Averett Men's Basketball Ranked 15th In Current D3Hoops.com Top-25 Poll

December 12, 2006 - One week after entering the poll at number 20, the Cougars rose five spots this week and are currently ranked 15th. Averett, which owns a 7-0 record, is off to the best start in its program's history. Christopher Newport is currently receiving votes in the poll and is one spot from entering the Top-25. The poll 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 (22) 7-0 622 1 2 Amherst (3) 7-0 590 2 3 Virginia Wesleyan 6-1 548 4 4 St. Thomas 6-0 541 5 5 UW-Stevens Point 8-0 537 7 6 Wittenberg 6-1 471 6 7 Ohio Northern 6-1 431 3 8 Whitworth 10-0 420 8 9 Lawrence 4-1 355 9 10 Augustana 6-1 320 11 11 William Paterson 7-1 317 12 12 Mississippi College 4-1 303 13 13 UW-Platteville 6-1 264 15 14 Johns Hopkins 9-0 259 18 15 Averett 7-0 243 20 16 Bates 8-0 205 17 17 Puget Sound 6-1 198 21 18 Lincoln 5-2 178 10 19 Aurora 6-0 154 23 20 Wheaton (Ill.) 5-2 143 24 21 UW-La Crosse 6-2 123 — 22 Hope 4-2 100 22 23 Chicago 6-1 89 — 24 DePauw 6-1 82 — 25 Carthage 5-1 69 — Dropped out: No. 14 UW-Oshkosh, No. 16 Randolph-Macon, No. 19 North Central, No. 25 UW-Whitewater. Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport 68, North Central 63, UW-Oshkosh 63, New York University 59, Brandeis 54, Baldwin-Wallace 53, Washington U. 38, Occidental 28, Worcester Polytech 20, Calvin 19, Gordon 13, Rochester 13, Tufts 12, Utica 12, UW-Whitewater 10, Ramapo 9, Rhode Island College 9, John Carroll 5, Ohio Wesleyan 4, Salem State 4, Guilford 3, Keene State 3, Bluffton 1.