BLUE DRAGON MEN STAY AT NO. 15 IN NATIONAL RANKINGS

Dallas Whitney and the Blue Dragon men's basketball team remains No. 15 in this week's NJCAA men's Division I national rankings (MacKenzie Franklin/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Dallas Whitney and the Blue Dragon men's basketball team remains No. 15 in this week's NJCAA men's Division I national rankings (MacKenzie Franklin/Blue Dragon Sports Information)

NJCAA DIV. I MEN'S BASKETBALL RANKINGS

  Record Points Last Poll
1. South Plains (14)
2. Barton
3. Daytona State
4. Vincennes
5. Triton
6. Northwest Florida State
7. Mineral Area
8. Odessa
9. Cowley
10. Salt Lake
11. Lee College
12. Trinity Valley
13. Eastern Florida State
14. Panola College
15. Hutchinson
16. Indian Hills
17. Moberly Area
18. Chipola
19. Caldwell
20. Snow College
21. Walters State
22. Butler
23. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
24. North Dakota State COS
25. Florida Southwestern State
23-0
23-1
23-1
22-2
23-1
22-3
24-1
19-4
21-3
21-3
20-3
20-4
21-3
20-4
20-3
18-5
19-5
22-4
21-1
20-4
20-3
18-5
19-3
25-1
17-6
350
336
322
308
293
272
260
255
245
230
209
193
179
173
159
139
125
116
74
60
59
53
22
14
13
1
3
4
5
6
7
2
9
10
11
12
13
14
8
15
17
18
19
23
16
24
20
22
RV
21
Receiving Votes: Southern Idaho, Bishop State, New Mexico, Pearl River, Northeast Mississippi, Trinidad State, Olney Central, Northern Oklahoma-Enid, Midland, South Georgia State, Blinn, Collin

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Riding a six-game win streak into this week, the Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team stayed at No. 15 in the latest NJCAA Division I National Rankings, which were released on Monday.

The Blue Dragons reached to 20-win plateau last week and are 20-3 overall and 15-2, just one game out of first place in the Jayhawk Conference. The Dragons earned victories over Pratt and Cloud County last week.

This is a key week for the Blue Dragons as the season heads into the final stages.

Hutchinson travels to No. 9 Cowley on Wednesday at Arkansas City and will play host to No. 22 Butler at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Sports Arena.

This was the 11th-consecutive week the Blue Dragons have appeared in the national rankings. They have been as high as No. 14 this season.

South Plains' unanimous stay at No. 1 continued this week. Barton moved up to No. 2 after previous No. 2 Mineral Area lost last week. Daytona State moves up to No. 3, Vincennes is at No. 4 and Triton is No. 5.

Four Jayhawk Conference teams remain in the national rankings this week with Barton at No. 2, Cowley at No. 9, Hutchinson at No. 15 and Butler at No. 22.