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Men’s Hoops 10th in Final D3hoops Top-25

Titans posted 24-6 record

3/24/2025 7:52:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The final top-25 poll of the 2024-25 season was unveiled by D3hoops.com Monday evening, March 24, with the Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball team slotted 10th. The Titans accrued 373 points and were the lone College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin school to make the top-25.

Illinois Wesleyan posted a 24-6 overall record and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2022. The Green and White claimed the CCIW Tournament Championship and recorded five wins over teams listed in the final rankings (No. 4 WashU, No. 9 UW-Platteville, No. 13 St. John's, No. 23 Chicago, and No. 25 Cal Lutheran).

The 2024-25 season saw seniors Nick Roper (St. Louis, Mo.-MICDS), Hakim Williams (Round Lake, Ill.-Round Lake), and Harrison Wilmsen (St. Louis, Mo.-Priory) garner All-CCIW honors. Roper and Williams were first team picks, while Wilmsen was a second team selection. Roper and Williams also reeled in D3hoops All-Region status. Freshman Josh Fridman (Northbrook, Ill.-Glenbrook North) was voted the CCIW Newcomer of the Year, D3hoops Region 8 Rookie of the Year, and the D3hoops National Rookie of the Year following an outstanding freshman season.

D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2024-25 final

#	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	Trinity (Conn.) (25)	30-3	625	4
2	New York University	29-2	599	1
3	Wesleyan	30-2	576	3
4	Washington U.	23-7	539	17
5	Emory	23-6	509	8
6	UW-La Crosse	25-6	474	5
7	Redlands	25-5	463	15
8	Wisconsin Lutheran	27-4	415	22
9	UW-Platteville	26-3	391	2
10	Illinois Wesleyan	24-6	373	9
11	Hampden-Sydney	23-6	355	10
12	Catholic	25-6	353	--
13	St. John's	25-4	297	7
14	Randolph-Macon	24-5	286	6
15	Roanoke	25-6	263	20
16	Tufts	22-6	258	13
17	WPI	26-4	234	19
18	Christopher Newport	23-6	211	12
19	Hardin-Simmons	20-10	154	--
20	Calvin	21-7	134	11
21	St. Thomas (Texas)	26-3	111	14
22	Western New England	23-7	101	--
23	Chicago	18-8	74	--
24	Keene State	23-6	49	--
25	Cal Lutheran	22-6	34	23

Dropped out: No. 16 Drew; No. 18 Denison; No. 21 Guilford; No. 24 John Carroll; No. 25 Carthage.

Others receiving votes: Drew 33; Denison 29; Montclair State 28; John Carroll 23; St. Norbert 17; Ramapo 16; Carthage 15; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14; Pitt-Bradford 14; Guilford 13; Gettysburg 9; Berry 9; Trine 9; Mary Washington 7; York (Pa.) 6; Franklin 5.

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