By NoontimeSports.com | @NoontimeNation
Middlebury College moved into the top spot in our weekly Noontime Sports New England D-III Men’s Basketball Top 10 this week after picking up their sixth and seventh wins against Northern Vermont-Johnson and Endicott College, respectively.
Against the Gulls on Sunday, the Panthers erased a six-point deficit at the break and outscored the hosts, 54-28 in the second half to secure a 98-78 win.
Hamilton College and Nichols College each moved-up – the Bison improved to 5-0 yesterday with a win over Trinity College. Nichols, which checked-in fourth one week ago, hosts Wentworth Institute of Technology on Wednesday, December 4th. It should be an interesting conference clash.
Tufts University moved-up two spots following a recent (and hard-fought) win over MIT while Colby College jumped three spots after concluding Thanksgiving weekend with a pair of road wins.
Finally, we welcomed Brandeis University to this week’s poll – the Judges have won four of six contests thus far and will face Lasell University on Tuesday before competing against Tufts in the New England Big Four Challenge.
New England D-III Basketball Men’s Top 10 Week Four Poll| Monday, December 2nd, 2019
| 1. Middlebury College | 7-0, 0-0 NESCAC | Last Week: No. 2 |
| 2. Hamilton College | 6-0, 0-0 NESCAC | Last Week: No. 3 |
| 3. Nichols College | 5-0, 0-0 CCC | Last Week: No. 4 |
| 4. Tufts University | 5-0, 0-0 NESCAC | Last Week: No. 6 |
| 5. Colby College | 7-0, 0-0 NESCAC | Last Week: No. 8 |
| 6. Amherst College | 3-1, 0-0 NESCAC | Last Week: No. 1 |
| 7. Springfield College | 5-0, 0-0 NEWMAC | Last Week: No. 5 |
| 8. Babson College | 6-0, 0-0 NEWMAC | Last Week: No. 7 |
| 9. WPI | 7-1, 0-0 NEWMAC | Last Week: No. 9 |
| 10. Brandeis University | 4-2, 0-0 UAA | Last Week: Not Ranked |
ON THE RISE: Albertus Magnus, Emmanuel College, Rhode Island College, and UMass Dartmouth
Previous Polls: Preseason Poll |Week One| Week Two | Week Three
[…] past weekend with a 106-102 win over Kean University, recently moved-up three spots in today’s New England D-III Men’s Basketball Top 10 Poll for Monday, Dec. 2, 2019,” Noontime Sports reported. “The Mules boast a 4-0 record in Waterville, Maine, a 2-0 […]