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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Make plans to attend the Xavier-Dillard Crosstown Classic presented by Siemens
on Saturday, March 1 at New Orleans Arena — women's game at 5 p.m., men's game at 7 p.m. Call (504)
520-7329 to buy tickets.
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No. 8 Xavier men host No. 3 LSUS on Thursday
February 13, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — The longest winning streak of the season has produced the
highest ranking of the season.
The Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball team is No. 8 — five
spots higher than this past week — in the NAIA Division I coaches poll announced
Wednesday.
Xavier (20-4) also will carry a seven-game win streak into Thursday night's
7:30 game at The Barn against LSU-Shreveport, which is 22-1, ranked third in the
poll and the leader in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference by a game over Xavier and
Mobile. LSUS is 11-1 in the conference, and Xavier and Mobile are 10-2. A Xavier
victory and a Mobile win Thursday at Loyola would create a three-way tie with five
GCAC games remaining for each team.
The Gold Rush is responsible for the Pilots' only loss of the season. Game two
of Xavier's current streak was a 75-72 overtime victory at LSUS on Jan. 23.
Kelechi Okoroha's free throw with 20 seconds remaining put Xavier ahead to stay,
then teammate Mark Stewart made two free throws with 4.4 seconds remaining. But
the Rush could not exhale until Josh Porter missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Porter, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, leads the GCAC and ranks fourth in NAIA Division
I with a 21.9 scoring average. Porter has made a remarkable recovery after breaking
the C5 vertebrae in his neck in the seventh game of the 2006-07 season. He has
averaged 25.6 points in five games since Xavier limited him to seven points on
3-of-13 shooting in January.
LSUS, which climbed one place in this week's poll, has three other double-figure
scorers, including center Jamon Morris, who averages 14.8 points and a GCAC-best
10.7 rebounds. Jared Stevenson leads the conference with 5.3 assists per game.
Stewart, whose 281 3-pointers rank fifth in the history of Louisiana men's college
basketball, leads the Rush with 14.3 points per game. Alfred Williams averages
11.8 points and a team-best seven rebounds. Williams scored a career-high 23 points
at LSUS and averaged 15.8 points and 9.5 rebounds the past six games.
Mountain State of Beckley, W.Va., is No. 1 in the poll for the eighth consecutive
ranking. Poll votes were collected on Monday, one day before the Cougars suffered
their first loss of the season, 71-70 at unranked Lindsey Wilson.
The next coaches poll will be announced Feb. 20.
Xavier remained No. 24 in the women's Division I coaches poll and will play LSUS
(10-11, 6-6) at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at The Barn. The Gold Nuggets (19-5, 9-3) need
one victory to reach 20 for the seventh consecutive season.
2007-08 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Poll — Feb. 13
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RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
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1 |
1 |
Mountain State University (W.Va.) |
11 |
24-0 |
330 |
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2 |
2 |
Georgetown College (Ky.) |
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25-0 |
319 |
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3 |
4 |
Louisiana State University-Shreveport |
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22-1 |
306 |
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4 |
3 |
Lee University (Tenn.) |
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21-1 |
288 |
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5 |
5 |
Concordia University (Calif.) |
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19-3 |
281 |
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6 |
6 |
Robert Morris College (Ill.) |
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20-2 |
271 |
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7 |
8 |
Lambuth University (Tenn.) |
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20-3 |
270 |
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8 |
13 |
Xavier University (La.) |
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20-4 |
245 |
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9 |
16 |
California Baptist University |
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18-3 |
238 |
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10 |
7 |
Oklahoma City University |
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16-7 |
230 |
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11 |
17 |
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) |
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17-6 |
215 |
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12 |
18 |
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) |
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20-4 |
199 |
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13 |
19 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) |
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16-6 |
196 |
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14 |
12 |
McKendree University (Ill.) |
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19-6 |
181 |
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15 |
9 |
Westminster College (Utah) |
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16-4 |
168 |
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16 |
10 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) |
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18-5 |
164 |
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17 |
15 |
Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) |
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18-5 |
134 |
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18 |
14 |
Wayland Baptist University (Texas) |
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15-8 |
128 |
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19 |
22 |
Texas Wesleyan University |
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16-8 |
125 |
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20 |
23 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) |
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15-6 |
123 |
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21 |
21 |
Saint Xavier University (Ill.) |
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20-5 |
99 |
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22 |
RV |
University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) |
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14-10 |
96 |
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23 |
25 |
Columbia College (Mo.) |
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20-6 |
75 |
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24 |
20 |
Oklahoma Baptist University |
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17-6 |
71 |
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25 |
RV |
University of Mobile (Ala.) |
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15-7 |
58 |
Others receiving votes:
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 49; Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) 48; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 26;
Pikeville College (Ky.) 23; Cumberland University (Tenn.) 20; Texas College 20; University of Illinois at
Springfield 18; Shorter College (Ga.) 16; Vanguard University (Calif.) 15; Campbellsville University (Ky.) 9;
Jarvis Christian College (Texas) 9; Voorhees College (S.C.) 9; Union University (Tenn.) 8; Freed
Hardeman University (Tenn.) 7; Rogers State University (Okla.) 7; Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) 6;
Faulkner University (Ala.) 6; Wiley College (Texas) 4; Carroll College (Mont.) 3; Berry College (Ga.) 2
* Record through games played Feb. 10
Gold Rush in the 2007-08 NAIA Division I coaches poll
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| Week |
Ranking |
Points |
October 31 (preseason)
| 10th
| 225
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December 5
| 11th
| 224
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December 12
| 11th
| 218
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January 9
| 11th
| 213
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January 16
| 16th
| 171
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January 23
| 18th
| 138
| January 30
| 14th
| 185
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February 6
| 13th
| 205
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February 13
| 8th
| 245
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