Thursday, April 3, 2014

Gold Rush's No. 16 final rank is highest in 13 years

NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana dropped four places to 16th in NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Postseason Top 25 poll on Wednesday, but the Gold Rush emerged with its highest ranking in the final poll of a season since 2001.

Xavier tied at its position with Rocky Mountain.

The Gold Rush were 23-9 in 2013-14, won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship for the third straight year and qualified for the national tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

This is the third straight year that the NAIA's final poll occurred after the national tournament. Xavier was 24th each of the previous two seasons.

The Gold Rush are in the top 25 for the 37th consecutive time -- the longest active streak in the division -- and the 50th time in the last 51 polls.

GCAC Tournament champion Talladega ranked 11th. National champion Vanguard was a unanimous No. 1.

The top 25:
  
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches'
Postseason Top 25 Poll

(first-place votes in parentheses — records through end of season)

RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Vanguard (10)32-6250 8
2Emmanuel (Ga.)33-4242 7
3Cal State San Marcos 32-22301
4MidAmerica Nazarene26-1122519
5Pikeville31-32162
6St. Gregory's24-1020618
7William Carey28-32033
8 Freed-Hardeman29-62009
9Columbia (Mo.)32-31854
10Georgetown (Ky.)24-1117116
11Talladega29-61666
12Southwestern Assemblies of God26-61635
13Culver-Stockton24-815714
14Benedictine (Kan.)23-915311
15Hope International23-1113522
16-tieXavier23-911812
16-tieRocky Mountain23-811810
18St. Catharine (Ky.)20-13116RV
19Wiley25-711315
20Cumberlands20-129624
21LSU-Shreveport21-99413
22Wayland Baptist23-118020
23Arizona Christian23-87817
24Westminster (Utah)19-137121
25Montana State-Northern23-95623

Others receiving votes: St. Thomas (Texas) 48, Evangel 47, Life 38, Philander Smith 30, Lindenwood-Belleville 11, Belhaven (Miss.) 8.


By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

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