NEW ORLEANS — For the third consecutive season, Xavier University of Louisiana
earned a spot in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25
Poll. Xavier is 19th, its highest preseason ranking since 2007. The poll was
announced Tuesday.
The Gold Rush, 23-9 in 2011-12 and the defending Gulf
Coast Athletic Conference regular-season co-champion, are in the top 25 for the
12th consecutive time and the 25th time in 26 polls dating to the start of the
2010-11 season. Xavier's highest ranking last season was 18th twice.
The
next poll will be announced Dec. 4.
The XU men on Tuesday evening
conducted their first practice in the new Convocation Center. The building will
be dedicated Nov. 3, and the Gold Rush will play Morehouse at 1 p.m. that day.
Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the XU athletics administration office
in The Barn. Call (504) 520-7329 for more information.
The Gold Rush
will attempt to reach 20 victories for the third consecutive year and the eighth
time in 10 seasons. The Gold Rush have not finished with a losing record since
1989-90.
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NAIA Division
I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records
are from 2011-12 season)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Concordia (Calif.) (9) |
31-7 |
250 |
1 |
| 2 |
Oklahoma Baptist (1) |
32-5 |
242 |
2 |
| 3 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
26-9 |
231 |
5 |
| 4 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) |
27-5 |
230 |
10 |
| 5 |
Rogers State |
24-9 |
211 |
8 |
| 6 |
Southern Poly |
25-7 |
208 |
11 |
| 7 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
27-8 |
206 |
12 |
| 8 |
Westmont |
19-9 |
195 |
RV |
| 9 |
Pikeville |
17-12 |
188 |
RV |
| 10 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
27-7 |
170 |
13 |
| 11 |
Lindsey Wilson |
21-10 |
153 |
14 |
| 12 |
Freed-Hardeman |
21-11 |
145 |
RV |
| 13-tie |
Biola |
27-9 |
139 |
6 |
| 13-tie |
Westminster (Utah) |
21-11 |
139 |
NR |
| 15 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
20-9 |
135 |
18 |
| 16 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
25-9 |
132 |
19 |
| 17-tie |
John Brown |
24-9 |
128 |
17 |
| 17-tie |
Texas Wesleyan |
25-8 |
128 |
23 |
| 19 |
Xavier |
23-9 |
119 |
24 |
| 20 |
Cal State San Marcos |
19-12 |
107 |
NR |
| 21 |
Evangel |
24-10 |
80 |
22 |
| 22 |
Martin Methodist |
28-7 |
72 |
9 |
| 23 |
Montana State Northern |
27-7 |
68 |
21 |
| 24 |
SUNO |
17-14 |
61 |
20 |
| 25 |
Cumberlands |
20-12 |
50 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: Southwestern
Assemblies of God 34, Montana Western 29, Loyola 24, Lubbock Christian 21, Life
20, Tougaloo 15, Campbellsville 9, Missouri Baptist 8, West Virginia Tech 7,
LSU-Shreveport 6, Baker 3, Oklahoma City
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
VISIT: XULAATHLETICS
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