For the first time in nearly three years, but the 21st time overall, UW-Stevens Point is the No. 1 team in the D3hoops.com men's basketball Top 25. And for the 11th time, it was a unanimous selection.
The Pointers, who won the 2004 and 2005 national championship, were also No. 1 for a seven-week stretch in the 2006-07 season before losing in the Sweet 16 to Washington University. The full D3hoops.com Top 25.
&&g-boxr&&The Pointers move up from the No. 2 spot. Former No. 1 Randolph-Macon falls to third overall, behind fellow ODAC member Guilford. Eastern Mennonite, which knocked Randolph-Macon from the top spot, joins the other two ODAC teams in the top 10, at No. 7.
Illinois Wesleyan remains No. 1 in the D3hoops.com women's basketball Top 25, with 20 first-place votes. Amherst received four votes again, with the other going to Kean.