March 4, 2011
2010-11 Season - Final poll has Vikings seventh
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| Luke Scarlata and the Augustana Vikings will head into the NCAA Division III national tournament ranked seventh in the final D3hoops.com poll. |
Augustana will carry a number seven national ranking heading into the 2011 NCAA Division III national tournament. The Vikings, now 24-3 after winning the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin tournament on February 26, picked up 462 points and are ranked seventh by D3hoops.com.
Head coach Grey Giovanine's team won the CCIW tournament for the third time in the last five years with a convincing 76-52 win over Illinois Wesleyan in the championship game. The Vikings advanced to the title tilt with a 73-58 win over Wheaton on Friday, February 25. The CCIW tournament was held at North Central's Merner Fieldhouse in Naperville, Illinois.
Augustana is making its 12 th appearance in the NCAA Division III national tournament, and its fourth in the last six seasons. The Vikings advanced to the “Sweet Sixteen” in 2006 and played in the regional championship game in 2008, dropping an overtime thriller to eventual national champion Washington.
Senior center Kyle Nelson (Deerfield HS, Deerfield, Ill.) was a first team all-conference pick for Augustana and he leads the team in scoring with a 14.1 average. Junior forward Bryant Voiles (Byron HS, Byron, Ill.) was a second team all-conference honoree and junior point guard Brian DeSimone (Buffalo Grove HS, Wheeling, Ill.) was named to the third team.
The Vikings open NCAA tournament action on Friday, March 4 with a 7:30 p.m. battle against Webster in the Carver Center. Hope and Hanover will play in the 5:30 p.m. game and the winners will square off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 for the right to advance to the sectional.
2010-11 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S BASKETBALL POLL #13
Poll released 03/01/11 – games through 02/27/11
(conducted by D3hoops.com)
|
RANK |
TEAM |
2009-10 RECORD |
PTS |
P |
|
1 |
Whitworth (14) |
26-1 |
600 |
2 |
|
2 |
Middlebury (8) |
25-1 |
600 |
3 |
|
3 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2) |
24-3 |
561 |
4 |
|
4 |
Williams |
25-2 |
551 |
1 |
|
5 |
Wooster (1) |
26-2 |
547 |
5 |
|
6 |
Randolph-Macon |
24-4 |
474 |
8 |
|
7 |
AUGUSTANA |
24-3 |
462 |
6 |
|
8 |
St. Thomas |
24-3 |
455 |
9 |
|
9 |
Amherst |
22-3 |
424 |
7 |
|
10 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
23-4 |
372 |
10 |
|
11 |
Marietta |
25-3 |
350 |
13 |
|
12 |
Chapman |
24-3 |
285 |
15 |
|
13 |
St. Mary's |
22-5 |
279 |
18 |
|
14 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
22-5 |
270 |
12 |
|
15 |
Eastern Mennonite |
22-5 |
247 |
11 |
|
16 |
St. Norbert |
20-5 |
205 |
20 |
|
17 |
Rochester |
20-5 |
198 |
14 |
|
18 |
Franklin & Marshall |
22-5 |
194 |
19 |
|
19 |
Wabash |
20-6 |
125 |
16 |
|
20 |
LaRoche |
25-2 |
114 |
NR |
|
21 |
Manchester |
21-6 |
84 |
NR |
|
22 |
Wisconsin-River Falls |
20-7 |
82 |
22 |
|
23 |
Western Connecticut |
21-5 |
75 |
17 |
|
24 |
Concordia (Wis.) |
23-4 |
63 |
21 |
|
25 |
Centre |
21-5 |
62 |
NR |
DROPPED OUT: No. 23 Becker; No. 24 SUNY-Oswego; No. 25 Ramapo
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Emory 45; SUNY-Oswego 42; Ferrum 41; Ramapo 40; Wittenberg 39; North Carolina Wesleyan 33; Texas-Dallas 24; Becker 20; Illinois Wesleyan 20; New Jersey City 17; Rhode Island College 13; Carleton 10; Hanover 9; McMurry 8; Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7; Penn State-Behrend 6; Cabrini 3; Eastern Connecticut 3; Mary Hardin-Baylor 3; Bridgewater State 2; Buffalo State 2; Salem State 1.
AUGUSTANA IN THE D3HOOPS.COM NATIONAL RANKINGS SINCE 2000-01
|
WEEK |
2010-11 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
2005-06 |
2004-05 |
2003-04 |
2002-03 |
2001-02 |
2000-01 |
|
Preseason |
24 |
RV |
2 |
5 |
24 |
RV |
NR |
9 |
RV |
23 |
NR |
|
1 |
12 |
21 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
25 |
NR |
7 |
RV |
23 |
NR |
|
2 |
13 |
15 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
17 |
NR |
14 |
RV |
RV |
RV |
|
3 |
10 |
18 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
NR |
16 |
RV |
NR |
22 |
|
4 |
10 |
20 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
NR |
RV |
NR |
NR |
RV |
|
5 |
9 |
RV |
7 |
6 |
12 |
13 |
NR |
RV |
NR |
NR |
RV |
|
6 |
8 |
RV |
11 |
5 |
15 |
10 |
NR |
NR |
RV |
NR |
NR |
|
7 |
8 |
NR |
15 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
NR |
NR |
RV |
20 |
NR |
|
8 |
3 |
NR |
15 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
NR |
NR |
19 |
RV |
NR |
|
9 |
3 |
NR |
18 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
NR |
|
10 |
5 |
RV |
20 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
NR |
RV |
22 |
RV |
NR |
|
11 |
3 |
NR |
RV |
8 |
9 |
9 |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
|
12 |
6 |
NR |
RV |
10 |
9 |
9 |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
17 |
|
13 |
7 |
NR |
RV |
9 |
7 |
13 |
NR |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
|
14 |
|
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--- |
6 |
---- |
---- |
NR |
NR |
--- |
--- |
RV |
|
FINAL |
|
NR |
RV |
5 |
11 |
11 |
NR |
NR |
RV |
RV |
RV |
KEY – Number designates weekly ranking…NR = not ranked…RV = received votes.
NOTE – There was no week 14 in 2009-10; 2008-09; 2006-7, 2005-06, 2002-03 and 2001-02.
TOTAL WEEKS RANKED IN TOP 25 (since 2000-01) = 85
TOTAL WEEKS LISTED IN D3HOOPS.COM POLL (including receiving votes since 200-01) = 127 out of a possible 174 (as of 03/01/11)
CONSECUTIVE WEEKS RANKED IN TOP 25 = 56 (from week one of 2005-06 season until the 10 th week of the 2008-09 season)
Last updated 03/01/11
