Upper Iowa men's basketball held steady in the fifth place spot in the third edition of the NCAA Regional Rankings, released on Wednesday afternoon by the NCAA committee. The Peacocks are one of ten teams that have made the list in the Midwest Region, joined by fellow GLVC members Indianapolis (No. 1), Lewis (No.8), Illinois Springfield (No. 9) and William Jewell (No. 10).
 
The Peacocks finished second place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with a 15-5 league record and an 20-8 overall mark. They rank first in the nation in turnovers per game, only committing 7.6 per contest. UIU is slotted 19^th in NCAA DII in points per game with 87.0. Upper Iowa received votes in the NABC Top 25 Coaches Poll this week.
 
The top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA Midwest Region Tournament from March 16-17, 19. Automatic bids are granted to the winners of the GLVC, GMAC, GLIAC postseason tournaments, with the remaining five spots awarded on an at-large basis. The NCAA men's basketball selection show will be streamed online on Sunday, March 10, at 10 p.m. (CT) on NCAA.com.

The NCAA National Championships will take place from March 26-30 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.

The Peacocks finished second in their debut season with the GLVC after posting a 15-5 mark, earning the No. 2 seed in the postseason conference tournament. Upper Iowa is set to face No. 7 Missouri-St. Louis in the first round of the GLVC Championship Tournament, hosted on the campus of Lindenwood in St. Charles, Mo. Game time is scheduled for Thursday, Mar. 7 at 8:15 p.m. CST.
 

Rank	School	Overall DII Record	In-Region Record
1	UIndy	21-7	20-6
2	Ky. Wesleyan	18-7	18-7
3	Lake Superior St.	19-6	18-6
4	Northern Mich.	18-9	17-8
5	Upper Iowa	19-8	19-8
6	Walsh	19-5	18-5
7	Ferris St.	18-7	18-7
8	Lewis	15-12	15-12
9	Ill. Springfield	15-12	15-11
10	William Jewell	17-10	17-10