CIS Top 10

CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY

CIS champions Carleton top first hoops rankings

Nov. 3, 2009 OTTAWA (CIS) - The reigning national champion Carleton Ravens top the inaugural CIS men's basketball rankings of the 2009-2010 campaign. The Ravens, recipients of six of the past seven W.P. McGee trophies, top the first rankings for the fourth consecutive year and have also been voted No. 1 in 28 of 29 coaches polls since the start of 2007-08. Carleton led all 14 rankings two years ago and was 13-of-14 last season, dropping to No. 2 behind the UBC Thunderbirds - who they would beat in the national final - for one week (third poll). The Ravens, who received 37 of 41 first-place votes in the opening poll, were once again solid this pre-season going 7-2 overall, including a 6-0 mark against CIS rivals and tournament titles at their own House-Laughton Classic and at UVic's Guy Vetrie Tournament.

Carleton kicks off conference play this weekend with road games against Guelph on Friday and Brock on Saturday. No. 2-UBC (1-0) and the No. 4-McMaster Marauders (0-0) split the remaining four first-place nods. The T-Birds dominated Trinity Western 71-44 in their Canada West opener. The No. 3 seed went to the Calgary Dinos, who kicked off the regular schedule with a convincing weekend sweep of Winnipeg, 94-56 and 96-55. Rounding out the first men's basketball Top 10 are No. 5-Dalhousie (0-0), No. 6-Toronto (0-0), No. 7-Cape Breton (0-0), No. 8-Windsor (0-0), No. 9-Saskatchewan (0-0) and No. 10-Wilfrid Laurier (0-0).

MEN'S BASKETBALL (regular season record) / (votes - first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Carleton (0-0) / 496 points (37) / (-)
2. UBC (1-0) / 450 (2) / (-)
3. Calgary (2-0) / 416 / (-)
4. McMaster (0-0) / 380 (2) / (-)
5. Dalhousie (0-0) / 316 / (-)
6. Toronto (0-0) / 276 / (-)
7. Cape Breton (0-0) / 228 / (-)
8. Windsor (0-0) / 177 / (-)
9. Saskatchewan (0-0) / 169 / (-)
10. Wilfrid Laurier (0-0) / 88 / (-)

Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (70), Queen's (60), StFX (38), Concordia (19), Simon Fraser (17).

its too bad carleton didnt win the year they went 22-0 in conference play~

York, number 42 in the country, second last behind Memorial!