It's one of the best weekends of the season! The DIII Men's &Women's Tournaments are ready to tip-off. And after about 36-hours, each bracket will be cut in half. What surprises await? Tune in to Hoopsville as we chat with programs looking to survive the first weekend and hear final thoughts before games are tipped-off. Watch On Demand or listen to podcast - right here!
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
Holiday matchups often produce surprising results, and Friday continued that trend as the Yellow Jackets, Blue Streaks and Purple Cows topped ranked opponents. Read about it here.
On a day in which four games went to overtime, including the final game of the night, we had 14 home teams win to advance, with Wash U and Catholic surviving in OT, John Carroll surviving in regulation and Cal Lu and Trinity (Texas) going down in round one.
In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III national committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand here!
No. 17 Randolph-Macon knocked off No. 2 Guilford in ODAC play, while No. 8 John Carroll followed up its blowout of Mount Union with a road win at Marietta and UW-Stout handed UW-Whitewater its second loss in as many games in Saturday's NCAA Division III men's basketball action.
It's mid-December and exams, holidays, and breaks are all combining as always into an interesting time of the season. Plus, we take some time to tip our hat to Salem. Tune in to Hoopsville tonight starting at 7:00 PM ET - LIVE - right here!
No. 12 Tufts improved to 10-0 with a thrilling victory at No. 5 Keene State while Widener rolled over No. 15 Swarthmore in the Philadelphia suburbs. Elsewhere, both ranked OAC teams won nailbiters and Shenandoah reached double-digit wins. Read about the day in Division III men's basketball action here.
No. 7 Wartburg and Catholic grabbed road wins over conference title contenders, while No. 5 RIC kept rolling with a victory at No. 11 Trinity (Conn.). The road was rougher on the men’s side where No. 3 John Carroll survived a scare but No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan did not. Read about it here.
In a Hoopsville exclusive, the DIII National Committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
The Hoopsville Marathon is back! For the 9th year, we are on air for many hours (at least nine this season) celebrating everything that is Division III basketball. Hoopsville hits the air with plenty of coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and friends. Watch the show on demand.
After losing to No. 3 Mount Union back in December, No. 8 John Carroll beat the Purple Raiders and seized first place in the OAC. Elsewhere, Wooster took over first place in the NCAC, North Park earned a share of first in the CCIW, and the Hope women rolled over Trine in Wednesday night's Division III basketball action.
For the second season in a row, Trine went into DeVos Fieldhouse and beat No. 1 Hope. Plus, Ripon edged the UW-Oshkosh men and No. 9 John Carroll handled Marietta. Read about it in our recap.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 25th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
In the June edition of the Hoopsville Podcast (yes, being released in early July), we do some catching-up on the season that was. The missed opportunity at a championship, winning the Jostens Trophy, and we hear about COVID-19 hitting close to home. Plus, a jam packed Notebook with info changing even after publication. Listen to the podcast, dedicated to Chris Wenzler, here.
Loras, John Carroll and the University of New England broke through against teams that beat them twice during the regular season in Thursday night's conference tournament games. On the men's side, both ranked WIAC teams fell and JCU ousted Marietta.
Wooster lost for the third time in four games, John Carroll rallied from a halftime deficit and Swarthmore survived an upset challenge on the road. All that and Tufts handed Colby its first loss of 2019-20 in Saturday's Division III men's basketball action.
Ohio produced two upsets with John Carroll knocking off No. 14 Whitworth and No. 6 Marietta falling to Salisbury on the first day of the Great Lakes Invitational. Elsewhere the ASC won two thrillers against WIAC foes and the Tufts women survived a scare from Christopher Newport.
Wooster won a nail biter in the first round of the NCAC tournament while Marietta fell at home to John Carroll in the OAC playoffs. Elsewhere Aston Francis extended his career and the Ohio Northern women upset Baldwin Wallace.
Pete Moran took over for his dad, Mike, as JCU head coach this season. And if the season ever stops, he'll take a second to let it sink in. Inside the streaking Blue Streaks, in a Road to Salem feature by Joe Sager.
Marietta's consecutive streak of Top 25 appearances ends and one of its conference rivals returns to the poll. Plus two schools who exited the poll in Week 2 return and Eastern Connecticut has its first Top 10 appearance in the history of our poll. Get the full list here.
No. 16 Middlebury held off No. 11 Williams 70-66 and took over first in the NESCAC with help from Amherst. Mary Washington knocked York (Pa.) off the list of unbeatens and John Carroll rolled over Marietta. Stevens Point widened its lead in the WIAC race. Get the men's recap here.
Lots of losses create a lot of changes in the national rankings. The OAC now has three ranked teams as Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll enter the poll. Plus Emory returns and Whitworth rises on the eve of its showdown with Whitman. Get the full list here.
After Mike Moran retired as head basketball coach at John Carroll, the Blue Streaks turned to his son Pete to take his place. Pete was an assistant under his father the past five seasons.
After losing four of its first five games, John Carroll jump started its season by beating No. 3 Marietta 88-76. Carroll picked up its first win since returning to the CCIW and Stevens Point won at Hope. Get the full recap from a full day's action.
Mike Moran's reign as Blue Streaks head coach will come to an end after a quarter century. His final squad wants to make sure he goes out on a high note. More in Around the Great Lakes.
With Whitworth's loss Tuesday night, there could be some No. 1 votes open and Nos. 2, 3 and 4 all won. Meanwhile, WPI fell and CNU and St. Norbert survived. That and more in Wednesday's men's action.
Members of the Ohio Athletic Conference and North Coast Athletic Conference are teaming up this week to raise funds and raise cancer awareness during Suits and Sneakers Week to honor Capital men’s basketball coach Damon Goodwin.
Marietta jumped out to a huge lead on Mount Union, but they didn't pick up any ground in the conference race. Plus Elmhurst survived a challenge at home. That and more in Wednesday's men's action.
Hoopsville: Tourney Tip-Off
March 06, 2025It's one of the best weekends of the season! The DIII Men's &Women's Tournaments are ready to tip-off. And after about 36-hours, each bracket will be cut in half. What surprises await? Tune in to Hoopsville as we chat with programs looking to survive the first weekend and hear final thoughts before games are tipped-off. Watch On Demand or listen to podcast - right here!
