MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – With one starter graduating and another returning from a season lost to injury, 2008 Division III national champion Washington University is the overwhelming choice as the No. 1 team in the preseason men's basketball D3hoops.com Top 25.
The full poll:
No. Team (1st Place Votes)
1. Washington U. (23)
2. Augustana
3. Wheaton (Ill.)
4. UW-Whitewater (1)
5. St. Thomas
6. UW-Stevens Point
7. UW-Platteville
8. Buena Vista
9. Brandeis
10. Mary Hardin-Baylor
11. Gettysburg
12. Ursinus
13. Centre
14. Randolph-Macon
15. Amherst
16. Rhode Island College
17. Elmhurst
18. Illinois Wesleyan
19. Lawrence
20. Hope
21. Wooster
22. Chicago
23. Widener
24. Virginia Wesleyan
25. Elms
Others receiving votes: Maryville (Tenn.) 84, Millsaps 83, Capital 76, St. Mary's (Md.) 71, Loras 70, Puget Sound 69, Middlebury 56, Coast Guard 41, Whitworth 40, Calvin 36, Mass-Dartmouth 33, Richard Stockton 32, Guilford 27, Bethel 26, Averett 23, Bowdoin 18, Cortland State 14, Defiance 12, Transylvania 10, Wittenberg 9, Albion 8, Plattsburgh State 8, William Paterson 8, Scranton 6, Carleton 3, Brockport State 1, Franklin 1, Geneseo State 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.
