Men's Basketball Ranked 15th by d3hoops.com

Athletic Department News

Dave Geringer [Contact]

1/14/2009

MINNEAPOLIS, MN-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men's basketball team has moved up five places in the latest d3hoops.com men's basketball poll.

The Corsairs moved up to 15th place nationally this week.

UMass Dartmouth was the only Little East Conference team ranked in the poll. Corsair opponent Salem State was among the teams receiving votes.

"I always think it's positive to be ranked, it helps our efforts in terms of recruiting, and makes the kids feel good about themselves," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Brian Baptiste. "I'm very pleased with our ranking, I hope that we can maintain what we've been doing and get stronger and better as the year goes along."

The Corsairs are 11-1 this season, have won seven games in a row, and are in first place in the Little East Conference with a 3-0 record. They will return to action when they host Plymouth State in the second game of an LEC doubleheader on Saturday.

UMASSDARTMOUTH BASKETBALL
d3hoops.com Poll

1 Wheaton (Ill.) (18) 13-0 618 1
2 St. Thomas (5) 12-0 601 2
3 Washington U. (2) 11-1 578 3
4 UW-Stevens Point 11-2 557 6
5 Buena Vista 12-1 482 8
6 UW-Platteville 13-2 487 4
7 UW-Whitewater 13-2 472 9
8 Capital 12-1 448 11
9 Amherst 10-1 435 5
10 Trinity (Texas) 12-1 347 16
11 Augustana 11-3 319 7
12 Puget Sound 11-2 301 17
13 Ithaca 12-1 283 12
14 Richard Stockton 13-2 244 13
15 Mass-Dartmouth 11-1 227 20
16 Elms 11-1 217 18
17 St. Norbert 10-1 208 23
18 Roanoke 12-1 180 22
19 Carnegie Mellon 11-2 175 14
20 Elmhurst 9-4 156 10
21 Franklin and Marshall 11-0 137 --
22 Texas-Dallas 12-1 133 24
23 Anderson 11-3 122 25
24 Whitworth 12-2 113 15
25 William Paterson 10-2 45 --

Dropped out: No. 19 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 21 Ursinus.

Others receiving votes: Gettysburg 36, St. Mary's (Md.) 32, Carthage 30, Middlebury 29, Rochester 26, DeSales 22, Centre 15, Salem State 14, St. John Fisher 14, Randolph-Macon 13, Carroll 12, Illinois Wesleyan 8, Millikin 7, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5, North Central (Ill.) 5, Wilmington 5, Worcester Polytech 5, Rochester Tech 2.