D3hoops Release

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball team opens the 2022-23 season ranked No. 21 nationally according to D3hoops.com's Preseason Top-25 announced by the organization Wednesday, Oct. 26. The Titans, who finished 24-6 a season ago, received 128 points in the poll.

IWU is one of three College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin schools in the preseason top-25, as Elmhurst and Wheaton check in at 23rd and 24th, respectively. North Central is one of several teams receiving votes. The preseason poll marked Illinois Wesleyan's 186th all-time appearance in the D3hoops.com Top-25, good for eighth-most in the poll's history. The Titans have also been ranked more than any other CCIW institution, as Augustana now ranks ninth with 185 all-time appearances.

Defending national champion, Randolph-Macon, topped the poll with 593 points and 17 first-place votes. Mary Hardin-Baylor was slotted second with four first-place nods and 559 points. UW-Oshkosh (556) and Christopher Newport (551) garnered two first-place votes each round out the top four at third and fourth, respectively.

Illinois Wesleyan, which returns one starter from last season's Elite Eight team, is slated to play No. 3 UW-Oshkosh, No. 13 St. Joseph (Conn.), No. 16 WashU, No. 23 Elmhurst, No. 24 Wheaton as well as Yeshiva and North Central who are receiving votes.

The Green and White kick off the 2022-23 season as host of the second annual Jack Sikma Hall of Fame Classic Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 12-13. The Titans will take on Yeshiva University Saturday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m.
 

D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2022-23 preseason

Entering the 2022-23 season:

• Top 25 archive

#	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Pts.
1	Randolph-Macon (17)	33-1	593
2	Mary Hardin-Baylor (4)	28-3	559
3	UW-Oshkosh (2)	23-4	556
4	Christopher Newport (2)	27-3	551
5	Oswego State	27-3	478
6	Williams	19-5	423
7	Mount Union	23-5	383
8	WPI	27-3	363
9	Stockton	26-5	293
10	Johns Hopkins	23-4	284
11	Rochester	18-9	275
12	Pomona-Pitzer	22-5	274
13	St. Joseph (Conn.)	26-2	272
14	Middlebury	18-6	261
15	UW-La Crosse	21-7	253
16	Washington U.	19-8	229
17	Marietta	29-3	203
18	Trinity (Texas)	23-6	194
19	Case Western Reserve	20-7	155
20	RPI	23-6	147
21	Illinois Wesleyan	24-6	128
22	Wesleyan	25-4	121
23	Elmhurst	27-7	120
24	Wheaton (Ill.)	22-7	106
25	St. John's	23-5	104

Others receiving votes: Wabash 84; Emory 78; Swarthmore 68; Hope 51; St. Thomas (Texas) 49; Whitworth 47; Rowan 43; Wooster 43; Keene State 38; Heidelberg 38; UW-Platteville 37; Babson 25; Dubuque 23; Calvin 19; Yeshiva 18; John Carroll 16; Nichols 15; Hampden-Sydney 12; Mass.-Dartmouth 11; North Central (Ill.) 11; Hardin-Simmons 10; Roanoke 10; Ohio Wesleyan 8; Berry 6; Brockport 5; Maryville (Tenn.) 5; Emerson 5; Ithaca 4; Nazareth 4; Pacific Lutheran 4; Stevens 3; UW-Whitewater 3; LeTourneau 3; Penn State-Harrisburg 2; Hanover 1; St. John Fisher 1.

The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.