FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State Men's Basketball was listed among the receiving votes section of the latest NABC Top 25 Poll, released on Tuesday. Despite seeing their five-game win streak snapped this past Saturday at Missouri Western, another team receiving votes in the poll, the Tigers received four votes toward the poll this week.
Fort Hays State currently sits at 9-4 overall for the season and 2-2 in MIAA play. The Tigers jumped into the receiving votes section of the poll in the previous release back on December 31 following a win over nationally ranked MSU Denver, which still holds a national ranking this week.
Washburn remains strong as the MIAA's only Top 25 ranked team, still undefeated this season at 13-0. The Ichabods held steady at the No. 2 ranking in the NABC Poll, only behind 2023-24 national runner-up Nova Southeastern, which also remains unbeaten on the season and retained the No. 1 spot in the poll once again. Fort Hays State and Missouri Western are the only other two schools referenced in the poll among the receiving votes section. FHSU received four votes toward the poll and MWSU received one.
Fort Hays State will play just one game this week since Tuesday's contest with Nebraska-Kearney has been postponed to February 26 due to the lingering poor travel conditions in Kansas from the winter storm over the weekend. The Tigers host Emporia State on Thursday (Jan. 9) at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays.