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StFX FITNESS & RECREATION INTRAMURALS SPORTS CLUBS COMMUNITY BOX OFFICE FACILITIESBASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL HOCKEY SOCCER TRACK & FIELD BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY HOCKEY RUGBY SOCCER TRACK & FIELD VOLLEYBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK ATHLETE INFO ATHLETIC NEWS CONTACTS CORPORATE PARTNERS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HALL OF FAME LINKS PROGRAMS SCHEDULES SPORTS CAMPS TRADITION OF XCELLENCE WEBCASTING XMen Basketball ranked 3rd in nation CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (14)UBC mens BBall Laval mens VBall move up to No 1OTTAWA (CIS) The UBC Thunderbirds and Laval Rouge et Or move up to No 1 in this weeks CIS mens basketball and mens volleyball national coaches polls respectivelyIn other CIS sports reigning national champions Simon Fraser (womens basketball) UBC (womens volleyball) McGill (womens hockey) and UNB (mens hockey) hold on to their No 1 positions while Queens tops the first rankings of the season in both womens and mens indoor track and fieldMens basketballRanked second behind the reigning champion Carleton Ravens in the first four polls of the season the 200809 CIS finalist UBC Thunderbirds (70) climb up to No 1 in the final rankings of the fall semester The TBirds who lost 8777 to Carleton in last years CIS final were No 1 for one week last season (third poll Nov 11) The Ravens winners of six of the last seven WP McGee trophies had topped 31 of 32 coaches polls dating back to the start of the 200708 campaignUBC which received 41 of 42 firstplace votes in this weeks Top 10 improved to 70 in conference play over the weekend with a pair of dominating road wins in Winnipeg The Canada West Pacific Divisionleading TBirds outscored the Wesmen 8954 on Friday and the Manitoba Bisons 9375 on Saturday Meanwhile the OUA Eastleading Ravens (71) who earned the remaining firstplace nod were upset 7673 by No 10 Lakehead (71) in Thunder Bay on Friday night before rebounding on Saturday with an 8374 win over No 6 McMaster (33)There is only one conference game left before the Christmas break in CIS mens basketball Concordia visits UQAM on SaturdayMens volleyballThe musical chair continues in mens volleyball as the Laval Rouge et Or become the fourth team in fifth weeks to claim the No 1 spot Reigning CIS champion Alberta opened the season at No 1 and held on for three weeks McMaster took over in the next two polls and Calgary was voted as the best team in the nation last TuesdayThe Rouge et Or who dropped a straightset decision to Alberta last winter in their first appearance in the national final since 200001 had last topped the coaches poll in January of 2000 when they were No 1 in the final two polls of the campaign Laval goes into the break with a stellar 90 conference record thanks to a pair of 30 wins over Montreal and Sherbrooke this past w...