Pioneer basketball February 10, 2009

Three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams remain ranked in the top five in the D3hoops.com poll, but those rankings may soon be shook up.

UW-Platteville, ranked fourth, travels to fifth-ranked UW-Whitewater Wednesday at 7 p.m. On Saturday, third-ranked UW-Stevens Point visits Whitewater. The Pioneers close the regular season at Stevens Point on Feb. 21.

The Pointers beat the other two ranked teams, with both games going into overtime, in the first meeting, and UWP defeated UW-Whitewater 86-78 Jan. 21.

Undefeated St. Thomas and defending national champion Wash U. continue to hold down the top two spots in the poll.

Week 10 men's poll

# Team W-L Pts. Last Week
1 St. Thomas (17) 21-0 617 1
2 Washington U. (8) 19-1 608 2
3 UW-Stevens Point 19-2 571 3
4 UW-Platteville 19-2 547 4
5 UW-Whitewater 18-3 501 5
6 Puget Sound 19-2 488 6
7 Buena Vista 20-2 454 7
8 Ithaca 20-1 431 9
9 Richard Stockton 21-2 396 10
10 Wheaton (Ill.) 18-3 392 14
11 Trinity (Texas) 19-2 378 12
12 Elms 18-1 352 13
13 Middlebury 20-2 324 16
14 Capital 18-3 290 8
15 Mass-Dartmouth 19-2 282 17
16 Franklin and Marshall 19-2 221 21
17 Elmhurst 16-5 189 15
18 John Carroll 16-4 139 24
19 St. Norbert 17-3 127 11
20 Augustana 16-6 119 18
21 Carnegie Mellon 16-4 108 23
22 DePauw 17-5 84 25
23 Centre 17-4 82
24 Guilford 17-4 79
25 Rhode Island College 16-4 75

Dropped out: No. 19 Texas-Dallas, 20 Amherst, No. 22 Worcester Polytech.

Others receiving votes: Amherst 72, Texas-Dallas 65, Transylvania 31, William Paterson 28, Whitworth 26, Chapman 21, Rochester Tech 8, Worcester Polytech 6, DeSales 4, St. Lawrence 4, McDaniel 2, Randolph-Macon 2, Roanoke 1, Salem State 1.