WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The MSU Denver men's basketball team dropped one spot to No. 3 in the South Central Region in the Division II Sports Information Directors Association poll.
 
MSU Denver, 7-1, beat Westminster on Friday before losing 85-82 to Colorado Mesa on Saturday. Colorado Mesa jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in the region 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 eighth and 11th in the national polls last week, travels this weekend for games Friday at Black Hills State at 7 p.m. and Saturday at South Dakota Mines at 6 p.m.
 
This week's South Central Region poll:
 
 
Rank          School (1st votes)                            Record          Pts            Prev.
1                  Dallas Baptist (4)                              6-0                  40             1
2                  Colorado Mesa                                 5-1                  36             4
3                  MSU Denver                                      7-1                  31             2
4                  West Texas A&M                              6-1                  29             3
5                  Angelo State                                      5-1                  23             6
T6               Fort Lewis                                           5-1                  19             8
T6               Midwestern State                            7-1                  18             5
8                  Eastern New Mexico                       4-2                  10             NR
9                  Colorado School of Mines             5-3                  8                9
10               St. Mary's                                            4-2                  5                7
Receiving votes: St. Edward's 1.