{"id":6084,"date":"2011-03-02T08:29:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T13:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=6084"},"modified":"2011-03-18T09:20:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:20:19","slug":"mens-basketball-squad-finishes-season-22-5-no-15-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2011\/mens-basketball-squad-finishes-season-22-5-no-15-in-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball Squad Finishes Season 22-5, No. 15 in Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though they missed a bid to the NCAA D-III National Tournament, the  <a href=\"\/athletics\/basketball-m\/\">Runnin Royals<\/a> can still see the fruits of their great year. The Eastern  Mennonite men, 22-5 after a season-ending loss in the ODAC Semifinals,  came in at No. 15 this week in the D3hoops.com national poll. A final  poll will be released following the close of the national tourney in  three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals slid four spots this week after Randolph-Macon beat them  90-79 in the conference semifinals. The Yellow Jackets went on to win  the ODAC Championship and moved up to No. 6 in the national poll.  Despite also losing in the semifinals, Virginia Wesleyan held at No. 10.  The Marlins and R-MC received the only two national bids from the ODAC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width:160px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/images\/news\/mbb\/1011\/orie_pancione1.jpg\" alt=\"Orie Pancionce helped the EMU men to a 22-5 record and the No. 15 ranking at the completion of the regular season.\" \/><br \/>Orie Pancionce helped the EMU men to a 22-5 record and the No. 15 ranking at the completion of the regular season.\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the D3hoops.com poll has no official bearing on the selection  of at-large teams, EMU is the highest ranked team to miss the National  Tournament. The NCAA relies on factors such as in-region record,  strength of schedule, etc., whereas the poll is a nationwide vote of  coaches, sports information directors and media members.<\/p>\n<p>Whitworth regained the poll&#8217;s top spot after Williams (now No. 4) lost  to Middlebury (now No. 2). 2010 national champ UW-Stevens Point moved up  to No. 3 with Wooster rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>R-MC is followed by Augustana, St. Thomas and Amherst.<\/p>\n<p>The Runnin Royals finish the 2010-11 campaign with their second-best  record ever at 22-5. The men went 25-5 last year. Eastern Mennonite also  finished 12-4 and in third place in the always tough Old Dominion  Athletic Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.d3hoops.com\/top25\/men\/2010-11\/week13\" target=\"blank\">Click here to see the entire Top 25 poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though they missed a bid to the NCAA D-III National Tournament, the Runnin Royals can still see the fruits of their great year. 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