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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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It's a pair of 11's for Xavier teams in NAIA top-25 rankings
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February 5, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Both Xavier University of Louisiana
basketball teams were 11th in the NAIA Division I Coaches' Top 25 polls
announced Tuesday afternoon.
Since the start of 2000-01 season — that's the
extent of the poll data in XU's sports information archives — it's the
first time that both the Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets were 11th or higher in the
same week. It's also the first time during that period that both XU teams
possessed the same ranking in a particular week.
There's something else the Rush and Nuggets share:
continued appearances in the top 25. For the XU men, it's their 19th consecutive
appearance and their 32nd in the last 33 polls. The XU women's staying power is
even stronger — this is their
39th consecutive top-25 appearance, a streak which began in the final week
of January 2010.
Xavier is one of three schools with both basketball
teams among the NAIA's top 11. The others are Lee (men No. 2, women No. 7) and
Westmont (men No. 6, women No. 8). Six other schools — Westminster (Utah),
Bethel (Tenn.), Faulkner, Rogers State, MidAmerica Nazarene and
Georgetown (Ky.) — have both teams in the top 25.
The Gold Nuggets made the biggest upward move, three
places, in this week's women's poll. The ranking is their highest in four
weeks and the same as their preseason position. The XU men moved up two
places to equal their highest ranking of the season; they've improved eight
spots since the preseason poll.
Unbeaten Columbia (Mo.) is the top-ranked men's team
for the fourth consecutive week. The women of Freed-Hardeman and Oklahoma City
share No. 1 and replaced Lubbock Christian, which fell to fourth after its
second loss to Oklahoma City this season.
Both XU teams concluded brief home stands Monday.
Both will be on the road for the next four games before playing their home
finales Feb. 23 against Dillard in the Crosstown Classic at XU's new
Convocation Center.
The Gold Rush are 21-4 overall and 8-1 in the Gulf
Coast Athletic Conference to lead the league by two games. The Gold Nuggets
are 19-4 and 7-2 and share second place in the GCAC with Talladega. They
trail SUNO by one game.
Xavier's next opponent will be Philander Smith on
Saturday in Little Rock, Ark. The Gold Rush will play the 24th-ranked
Panthers at noon, and the Gold Nuggets will play the Lady Panthers at 2 p.m.
The Nuggets are closing in on a 12th consecutive 20-victory season and their
20th in 21 seasons.
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NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Feb. 3)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1-tie |
Freed-Hardeman (6) |
21-1 |
276 |
2 |
| 1-tie |
Oklahoma City (5) |
18-2 |
276 |
3 |
| 3 |
Vanguard |
16-1 |
261 |
4 |
| 4 |
Lubbock Christian |
21-2 |
258 |
1 |
| 5 |
Westminster (Utah) |
21-2 |
245 |
5 |
| 6 |
Cumberland |
22-1 |
236 |
6 |
| 7 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
19-2 |
225 |
7 |
| 8 |
Westmont |
17-3 |
220 |
8 |
| 9 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
21-2 |
205 |
10 |
| 10 |
The Master's |
20-2 |
204 |
9 |
| 11 |
Xavier |
18-4 |
185 |
14 |
| 12 |
Campbellsville |
18-5 |
184 |
11 |
| 13 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
16-7 |
171 |
12 |
| 14 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
21-3 |
165 |
15 |
| 15 |
Rogers State |
17-6 |
156 |
16 |
| 16 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
17-6 |
144 |
13 |
| 17 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
18-5 |
130 |
18 |
| 18 |
Faulkner |
21-4 |
128 |
19 |
| 19 |
Our Lady of the Lake |
21-1 |
125 |
21 |
| 20 |
Lyon |
20-3 |
108 |
20 |
| 21 |
Shawnee State |
18-6 |
106 |
22 |
| 22 |
Wiley |
18-3 |
84 |
17 |
| 23 |
William Woods |
17-3 |
81 |
23 |
| 24 |
Auburn Montgomery |
18-5 |
75 |
24 |
| 25 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
15-6 |
69 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: LSU-Shreveport 60, Southern Poly 43, St. Catharine 34,
Robert Morris (Chicago) 17, Baker 13, SUNO 12, Coastal Georgia 5,
Central Methodist 4, Lindsey Wilson 3. |
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NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Feb. 3)
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Columbia (Mo.) (11) |
24-0 |
281 |
1 |
| 2 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
21-1 |
272 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lindsey Wilson |
21-2 |
261 |
4 |
| 4 |
John Brown |
20-4 |
250 |
6 |
| 5 |
Lewis-Clark State |
21-3 |
239 |
3 |
| 6 |
Westmont |
19-4 |
237 |
5 |
| 7 |
Pikeville |
19-3 |
230 |
7 |
| 8 |
Cal State San Marcos |
19-4 |
220 |
8 |
| 9 |
Emmanuel (Ga.) |
22-2 |
201 |
10 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
19-5 |
195 |
9 |
| 11 |
Xavier |
20-4 |
179 |
13 |
| 12 |
Westminster (Utah) |
20-4 |
178 |
19 |
| 13 |
Southwestern Assemblies of God |
20-3 |
176 |
14 |
| 14 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
21-3 |
165 |
11 |
| 15 |
Hope International |
21-3 |
149 |
12 |
| 16 |
Faulkner |
21-3 |
142 |
16 |
| 17 |
Evangel |
17-5 |
133 |
21 |
| 18 |
Montana State Northern |
19-5 |
131 |
15 |
| 19 |
William Carey |
18-4 |
129 |
18 |
| 20 |
Rogers State |
17-6 |
122 |
20 |
| 21 |
LSU-Shreveport |
16-4 |
81 |
24 |
| 22-tie |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
17-7 |
78 |
17 |
| 22-tie |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
17-5 |
78 |
RV |
| 24 |
Philander Smith |
16-6 |
76 |
23 |
| 25 |
Mid-America Christian |
12-7 |
61 |
RV |
Others receiving votes: Culver-Stockton 60, Arizona Christian 34, Martin Methodist
26, Shawnee State 26, SUNO 22, Montana Western 19, St. Thomas (Texas) 12,
Vanguard 4, Cumberlands 3, Texas College 3. |
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The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).
Xavier fields men's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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