INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time under head coach Stan Gouard, the No. 19 UIndy men's basketball team is atop the Midwest Regional rankings, released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
 
The Greyhounds are 19-5 this season and are currently in first place in the GLVC.
 
The regional advisory committee (RAC) uses a host of criteria to determine the poll's top 10, including performance indicator (PI), strength of schedule (SOS) among others. Among all Midwest region programs, UIndy ranks first in the following categories: Massey Rating, PI, RPI, SOS and wins against ranked opponents, while it is second in total regional wins with 17.
 
Junior Trevor Lakes leads the Greyhounds with 15.1 ppg and 5.0 rpg, while senior Jimmy King is handing out a GLVC-leading 6.3 apg. Sophomore Jacob Polakovich is shooting 69.9 percent from the floor this season, while senior Marcus Latham ranks sixth in the league in free-throw percentage and is scoring 14.7 ppg off the bench.

The last time UIndy hosted the regional was 1997, when the Greyhounds was ranked first in the Great Lakes. 
 
UIndy returns to action tomorrow evening at Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo. Tip is scheduled for 8:30 ET following the women's game.

NCAA DII Midwest Regional Poll

Rk	School	DII Record	In-Region Record
1	UIndy	18-5	17-5
2	Truman	17-7	17-7
3	Bellarmine	16-6	16-6
4	Ferris State	20-5	17-5
5	Grand Valley State	18-5	18-5
6	Missouri-St. Louis	15-5	15-5
7	Southern Indiana	18-5	18-5
8	Michigan Tech	15-8	13-8
9	Davenport	16-8	15-8
10	Findlay	16-6	15-6