STERLING, Va. -- The UW-Platteville men's basketball team moved up to 16th in this week's d3hoops.com poll.
The 17-4 Pioneers play host to 18-3 UW-Whitewater Wednesday at 7 p.m. The two rivals are tied atop the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with 10-2 records.
The Pioneers are urging all fans to wear their orange for this important conference clash.
Week 11 men's poll
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Amherst (24) | 21-2 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 18-3 | 541 | 4 |
| 3 | Centre | 20-1 | 508 | 5 |
| 4 | Hope | 17-3 | 491 | 6 |
| 5 | Mass-Dartmouth (1) | 20-1 | 483 | 2 |
| 6 | Rochester | 17-3 | 483 | 3 |
| 7 | Washington U. | 16-4 | 474 | 9 |
| 8 | Augustana | 17-4 | 452 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 17-4 | 407 | 11 |
| 10 | Brandeis | 16-4 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | Capital | 18-3 | 401 | 8 |
| 12 | Plattsburgh State | 19-2 | 325 | 14 |
| 13 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 18-3 | 297 | 12 |
| 14 | Wooster | 18-3 | 288 | 15 |
| 15 | Guilford | 16-4 | 282 | 16 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 17-4 | 259 | 17 |
| 17 | St. Thomas | 19-3 | 212 | 19 |
| 18 | Occidental | 19-2 | 209 | 20 |
| 19 | Ursinus | 19-2 | 137 | 21 |
| 20 | Stevens | 19-3 | 125 | 22 |
| 21 | Puget Sound | 16-4 | 115 | 13 |
| 22 | Lawrence | 16-2 | 113 | 23 |
| 23 | Virginia Wesleyan | 17-5 | 100 | 18 |
| 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-6 | 97 | 24 |
| 25 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 20-2 | 70 | — |
Dropped out: No. 25 Elmhurst
Others receiving votes: DePauw 51, Randolph-Macon 42, Millsaps 37, Cal Lutheran 22, Elmhurst 17, Wheaton (Ill.) 17, Middlebury 14, Bowdoin 11, Richard Stockton 7, Chicago 3, Defiance 2, Gustavus Adolphus 2, Trinity (Conn.) 2, Brockport State 1.