Two-time defending national champion Wash U got all 25 No. 1 votes in the D3hoops.com preseason men's basketball Top 25.
After that, however, there was no consensus.
At No. 2, but nearly 100 points behind Wash U, is John Carroll, which returns its top 11 scorers from last season's Sweet 16 team that finished 25-5. The Blue Streaks are just nine points ahead of Guilford, which won at John Carroll last March and loses two starters, one of whom essentially was a ceremonial starter.
&&g-boxl&&It's just another 17 points down until you find St. Thomas at No. 4, having lost two starters, including its top defender, not to mention its home floor from last year's 30-1 team. The Tommies will spend this season playing at Concordia-St. Paul, a Division II school about two and a half miles away. National runner-up Richard Stockton is just two points behind St. Thomas at No. 5, followed by Franklin and Marshall at No. 6, the last of five teams clumped within 37 points.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is entering its 11th season. It's the only men's basketball Top 25 voted on throughout the season. 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.
The D3hoops.com women's basketball preseason Top 25 will be released later this week.