{"id":5328,"date":"2010-12-08T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2011-02-08T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T20:13:35","slug":"national-upheaval-drops-runnin-royals-to-no-8-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/national-upheaval-drops-runnin-royals-to-no-8-in-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Upheaval Drops Runnin Royals To No. 8 in Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:160px;float: right;padding: .5em\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/images\/news\/mbb\/1011\/dj_hinson1.jpg\" alt=\"D.J. Hinson and his teammates slipped to No. 8 in the national poll after losing to Randolph-Macon.\" \/><br \/>\nD.J. Hinson and his teammates slipped to No. 8 in the national poll after losing to Randolph-Macon.<\/div>\n<p>With the top three teams in the country all losing Saturday night, something had to give in this week&#8217;s national poll. It turns out that a lot gave, as nobody in the top 13 kept the same ranking and six different teams received first-place votes. <a href=\"\/athletics\/basketball-m\/\">Eastern Mennonite<\/a>, which lost to then-No. 7 Randolph-Macon on Saturday, was not one of the six and slipped from No. 3 to No. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/news\/?id=2757\">convincing win over Hampden-Sydney last Wednesday<\/a>, the Runnin Royals dropped five spots in this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d3hoops.com\/top25\/men\/2010-11\/week2\">D3hoops.com national poll<\/a> following their 73-68 loss to the Yellow Jackets.<\/p>\n<p>R-MC, surprisingly, also fell five spots to No. 12, mostly because of a two-point loss to Virginia Wesleyan. The Marlins, which had been No. 9, grabbed three first-place votes and vaulted to No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Wooster is the new No. 1, taking 12 of the 25 first-place votes and moving up from No. 4. Williams was No. 5 last week and moved up to No. 2. Defending national champion Wiconsin-Stevens Point suffered its first loss and fell to No. 4. Illinois Wesleyan, which had been receiving top votes, lost to unranked Chicago and plummeted from No. 2 to No. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Middlebury rounds out the top five. St. Norbert is sixth, followed by Whitworth, EMU and St. Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>After the crazy week, the only teams in the top 25 to maintain their ranking were No. 14 St. Mary&#8217;s (Md.) and No. 15 Franklin &amp; Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>The Runnin Royals have a few days to lick their wounds from Saturday&#8217;s loss before heading to Bridgewater for the Don Glick Classic. EMU plays Averett this Saturday at 6:00pm and then takes on Bluefield Sunday at 2:00pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.d3hoops.com\/top25\/men\/2010-11\/week2\">See the entire Top 25 poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D.J. Hinson and his teammates slipped to No. 8 in the national poll after losing to Randolph-Macon. 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