NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana made its 47th consecutive appearance Tuesday in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Gold Rush (21-8, 10-3 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) are 21st, one place lower than a week ago.Xavier has the longest current streak of top-25 appearances among NAIA DI men.
The Gold Rush have clinched the No. 2 seed for next week's GCAC Tournament. The GCAC's No. 1 seed and regular-season champion is Talladega, which is No. 1 nationally for the second consecutive week.
A third GCAC team, Philander Smith, missed the top 25 by 15 points and is 26th overall.
All three rounds of the men's GCAC Tournament will be played March 6-8 at XU's Convocation Center. The women's tournament will begin March 6 at Dillard's Dent Hall, then move to Xavier for the final two days.
Xavier's men and women will conclude the regular season Saturday against Dillard in the Crosstown Classic at the Convocation Center. The 7 p.m. men's game.
| NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Feb. 22)
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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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