't affiliated with the official NCAA region rankings which start late in the season and are eventually used to determine at-large qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament.
 
MSU Denver, ranked 18th and 16th in the national polls last week, returns to action Jan. 6, at home against Chadron State in a 3:30 p.m. game that will be televised on Channel 3.
 
This week's South Central Region poll:
 
Rank              School (First-place vote)                 Record        Points         LW
1                      Colorado Mesa (1)                                      8-1                37                 1
2                      Dallas Baptist (3)                                        8-1                35                 2
3                      West Texas A&M                                       8-1                33                 3
4                      Angelo State                                               9-1                29                 5
5                      Fort Lewis                                                     9-1                25                 4
6                      Eastern New Mexico                                   7-2                20                6
7                      Colorado School of Mines                          9-3                16                9
8                      Midwestern State                                        8-2                13                8
9                      Lubbock Christian                                        8-3                7                   RV
10                   MSU Denver                                                  8-3                5                   7