NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana dropped five spots to finish 17th
Wednesday in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Postseason
Poll.
It's the lowest rank of the season for the Gold Nuggets (24-6),
who closed the regular season with 12 consecutive victories before losing to
Fisk in the quarterfinals of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament and
to Faulkner in the opening round of the NAIA Division I National Championship.
Xavier was 11th in the preseason poll and spent six weeks in the top 10,
including highs of ninth place on Dec. 11 and Jan. 8. The Nuggets were 10th on
Feb. 26.
This is the fourth consecutive year and the 10th time in Bo
Browder's 14 seasons as head coach that the Gold Nuggets are in the final top 25
of the season. This is the second consecutive year that the final poll was
conducted after the national tournament. Xavier was 16th in the 2012 postseason
poll.
Xavier will enter the 2013-14 season trying to extend a streak of
44 consecutive top-25 appearances. That streak began on Jan. 25, 2010.
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NAIA Division
I Women's Basketball Coaches'
Postseason Top 25
Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of
season)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Westmont (11) |
30-4 |
281 |
4 |
| 2 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
34-3 |
271 |
7 |
| 3 |
Freed-Hardeman |
34-2 |
262 |
1 |
| 4 |
Cumberland |
33-3 |
255 |
6 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma City |
28-4 |
245 |
2 |
| 6 |
Lubbock Christian |
31-4 |
233 |
3 |
| 7 |
Westminster (Utah) |
29-4 |
231 |
5 |
| 8 |
Vanguard |
25-4 |
218 |
8 |
| 9 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
30-3 |
207 |
9 |
| 10 |
Campbellsville |
25-10 |
196 |
14 |
| 11 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
28-6 |
189 |
11 |
| 12 |
The Master's |
25-6 |
172 |
10 |
| 13 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
23-10 |
171 |
16 |
| 14 |
Rogers State |
24-10 |
168 |
15 |
| 15 |
Shawnee State |
24-10 |
149 |
18 |
| 16 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
27-7 |
147 |
13 |
| 17 |
Xavier |
24-6 |
143 |
12 |
| 18 |
Faulkner |
26-7 |
131 |
21 |
| 19 |
Wiley |
29-4 |
114 |
17 |
| 20 |
Lyon |
28-5 |
110 |
20 |
| 21 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
21-10 |
108 |
23 |
| 22 |
William Woods |
26-6 |
99 |
22 |
| 23 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
30-4 |
82 |
20 |
| 24 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
21-11 |
66 |
24 |
| 25 |
Southern Poly |
25-6 |
65 |
RV |
Others receiving votes:
LSU-Shreveport 64, St. Catharine 37, Coastal Georgia 36, Cumberlands 35, SUNO
17, Central Methodist 11, Auburn Montgomery
3. |
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By Ed Cassiere, SID
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
XULAATHLETICS |
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