Hawaii Pacific's Quentin Meza
Hawaii Pacific's Quentin Meza

Men's Basketball

Sea Lions, Sharks and Warriors Crack MBB List

The first NCAA men's basketball list of teams under consideration includes trio of PacWest teams.

INDIANAPOLIS--The first NCAA men's basketball listing of 2026 includes three teams from the Pacific West Conference.

The list, released by the NCAA national office today (Feb. 18), is not a ranking. The first official top ten ranking will come out next Wednesday, and ultimately the eight teams that will qualify for NCAA postseason play will come from this list, including the tournament champs from the PacWest, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the California Collegiate Athletic Association. 

Point Loma, Hawaii Pacific and Westmont are currently teams under consideration. 

Here is today's list, with records listed through last weekend.

NCAA West Region Men's Basketball
*Alaska Anchorage 13-7
*CSU Dominguez Hills 18-6
*CSU East Bay 24-0
*CSU Monterey Bay 15-9
*Hawaii Pacific 15-8
*MSU Billings 17-8
*Northwest Nazarene 13-8
*Point Loma 19-4
*St. Martin's 15-5
*Westmont 15-9

To see the complete list from all eight regions, click here.