DC Men Crack Top 40 in D3hoops.com National Poll
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s basketball team garnered 16 votes on Tuesday in the first regular season D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll. The 16 votes were the highest for a DC team in the past four years and ranked the Yellow Jackets No. 36 in the nation.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men's basketball team garnered 16 votes on Tuesday in the first regular season D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll. The 16 votes were the highest for a DC team in the past four years and ranked the Yellow Jackets No. 36 in the nation.
The national attention comes in the midst of Defiance's best start since opening the 1973-1974 season with seven-straight victories. DC has highlighted its 4-0 start with the John Dawson Invitational Championship and a 74-71 victory over Ohio Wesleyan for its second-straight win against the regional power in the last two years.
No. 36 Defiance (4-0, 0-0 HCAC) will look to extend its strong start when it opens its Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule on Wednesday at Anderson (3-1, 0-0 HCAC) at 7:30 pm.
