Western is Also Receiving Votes in D3hoops.com pre-season poll
from the desk of Pat Coleman - d3hoops.com
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (Oct. 24) —
The Western Connecticut State University men's basketball team is Also Receiving Votes in the 2011-12 D3hoop.com Pre-Season Top 25 Poll, released on Monday.
The D3hoops.com men's basketball preseason Top 25 features five teams getting No. 1 votes, with Virginia Wesleyan taking the No. 1 spot after a 2010-11 season in which the Marlins went 25-5, falling in the Sweet 16 by six points at Williams. The Marlins return all five starters.
The full poll:
|
# |
School (1st votes) |
W-L |
Pts |
'11 final |
1 |
Virginia Wesleyan (8) |
25-5 |
565 |
10 |
2 |
Augustana (2) |
27-4 |
545 |
7 |
3 |
Williams (7) |
29-3 |
542 |
4 |
4 |
Amherst |
25-4 |
517 |
8 |
5 |
Middlebury (5) |
28-2 |
490 |
3 |
6 |
Marietta |
27-4 |
482 |
11 |
7 |
Rochester |
22-6 |
374 |
12 |
8 |
St. Thomas (2) |
30-3 |
353 |
1 |
9 |
Wooster |
31-3 |
352 |
2 |
10 |
MIT |
20-9 |
260 |
-- |
11 |
Wittenberg |
20-9 |
257 |
22 |
12 |
Whitworth |
28-2 |
255 |
5 |
13 |
Emory |
20-5 |
251 |
-- |
14 |
Cabrini |
24-6 |
246 |
19 |
15 |
St. Mary's (Md.) |
25-6 |
229 |
9 |
16 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
23-8 |
215 |
20 |
17 |
Franklin and Marshall |
23-6 |
173 |
15 |
18 |
Oswego State |
24-5 |
168 |
-- |
19 |
Buffalo State |
23-7 |
161 |
23 |
20 |
Centre |
21-6 |
153 |
-- |
21 |
UW-River Falls |
20-8 |
141 |
-- |
22 |
Birmingham-Southern |
23-4 |
124 |
-- |
23 |
Hampden-Sydney |
17-10 |
121 |
-- |
24 |
UW-Stevens Point |
26-4 |
117 |
6 |
25 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
18-8 |
113 |
-- |
Others receiving votes: Brandeis 90; North Carolina Wesleyan 81; UW-Whitewater 53; WPI 51; Whitman 50; Ramapo 48; Hope 47; Texas-Dallas 45; Becker 44; Hartwick 42; Randolph-Macon 39; Manchester 38; Rhode Island College 35; Grinnell 34; Concordia (Wis.) 30; Salem State 30; Washington U. 29; Illinois Wesleyan 20; Western Connecticut 19; Chapman 18; North Central (Ill.) 17; Wabash 12; New Jersey City 8; Hanover 6; Christopher Newport 5; Capital 4; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Eastern Mennonite 4; Hobart 4; Penn State-Behrend 4; St. Olaf 3; Calvin 2; SUNY-Purchase 2; William Paterson 2; Gwynedd-Mercy 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. |
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