December 14, 2011
2011-12 Season - Vikings climb to third in D3hoops.com poll
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| Kameron Norton and the Augustana Vikings are currently ranked third in the latest NCAA Division III men's basketball poll. |
A pair of wins last week, including a 69-64 victory over then-21st ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has bumped coach Grey Giovanine’s Augustana Vikings up one spot to third in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25. The Vikings moved up after Amherst, previously ranked second, suffered a 76-61 setback at Brandeis last Saturday.
Middlebury (7-0) remained in the number one spot with 624 total points and 24 of 25 first-place votes. Virginia Wesleyan (6-1), ranked first in the preseason poll, received the other first-place nod and edged Augustana (7-1) out for number two with 560 points. The third-ranked Vikings totaled 556. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (11-0) and Emory (8-0), respectively, rounded out the top five.
2011-12 D3HOOPS.COM TOP 25—WEEK THREE
|
# |
School (1st votes) |
Rec |
Pts |
Prev |
|
1 |
Middlebury (24) |
7-0 |
624 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia Wesleyan (1) |
6-1 |
560 |
3 |
|
3 |
AUGUSTANA |
7-1 |
556 |
4 |
|
4 |
MIT |
11-0 |
511 |
7 |
|
5 |
Emory |
8-0 |
490 |
9 |
|
6 |
Amherst |
8-1 |
480 |
2 |
|
7 |
Williams |
8-1 |
477 |
8 |
|
8 |
Whitworth |
6-1 |
417 |
6 |
|
9 |
Marietta |
6-1 |
396 |
10 |
|
10 |
Franklin and Marshall |
9-0 |
392 |
11 |
|
11 |
Cabrini |
7-0 |
360 |
12 |
|
12 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
6-0 |
305 |
13 |
|
13 |
UW-Whitewater |
8-0 |
279 |
19 |
|
14 |
St. Thomas |
7-1 |
235 |
16 |
|
15 |
Puget Sound |
8-0 |
227 |
20 |
|
16 |
Birmingham-Southern |
7-0 |
214 |
18 |
|
17 |
Wabash |
8-0 |
212 |
25 |
|
18 |
Hope |
8-1 |
189 |
23 |
|
19 |
Wooster |
5-2 |
188 |
5 |
|
20 |
WPI |
8-1 |
124 |
15 |
|
21 |
Buffalo State |
6-1 |
85 |
14 |
|
22 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
9-0 |
84 |
-- |
|
23 |
Rochester |
8-2 |
82 |
24 |
|
24 |
Oswego State |
8-1 |
75 |
-- |
|
25 |
UW-Stevens Point |
6-2 |
63 |
21 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Wheaton (Ill.), No. 22 William Paterson.
Others receiving votes: Edgewood 60, Washington U. 60, Wittenberg 60, Rhode Island College 53, Wheaton (Ill.) 52, William Paterson 35, Ohio Wesleyan 27, Western Connecticut 27, Grinnell 22, Bethany 21, St. Mary's (Md.) 18, Hardin-Simmons 16, Transylvania 14, Texas-Dallas 9, UW-River Falls 8, Rose-Hulman 7, Hobart 5, New Jersey City 4, Hartwick 1, Salem State 1.
