NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana was one of five teams to climb
three or more places Tuesday in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches'
Top 25 Poll. The XU men (24-6) climbed three spots and are 13th, their highest
ranking in three weeks.
It's the fourth time in 11 polls this season
that the Gold Rush ranked 13th. Xavier has been as high as 11th twice this
season, most recently on Feb. 5.
Voting was based on games through
Sunday. Xavier closed the regular season with a pair of Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference victories, and the winning margins were its two largest of the year.
The Rush won 75-54 at Tougaloo — Xavier's first victory there since 2005 — and
70-46 at home against Dillard.
Xavier repeated as GCAC regular-season
co-champion and will play Dillard at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of
the GCAC Tournament at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Ark. Xavier, the
tournament's top seed, seeks its third consecutive berth in the Buffalo
Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship at Kansas City, Mo.
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NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches'
Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through
Sunday, Feb. 24)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Columbia (Mo.) (11) |
30-0 |
281 |
1 |
| 2 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
28-1 |
272 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lindsey Wilson |
26-3 |
263 |
4 |
| 4 |
John Brown |
25-5 |
244 |
3 |
| 5 |
Lewis-Clark State |
26-4 |
242 |
5 |
| 6 |
Southwestern Assemblies of
God |
26-3 |
238 |
7 |
| 7 |
Cal State San Marcos |
23-5 |
223 |
6 |
| 8 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
24-6 |
221 |
9 |
| 9 |
Evangel |
22-5 |
199 |
10 |
| 10 |
Pikeville |
23-5 |
195 |
12 |
| 11 |
Westmont |
24-6 |
194 |
8 |
| 12 |
William Carey |
23-4 |
193 |
11 |
| 13 |
Xavier |
24-6 |
160 |
16 |
| 14 |
Emmanuel (Ga.) |
26-3 |
156 |
17 |
| 15 |
Montana Western |
21-8 |
151 |
22 |
| 16 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
21-7 |
149 |
tie-13 |
| 17 |
Hope International |
24-6 |
131 |
18 |
| 18 |
Martin Methodist |
20-9 |
123 |
24 |
| 19 |
Faulkner |
25-5 |
110 |
21 |
| 20 |
Montana State Northern |
22-8 |
91 |
tie-13 |
| 21 |
LSU-Shreveport |
21-6 |
89 |
19 |
| 22-tie |
Culver-Stockton |
22-7 |
79 |
25 |
| 22-tie |
Philander Smith |
21-8 |
79 |
23 |
| 24 |
Arizona Christian |
18-8 |
78 |
RV |
| 25 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
24-6 |
69 |
15 |
Others receiving votes: Concordia (Calif.)
62, Westminster (Utah) 47, Science & Arts 37, St. Thomas (Texas) 33,
MidAmerica Nazarene 29, Robert Morris (Chicago) 13, Campbellsville 6, Park
6. |
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA |
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