The University of Wisconsin-Platteville finished its spectacular season ranked sixth in the country, according to the D3hoops.com poll.
The Pioneers were 23-6 during the season and advanced to the NCAA III playoffs for the first time since 1999. UWP beat Hope (Mich.) 83-59 in the first round before falling 74-69 in overtime at Wheaton, who finished second in the poll.
UW-Platteville loses four talented seniors in Charlie Lohoff, Bo Richter, Jeff Skemp and Kyle Tetschlag but returns double-figure scorers in guards Curt Hanson (13.9 ppg) and Mike Shaw (13.4 ppg) as well as swingman Nick Allen, who started 28 games, and forward Eric Wall, who played in all 29 contests.
Final men's poll
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 29-2 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 26-4 | 580 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 30-1 | 563 | 1 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 24-5 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | Richard Stockton | 30-3 | 507 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Platteville | 24-6 | 480 | 5 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 23-6 | 475 | 8 |
| 8 | Guilford | 26-6 | 468 | 23 |
| 9 | Puget Sound | 25-4 | 407 | 7 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 25-5 | 360 | 10 |
| 11 | Franklin and Marshall | 25-7 | 353 | — |
| 12 | Texas-Dallas | 26-5 | 350 | 22 |
| 13 | Capital | 26-5 | 296 | 13 |
| 14 | Elmhurst | 20-8 | 238 | 19 |
| 15 | DeSales | 25-6 | 216 | — |
| 16 | Middlebury | 24-4 | 211 | 9 |
| 17 | Ithaca | 24-3 | 200 | 12 |
| 18 | Lawrence | 19-7 | 190 | 20 |
| 19 | Mass-Dartmouth | 27-4 | 156 | 16 |
| 20 | Buena Vista | 23-3 | 119 | 14 |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 23-5 | 102 | 17 |
| 22 | Elms | 26-2 | 95 | 11 |
| 23 | Farmingdale State | 27-4 | 93 | — |
| 24 | Whitworth | 24-6 | 91 | 21 |
| 25 | Salem State | 22-7 | 74 | — |
Dropped out: No. 15 Centre, 18 Rhode Island College, No. 24 Transylvania, No. 25 Amherst
Others receiving votes: Centre 70, Transylvania 56, Carnegie Mellon 52, Rhode Island College 31, St. Lawrence 22, Bridgewater State 21, Averett 18, Wooster 15, Augustana 10, Worcester Polytech 8, Brandeis 7, Randolph-Macon 6, Widener 6, Chapman 4, Gwynedd-Mercy 4, MIT 4, Hope 3, Amherst 1.