WAYNE, N.J. – The William Paterson men's basketball team improved from 13th to 10th in the Feb. 9 D3hoops.com Top 25 National Poll.

The Pioneers are 21-1 overall and 10-0 in New Jersey Athletic Conference play, most recently defeating Ramapo by a 72-65 score Feb. 3 to wrap-up the top overall seed and a first-round bye for the upcoming New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament. The leader in the NJAC's North Division, William Paterson is the only team undefeated in league play.

The Pioneer men join the Pioneer women, who are ranked eighth by D3hoops.com this week, making William Paterson one of five Division III schools to currently have both of its basketball programs rated among the top 25 in the country by D3hoops.com, and one of two to have both teams in the top 10 (Carthage, No. 22/11; Illinois Wesleyan, No. 23/3; UW-Stevens Point, No. 6/20; Washington University, No. 3/7).

The Pioneers will host Montclair State Saturday, Feb. 13, at 3:00 p.m.

D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Poll (Feb. 9)
Rank Institution - First Place Votes Record Points Previous Ranking
1 Guilford (23) 19-1 623 1
2 Williams (1) 21-1 586 2
3 Washington U. (1) 18-2 576 3
4 St. Thomas 19-2 542 5
5 Virginia Wesleyan 18-2 492 7
6 UW-Stevens Point 18-3 469 4
7 Middlebury 19-2 432 8
8 Whitworth 19-2 420 10
9 UW-Whitewater 17-4 411 6
10 William Paterson 21-1 382 13
11 MIT 19-2 370 12
12 Chapman 20-2 368 11
13 Anderson 18-2 315 14
14 St. Norbert 18-2 286 9
15 Franklin and Marshall 17-3 269 15
16 Eastern Mennonite 16-3 262 16
17 Randolph-Macon 16-4 218 18
18 St. Mary's (Md.) 17-3 212 20
19 Wooster 17-4 199 21
20 Texas-Dallas 17-4 155 17
21 Brandeis 15-4 98 19
22 Carthage 16-5 95 23
23 Illinois Wesleyan 17-4 76 —
24 Cabrini 18-2 58 —
25 St. John Fisher 18-4 49 —