Thursday, December 13, 2012

Gold Rush in NAIA top 25 for the 14th consecutive time

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana fell three places to 16th Tuesday in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. But despite the drop, the Gold Rush are in the top 25 for the 14th consecutive time — the program's longest streak since the start of the 1999-2000 season.

Xavier is in the top 25 for the 27th time in 28 polls.
    

This is the third poll of 2012-13 and the second of the regular season. The next poll will be announced Jan. 8.
    

The Gold Rush lost 77-67 at home to city rival Loyola in the only XU game of the past week. Xavier will play Martin Methodist at 5 p.m. Friday and Voorhees at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Spring Hill Classic at Mobile, Ala.
    

This is the third time in as many polls this season that the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference has a pair of top-25 teams. Joining GCAC member Xavier in the rankings is city rival SUNO, which fell four places to 25th.
    

Oklahoma Baptist received 8-of-11 first-place votes and is No. 1 for the second consecutive week.

   
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Dec. 9)
Rank
Team
Record
Points
Last
1
Oklahoma Baptist (8)
10-1
279
1
2
Cumberlands (3)
12-0
274
2
3
Lee (Tenn.)
11-0
263
3
4
Pikeville
11-1
250
tie-4
5
Westmont
7-1
242
NR
6
Columbia (Mo.)
9-0
235
6
7
Westminster (Utah)
9-1
228
7
8
Lindsey Wilson
12-1
219
8
9
Rogers State
10-2
215
tie-4
10
William Carey
9-1
183
15
11
Lewis-Clark State
12-0
181
10
12
Texas Wesleyan
8-1
180
11
13
MidAmerica Nazarene
10-2
174
12
14
Science & Arts
7-1
162
14
15
Cal State San Marcos
8-4
160
9
16
Xavier
9-2
140
13
17
Bethel (Tenn.)
12-1
132
24
18
Evangel
9-3
130
16
19
Concordia (Calif.)
6-3
119
NR
20
Campbellsville
8-3
92
tie-18
21
Faulkner
10-2
90
17
22-tie
Oklahoma City
6-1
89
22
22-tie
Montana State Northern
11-2
89
23
24
Texas College
9-1
83
RV
25
SUNO
4-1
79
21

Others receiving votes: John Brown 68, Biola 37, Southwestern Assemblies of God 29, Georgetown (Ky.) 25, Loyola 11, Montana Western 10, Mid-Continent 5, Culver-Stockton 5, Wiley 4.


By Ed Cassiere, SID
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

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