January 31, 2012
2011-12 Season - Men's Basketball jumps to 15th in NCAA poll
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| Riding the crest of four straight victories, Kam Norton and the Augustana men's basketball team has moved up to 15th in the latest NCAA Division III national poll according to D3hoops.com. |
Four straight victories helped to push Augustana into 15 th in the latest NCAA Division III men’s basketball poll, which was released today. The Vikings, who were 20 th a week ago in the D3hoops.com poll with 136 points, jumped five spots to 15 th in 267 points.
Last week Augustana defeated #23 Wheaton by a score of 70-46 on Tuesday, January 23 and then swamped Millikin 98-28 on Saturday, January 28. The Vikings are now 15-4 overall and 5-3 in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.
Augustana has been ranked in the top 20 all year, even spending one week in the top spot. The Vikings will host 24 th Illinois Wesleyan on Tuesday, January 30 and then travel to league leading North Central on Saturday, February 4.
NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL RANKING
2011-12 WEEK NINE
|
# |
School (1st votes) |
Rec |
Pts |
Prev |
|
1 |
Middlebury (24) |
18-0 |
624 |
1 |
|
2 |
Hope |
18-1 |
580 |
3 |
|
3 |
Virginia Wesleyan (1) |
16-2 |
555 |
5 |
|
4 |
UW-Whitewater |
18-2 |
531 |
2 |
|
5 |
MIT |
18-1 |
519 |
6 |
|
6 |
Amherst |
17-2 |
492 |
7 |
|
7 |
Cabrini |
18-1 |
468 |
8 |
|
8 |
Franklin and Marshall |
18-1 |
444 |
9 |
|
9 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
18-1 |
434 |
10 |
|
10 |
Whitworth |
16-3 |
383 |
11 |
|
12 |
Birmingham-Southern |
18-1 |
370 |
12 |
|
12 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
17-1 |
313 |
15 |
|
13 |
UW-Stevens Point |
16-4 |
311 |
16 |
|
14 |
Wooster |
16-3 |
304 |
19 |
|
15 |
AUGUSTANA |
15-4 |
267 |
20 |
|
16 |
Williams |
15-5 |
198 |
13 |
|
17 |
Emory |
15-3 |
178 |
4 |
|
18 |
Transylvania |
17-2 |
152 |
23 |
|
19 |
New York University |
15-2 |
146 |
17 |
|
20 |
William Paterson |
16-3 |
115 |
14 |
|
21 |
Randolph-Macon |
17-3 |
93 |
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|
22 |
SUNY-Oswego |
15-3 |
89 |
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|
23 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
15-4 |
84 |
22 |
|
24 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
15-4 |
78 |
21 |
|
25 |
Washington |
14-4 |
59 |
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Dropped out: No. 18 Eastern Connecticut; No. 23 Wabash, No. 24 Rhode Island College
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 56; Rhode Island College 36; Eastern Connecticut 32; Grinnell 31; Bethany 26; Albertus Magnus 21; Worcester Polytech 21; UW-River Falls 20; Hartwick 19; St. Joseph’s 15; Lake Forest 12; Christopher Newport 9; Ohio Wesleyan 9; Keene State 8; St. Thomas 8; Wabash 5; Buffalo State 2; John Carroll 2; Lycoming 2; Farmingdale State 1; Gustavus Adolphus 1; Hanover 1; New Jersey City 1; Wesleyan 1.
