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Averett Men's Basketball Ranked 20th In Current D3Hoops.com Top-25 Poll

December 5, 2006 - The Cougars enter the poll after defeating defending national champion and top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan. Christopher Newport is currently receiving votes in the poll. The Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and writers from around the country and is published weekly at http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/. This week's Top 25 follows:

#	Team	W-L	Pts.	Last Week
1	Wooster (21)	5-0	620	2
2	Amherst (4)	5-0	581	3
3	Ohio Northern	5-0	560	4
4	Virginia Wesleyan	4-1	521	1
5	St. Thomas	5-0	518	7
6	Wittenberg	5-0	506	6
7	UW-Stevens Point	5-0	481	9
8	Whitworth	9-0	353	18
9	Lawrence	4-1	341	17
10	Lincoln	5-1	253	11
11	Augustana	5-1	243	15
12	William Paterson	5-1	237	16
13	Mississippi College	4-1	230	20
14	UW-Oshkosh	2-1	218	19
15	UW-Platteville	5-0	211	—
16	Randolph-Macon	4-1	198	12
17	Bates	7-0	187	21
18	Johns Hopkins	7-0	153	23
19	North Central	3-1	151	14
20	Averett	5-0	141	—
21	Puget Sound	5-1	128	22
22	Hope	2-2	116	5
23	Aurora	4-0	108	—
24	Wheaton (Ill.)	4-2	104	—
25	UW-Whitewater	3-2	105	8

Dropped out: No. 10 Calvin, No. 13 Baldwin-Wallace, No. 24 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 25 Occidental.

Others receiving votes: DePauw 86, Baldwin-Wallace 70, UW-La Crosse 66, Calvin 64, Christopher Newport 59, Carthage 52, Gordon 50, Hampden-Sydney 49, Ohio Wesleyan 47, Occidental 40, Chicago 37, Rochester 37, New York University 32, Brandeis 29, Washington U. 29, Carroll 17, Illinois Wesleyan 17, Tufts 13, Hamilton 12, Utica 12, Maryville (Tenn.) 11, Worcester Polytech 11, Rhode Island College 7, Keene State 5, Catholic 4, Coe 1, Manchester 1, Salem State 1.