The spectrum for the pure gauge sector is calculated for an extended I
sgur-Paton model in 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions and compared to recent latt
ice calculations of the glueball spectrum. The IP model is extended by
inclusion of a rigidity (curvature) term and, in D=2+1, mixing throug
h a higer topological contribution. For a choice of parameterixations,
near quantitative agreement is found for SU(3) in D=2+1, but in D=3+1
the extensions fail to remedy the qualitative disagreement.