INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Augusta University men's basketball team is ranked No. 5 in the final NCAA National Rankings, released by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Tuesday afternoon. After winning the PBC Regular Season and the PBC Tournament, Augusta (29-3) is primed to host the NCAA Southeast Regional March 12-15.

NCAA Southeast Region Tournament

From Head Coach Dip Metress
"It is a great honor to be ranked 5th in the country in the final poll. Four of the top 12 teams in the country are in the Southeast region at Christenberry Fieldhouse this weekend. We open up with Belmont Abbey, a team that's won 17 of their last 20 games. Let the fun begin."
 
National Association of Basketball Coaches
NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Rankings
March 8, 2022 (Regular Season Poll #15 -- Final)
 
Record Points  Last
1. Nova Southeastern, Fla.         28-0      400       1
2. West Liberty, W.Va.   29-2      381       2
3. Indiana, Pa.   29-2      370       3
4. Queens, N.C. 28-3      331       9
5. Augusta, Ga. 28-3      328       10
6. Augustana, S.D.        24-3      296       5
7. Lubbock Christian, Texas       24-3      288       4
8. Cal State San Bernardino       23-3      272       6
9. Cal State San Marcos            20-4      260       14
10. Northwest Missouri State      28-5      249       15
11. UNC Pembroke       26-3      224       8
12. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.        25-4      214       7
13. Minnesota Duluth     25-5      203       12
14. Bentley, Mass.         22-4      194       16
15. Chico State, Calif.    19-4      186       11
16. West Texas A&M     28-6      172       18
17. Upper Iowa  25-5      147       13
18. Central Oklahoma    24-6      128       17
19. St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y.    26-4      110       20
20. Walsh, Ohio 22-6      86         NR
21. Miles, Ala.   24-4      69         20
22. Black Hills State, S.D.          22-7      52         NR
23. Mercyhurst, Pa.       24-6      50         22
24. Fairmont State, W.Va.          23-7      46         23
25. Barry, Fla.   20-8      29         NR

Records through games of March 6, 2022.
Last ranking is from March 1, 2022 poll.

First place votes –Nova Southeastern (16).

Others receiving votes: Fort Hays State (Kan.) 23, West Alabama 16, Flagler (Fla.) 14, Ferris State (Mich.) 12, Point Loma (Calif.) 5, Washburn (Kan.) 5, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 3, Hillsdale (Mich.) 3, Missouri-St. Louis 2, MSU Moorhead (Minn.) 2, California (Pa.) 1, Franklin Pierce (Vt.) 1.

Dropped out: Fort Hays State (21), West Alabama (24), Flagler (25).
 
From Jagwire

Augusta University will play host to the Southeast Regional of the NCAA Division II Tournament, beginning Saturday at Christenberry Fieldhouse.
 
The men's basketball team defeated Flagler College 82-71 on March 5 to capture the Peach Belt Conference Tournament crown. The victory earned the Jaguars the conference's automatic bid into the tournament as well as one of the eight No. 1 seeds. Tyshaun Crawford and Miguel Arnold each led the Jaguars with 22 points in the title game while Troy Cracknell added 14 points and Tyree Myers had 11.
 
Head coach Dip Metress led the Jaguars to a 28-3 record this season, including 17-0 at home, and finished the regular season and conference tournament on a 14-game winning streak by an average of 16.1 points per game.
 
Augusta University will face eighth-seeded Belmont Abbey at 5 p.m. Saturday in Game 3. Sixth-seed Georgia College will face No. 3 seed Lincoln Memorial in Game 1 at noon while seventh seed Columbus State will face No. 2 seed Queens (Charlotte) in Game 2 at 2:30 p.m. Flagler, who enters the tournament as the fifth seed, will face fourth seed UNC Pembroke at 7:30 in the nightcap.
 
The winners of Games 1 and 2 advance to the regional semifinals at 5 p.m. Sunday while the Game 3 and 4 winners will play at 7:30 p.m. Those winners will square off in the regional final at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15.