FREDERICK, MD. – The men's basketball squad ties their highest ever ranking in D3Hoops Top 25 landing at No. 21 after their 6-0 start and a quiet break for Blazers Basketball.
 
The season started with with another dominant slate scoring 96 points per game and finding the bucket at a 52 percent rate with both marks inside the Top 15 in the country.
 
The Blazers have no easy schedule, heading to Johns Hopkins on Tuesday, Dec. 2 before hosting a Shenandoah University squad on Dec. 11 that broke their winning streak in the previous year scoring almost triple digits against the Blue & Grey.
 

#	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	Trinity (Conn.) (24)	5-0	624	1
2	Randolph-Macon	4-0	579	2
3	UW-La Crosse	6-0	570	3
4	Washington U.	6-0	536	5
5	Redlands (1)	5-0	531	4
6	Mary Washington	6-0	478	7
7	Chicago	5-1	418	8
8	Hampden-Sydney	4-1	401	10
9	Emory	3-1	390	9
10	Illinois Wesleyan	5-1	375	6
11	Calvin	4-1	327	12
12	Montclair State	5-0	266	14
13	Virginia Wesleyan	5-1	263	15
14	Roanoke	4-1	231	13
15	Trinity (Texas)	6-1	219	16
16	Mount Union	7-0	216	18
17	UW-Oshkosh	5-1	192	17
18	Catholic	5-1	162	21
19	TCNJ	5-1	149	20
20	Drew	6-0	144	23
21	Hood	6-0	141	24
22	WPI	5-1	139	19
23	Wesleyan	3-2	113	11
24	Tufts	5-2	106	22
25	Whitworth	4-0	86	25

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: St. Thomas (Texas) 85; Maryville (Tenn.) 52; UW-Eau Claire 48; New York U. 38; Christopher Newport 35; Carthage 35; Babson 28; York (Pa.) 21; UW-Platteville 20; Western New England 19; Endicott 16; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14; Williams 12; John Carroll 11; Elmhurst 9; Muskingum 7; Colby 4; Bates 3; Franklin & Marshall 3; North Park 3; Johns Hopkins 2; UW-Stevens Point 2; Dubuque 1; Vassar 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.