Montclair, NJ – Senior Nickie Carter scored 32 points as the Montclair State women’s basketball team edged The College of Jersey 58-56 in New Jersey Athletic Conference action Saturday.
At a time when most headlines describe what has been lost, we could all use something to celebrate. Here's our second ever All-Decade team honoring the greatest Division III women's basketball players over the past 10 years. Men will follow later in the year.
Payce Lange becomes the second player from Kean to be named the Atlantic Region Player of the Year while Demetrius Poles of Rowan is Coach of the Year and the Rookie of the Year is split between Reilly Boehm of CCNY and Nickie Carter of Montclair State.
The race for conference championships and automatic bids to the NCAA tournaments is nearly at it's peak. Thursday on Hoopsville, we recap what has already happened and what to expect this weekend. Plus, the national committee chairs remind us of how this all works. Watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast!
Time for the annual Hoopsville Marathon! For over TEN hours on Thursday, coaches, administrators, fans and others from around Division III basketball joined Dave on the show. Even the Division III VP and both national committee chairs. Watch Hoopsville On Demand or listen to the podcasts here.
Who will be selected to play for a national title? Dave and his team of selectors will take on the challenge of making mock selections for both the men's and women's tournaments. Plus, hear from the national committee chairs and those who's programs are "dancing" for the first time ever. The Hoopsville Special is On Demand!
Time for the annual Hoopsville Marathon! Watch Thursday's show On Demand (or listen to the podcast episodes) and hear from coaches, administrators, alums, and fans of Division III basketball around the country. Also hear from both national committee chairs, the head of officials, and many others.
The season ratchets up to another level this upcoming weekend which means plenty of basketball for DIII fans. However, the news isn't all rosy. On Thursday's Hoopsville, Dave talks about the Fitchburg State incident and chats with two programs who will be in the national spotlight. Plus, our first interview with a national committee member. Watch the show On Demand or listen to the Podcast.
Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Bowdoin's Kate Kerrigan was selected Player of the Year and Savannah LeGate of Oglethorpe Rookie of the Year.
For the second year in a row, Montclair State forward Katie Sire is the Atlantic Region Player of the Year. Chessie Jackson, who led TCNJ to the NCAA Tournament, is Coach of the Year and Kelly O'Donnell of St. Joseph's (Bklyn.) is the Rookie of the Year.
The last Top 25 poll before the NCAA Tournament begins on Friday has the first appearance of the season for Centennial champions Gettysburg, the return of Montclair State and Trinity (Texas) and the rise of Scranton into the Top 10.
Brooklyn captured the first of 84 automatic bids to be handed out this weekend, then the Montclair State women and Staten Island men followed shortly after that. Elsewhere twin upsets in the MIAC will pop someone else's bubble elsewhere and Eastern Mennonite kept going for Kirby.