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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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Gold Nuggets No. 16, their best preseason rank since '04
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October 24, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana is
No. 16 in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 announced Monday. It's the
Gold Nuggets' highest preseason ranking since the 2004-05 season, when they were 15th.
Xavier, 27-7 this past season and two-time defending
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament champion, returns 13 letterwomen
and three starters. The Nuggets will attempt to reach 20 victories for
the 19th time in 20 seasons and qualify for the NAIA Division I National
Championship for the 16th time in 18 seasons. This past season the Gold
Nuggets reached the second round of nationals for the first time since 2003.
Xavier was 22nd in the 2010-11 preseason. It's the
first time since a four-year streak from 2001-04 that the Nuggets are preseason
top-25 in consecutive years.
Three XU opponents this season — No. 3 Oklahoma City, No. 19
Langston and No. 21 Shorter — also are ranked. Langston will visit the Nuggets
on Nov. 25, and Shorter will visit Dec. 3 and play host to the Nuggets on Jan. 4.
Xavier will play Oklahoma City in Las Vegas on Dec. 20.
The other GCAC team to receive votes was SUNO, which
collected nine points and ranks 34th. Xavier will play host to the Lady Knights
on Jan. 10 and visit SUNO on Feb. 6. Three others which received votes —
Southern Poly, Georgetown (Ky.) and city rival Loyola — also will play
the Nuggets this season.
Defending champion Azusa Pacific received all 12 first-place votes
to end the 48-poll No. 1 streak of Union (Ky.), which lost 65-59 to Azusa
in the national championship game on March 22.
The first regular-season poll will be announced Dec. 5.
Xavier will travel to SEC opponent LSU for a Nov. 2
exhibition, then open the regular season Nov. 4 against Florida Memorial at The Barn.
Both games will tip off at 7 p.m.
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NAIA Division I Women's
Basketball Coaches' Top 25
(first-place votes in parentheses — includes 2010-11 final records)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Azusa Pacific (12) |
33-5 |
312 |
3 |
| 2 |
Union (Tenn.) |
35-2 |
302 |
1 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma City |
27-4 |
290 |
4 |
| 4 |
Shawnee State |
27-10 |
280 |
tie-24 |
| 5 |
Lewis-Clark State |
29-5 |
266 |
10 |
| 6-tie |
Freed-Hardeman |
27-9 |
248 |
7 |
| 6-tie |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
27-7 |
248 |
6 |
| 8 |
Campbellsville |
30-4 |
234 |
2 |
| 9 |
Westminster (Utah) |
28-7 |
222 |
8 |
| 10 |
Vanguard |
18-11 |
221 |
19 |
| 11 |
Southern Nazarene |
27-7 |
220 |
18 |
| 12 |
Olivet Nazarene |
26-6 |
202 |
16 |
| 13 |
Saint Xavier |
24-6 |
179 |
12 |
| 14 |
Lindsey Wilson |
24-9 |
175 |
15 |
| 15 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
25-7 |
174 |
tie-13 |
| 16 |
Xavier |
27-7 |
166 |
20 |
| 17 |
Lubbock Christian |
23-10 |
158 |
22 |
| 18 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
28-6 |
157 |
11 |
| 19 |
Langston |
28-5 |
152 |
tie-13 |
| 20 |
Westmont |
20-10 |
124 |
23 |
| 21 |
Shorter |
24-8 |
110 |
RV |
| 22 |
Evangel |
21-9 |
85 |
tie-24 |
| 23 |
William Woods |
30-5 |
77 |
21 |
| 24 |
Rogers State |
23-10 |
72 |
RV |
| 25 |
Belhaven |
24-9 |
58 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: The Master's 57, Carroll (Mont.) 39, Cumberlands 26,
Southern Poly 22, Robert Morris (Chicago) 18, Avila 15, Point Loma Nazarene 11,
Texas Wesleyan 10; SUNO 9, Loyola 7, Wayland Baptist 5, John Brown 4,
Biola 3, Voorhees 1, Rocky Mountain 1, Benedictine (Kan.) 1, Georgetown (Ky.) 1. |
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