EOU Men's Basketball Team Still Ranked 23rd in latest NAIA Poll

 

12.07.06

 

The Eastern Oregon University Men's Basketball Team has been ranked #23 in

the nation by the NAIA.  The Mounties were also ranked 23rd in the NAIA

preseason poll which came out November 1st.  Eastern began it's season by

breaking the school record for most consecutive wins to start a season with 7. 

Since then the Mounties dropped two close games to Willamette then

Albertson before beating Whitman College to bring their record to 8-2.

 

The national poll has a strong Cascade Conference flavor as three other

members are ranked 13 or higher in the country.  Albertson has the 13th spot

while Warner Pacific has rocketed to the 7th spot on the strength of their 8-0

record.  Oregon Tech is the #2 ranked team in the nation at 11-0.

 

1

Huntington (Ind.)

2

Oregon Tech

3

MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)

4

Sioux Falls (S.D.)

5

Bellevue (Neb.)

6

Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

7

Warner Pacific (Ore.)

8

Point Park (Pa.)

9

Cedarville (Ohio)

10

Dordt (Iowa)

11

Indiana Wesleyan

11

Benedictine (Kan.)

13

Albertson (Idaho)

14

St. Francis (Ind.)

15

Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)

16

Mayville State (N.D.)

17

Walsh (Ohio)

18

Kansas Wesleyan

19

Evangel (Mo.)

20

Jamestown (N.D.)

21

Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)

22

Tennessee Wesleyan

23

Eastern Oregon

23

Morningside (Iowa)

25

Cornerstone (Mich.)

 

 

Contact Information for Athletics

 

Athletics Office, Quinn 126

One University Boulevard

La Grande, OR 97850-2899

Phone: 541-962-3364

email: athletic @eou.edu

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