Piedmont women's basketball is set to compete in NCAA Tournament play for the first time since 2019, taking part in the Randolph-Macon Regional and taking on the host Yellow Jackets in first round action.

On Thursday afternoon, Piedmont and Birmingham-Southern rolled up the highest combined point total in Division III women's basketball history, as Piedmont rolled to a 138-112 win.

The Piedmont women and Trine men each hosted and each came away victorious as Division III basketball opened with an extremely limited schedule on Friday night.

While the pandemic will keep the majority of Division III basketball teams on the sideline, a few will begin their 2020-21 season this weekend. Here's the latest on what kind of season we might have and how we'll cover it.

Led by a double-double from Rachel Irby and 15 points from Dakota Sullens, the Piedmont women's basketball team defeated Maryville 66-55 in the quarterfinals of the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday afternoon.

The USA South Athletic Conference is one of the largest in Division III and soon we can strike “one of.” Eighteen months from now it will have 14 men's basketball teams and 19 women's teams. We spoke with Conference Commissioner Rita Wiggs about how the conference evaluates new members and how it balances the interests of existing members.

Demorest, GA - The Piedmont College women's basketball followed through on an upset bid over the country's 12th ranked team on Wednesday evening defeating Maryville College 61-54 in front of a jam-packed crowd in the Cave.

At this point in the season, it is about getting the job done. On Sunday's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talked to many teams who are doing just that: No. 22 Elmhurst and Brooklyn men's teams along with No. 9 Tufts and No. 22 Maryville women's squads. McHugh also talked to retiring Piedmont AD and former Cabrini coach John Dzik. Watch the show On Demand now!

One year later, Huntingdon finally gets the call to join its former GSAC rivals in the USA South, while Covenant moves as well to give the league an even more southern bent.

Although we celebrate the Cinderellas of the NCAA brackets every March, we would be remiss if we overlooked the unlikely undefeated squads as we get 2012 started. More in Around the Nation.

Do you know who the last three unbeaten women's teams in the South region are? Probably not until you read Saturday's women's wrapup.

The dominoes are starting to fall in the long-rumored Great South/USA South collaboration as Piedmont is set to join the USAC in the fall of 2012. Could others follow?

Maryville (Tenn.), LaGrange, Piedmont and Stillman are joining forces to form the Great South Conference, which will begin play in the fall of 2000.