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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 16th and Gold Rush 21st in NAIA polls
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December 12, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Back where they were in the preseason.
That summarizes the position of the Xavier University of
Louisiana basketball teams in the third NAIA Division I coaches polls of 2011-12.
The Gold Nuggets (7-3) climbed from 17th to 16th in
the women's poll, and the Gold Rush (6-2) returned to 21st in the men's poll after falling out of
the top 25 a week ago.
The new rankings were announced late Monday afternoon.
The next polls will be conducted Jan. 9.
It's the first time in Dannton Jackson's nine seasons as
head coach that the Gold Rush dropped out of the top 25, then returned in the next poll.
Coach Bo Browder's Gold Nuggets made their 21st consecutive appearance in the
top 25 — their longest streak since appearing in 34 straight top 25s from
Jan. 13, 2003-March 8, 2005.
The XU women, who did not play this past week, will travel
to city rival Loyola at 2 p.m. Saturday. Loyola received 32 poll points
to rank 28th.
The XU men, a 62-45 winner at home this past week
against Mobile, will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a 7 p.m. game Tuesday
against William Carey. The Gold Rush will visit Loyola at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Xavier is the only Gulf Coast Athletic Conference school
in either top 25. Tougaloo's men, tied for 20th a week ago, fell to 26th and missed
the top 25 by three points. Tougaloo's women, who have not received a vote this
season, beat then-No. 23 Belhaven 64-60 at Tougaloo on Saturday to help knock the Blazers out
of the top 25.
Oklahoma City's women are a unanimous No. 1 for the second
straight week. In the men's poll Concordia (Calif.) and Robert Morris (Chicago) are
1-2 after sharing the top spot one week ago.
Oklahoma City will be the Gold Nuggets' opponent at 4 p.m.
PST on Dec. 20 in the Las Vegas Hoopla. It will be the Nuggets' first game against
a top-ranked team since losing 91-53 to Oklahoma City in the opening round of the
NAIA Division I National Championship at Jackson, Tenn., on March 21, 2003.
Xavier is one of 12 schools, three more than a week ago,
with women's and men's teams in the top 25. The other schools are Azusa Pacific,
Campbellsville, Cumberlands, Freed-Hardeman, Georgetown (Ky.), Lindsey Wilson,
Saint Xavier, Shorter, Southern Nazarene, Robert Morris and Rogers State.
The women and men of Azusa Pacific and Cumberlands are in the top 15.
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NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Dec. 11)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Oklahoma City (11) |
7-0 |
281 |
1 |
| 2 |
Union (Tenn.) |
11-1 |
272 |
2 |
| 3 |
Freed-Hardeman |
9-2 |
263 |
4 |
| 4 |
Lewis-Clark State |
9-1 |
252 |
5 |
| 5 |
Westmont |
10-1 |
243 |
6 |
| 6 |
Shawnee State |
10-2 |
233 |
7 |
| 7 |
Langston |
9-0 |
226 |
8 |
| 8 |
Vanguard |
6-1 |
215 |
10 |
| 9 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
9-1 |
207 |
9 |
| 10 |
Saint Xavier |
9-2 |
195 |
13 |
| 11 |
Azusa Pacific |
5-3 |
192 |
3 |
| 12 |
Campbellsville |
9-3 |
188 |
14 |
| 13 |
Olivet Nazarene |
10-2 |
170 |
11 |
| 14 |
Cumberlands |
10-1 |
169 |
15 |
| 15 |
Southern Nazarene |
6-3 |
156 |
16 |
| 16 |
Xavier |
7-3 |
143 |
17 |
| 17 |
Lubbock Christian |
6-3 |
136 |
19 |
| 18 |
Shorter |
9-1 |
128 |
18 |
| 19 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
6-4 |
112 |
12 |
| 20 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
10-3 |
102 |
21 |
| 21 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) |
9-1 |
100 |
22 |
| 22 |
Lindsey Wilson |
8-3 |
89 |
25 |
| 23 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
8-4 |
86 |
20 |
| 24 |
Rocky Mountain |
10-2 |
68 |
24 |
| 25 |
Rogers State |
9-3 |
52 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: William Woods 46, Biola 39, Loyola 32, Avila 22,
Belhaven 19, LSU-Shreveport 12, Lyon 6, Park 5, Westminster (Utah) 4,
Benedictine (Kan.) 3, St. Gregory's 3, Montana Western 1, The Master's 1,
St. Francis (Ill.) 1, St. Catharine 1. |
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NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Dec. 11)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Concordia (Calif.) (8) |
9-0 |
309 |
tie-1 |
| 2 |
Robert Morris (Chicago) (4) |
10-0 |
304 |
tie-1 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
9-0 |
293 |
3 |
| 4 |
Shorter |
11-0 |
282 |
5 |
| 5 |
Rogers State |
8-0 |
265 |
6 |
| 6 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
11-1 |
261 |
4 |
| 7 |
Texas Wesleyan |
6-1 |
258 |
7 |
| 8 |
Martin Methodist |
9-2 |
236 |
8 |
| 9 |
Azusa Pacific |
7-2 |
233 |
10 |
| 10 |
Westminster (Utah) |
10-2 |
215 |
11 |
| 11 |
Mountain State |
9-4 |
212 |
9 |
| 12 |
Cumberlands |
9-2 |
198 |
12 |
| 13 |
Southern Poly |
8-2 |
192 |
18 |
| 14 |
Evangel |
10-3 |
181 |
14 |
| 15 |
Biola |
7-2 |
163 |
15 |
| 16 |
Southern Nazarene |
6-2 |
161 |
13 |
| 17 |
Freed-Hardeman |
9-3 |
155 |
19 |
| 18 |
Lindsey Wilson |
7-3 |
136 |
16 |
| 19 |
Montana State Northern |
12-2 |
130 |
17 |
| 20 |
John Brown |
10-2 |
116 |
tie-20 |
| 21 |
Xavier |
6-2 |
112 |
RV |
| 22 |
Saint Xavier |
8-3 |
101 |
23 |
| 23 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
7-3 |
70 |
24 |
| 24 |
Fresno Pacific |
6-3 |
62 |
25 |
| 25 |
Campbellsville |
8-3 |
61 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Tougaloo 58, Southwestern Assemblies of God 50;,
Columbia (Mo.) 40, Montana Western 31, Cumberland 19, Oklahoma Christian 17,
Shawnee State 14, MidAmerica Nazarene 6, Baker 5, Westmont 5, Great Falls 1,
Lee (Tenn.) 1, Spring Hill 1, Hope International 1, Oklahoma City 1; Voorhees 1,
Pikeville (Ky.) 1. |
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