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!
The regular season will be over before we know it! Join us on a super-sized, midday edition of Hoopsville Thursday as we try and catch up with everything going on in DIII. Plus we talk to teams looking to stay atop their conferences. Watch On Demand or listen to podcast here!
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded his second straight double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Junior Daniel Mbangue (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) led all scorers with 16 points, as the top-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team defeated Scranton 63-41 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to extend its win streak to 27 games.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded his 10th double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) led all scorers with 15 points, as the top-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team opened defense of its national championship with a 73-36 victory over Wilson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to extend its win streak to 26 games and break the NCAA Division III record for consecutive home victories with 63.
Junior Daniel Mbangue (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) scored a career-high 25 points and registered his first double-double of the season with 11 rebounds as the second-ranked and top-seeded Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team outscored ninth-seeded Ferrum 75-61 on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the 2023 ODAC Tournament to extend its win streak to 23 games.
Junior Will Coble (Charlotte, N.C./Davidson Day) hit four three-pointers for 12 points playing in his home state while senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) filled the stat sheet with eight points, a season-high nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team concluded the regular season with a 61-58 ODAC victory at No. 14 Guilford on Saturday afternoon to extend its win streak to 22 games.
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.
Randolph-Macon extended its home run to 62, Carleton clinched the MIAC title outright for the first time in more than a century and Calvin secured a share of the MIAA title on Saturday.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) had 16 points and four steals while senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) added 14 points with nine rebounds as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team defeated Roanoke 69-50 on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon to extend its win streak to 21 games and extend its home win streak to 62 games, tying the NCAA Division III record.
Hope ran its winning streak against archrival Calvin to 16 straight, while No. 19 Baldwin Wallace hung in the OAC race and No. 20 UW-Whitewater cooled off UW-Oshkosh in women's action. On the men's side, New Jersey City upset No. 23 Rowan in spectacular fashion and No. 2 Randolph-Macon survived a scare at home from Averett.
Senior Daniel Mbangue (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) made a driving layup with 0.9 seconds left as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team edged Averett 53-51 to extend its win streak to 20 games and extend its home win streak to 61 games, one away from the NCAA Division III record.
Senior Daniel Mbangue (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) made a driving layup with 0.9 seconds left as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team edged Averett 53-51 to extend its win streak to 20 games and extend its home win streak to 61 games, one away from the NCAA Division III record.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) led all players with 21 points and was one of four Yellow Jackets to score in double figures as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team posted an 83-67 ODAC victory at Bridgewater to extend its win streak to 19 games.
Freshman Keishawn Pulley, Jr. (Louisa, Va./St. Christopher’s) led all players with 16 points as every Yellow Jacket scored for the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team in a 96-41 ODAC win over Shenandoah on Wednesday evening to extend its win streak to 18 games and its home win streak to 60 games.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) led the Yellow Jackets with 22 points, seven assists and five blocks as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team outscored Ferrum 85-70 in ODAC action on Saturday evening to extend its win streak to 17 games and its home win streak to 59 games.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) matched his career high with 26 points and junior Lance Johnson (South Riding, Va./Freedom) tallied a career-best 18 points, all in the second half, as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team posted an 86-48 ODAC victory at Averett on Wednesday evening to extend its win streak to 16 games.
Road teams came away with big wins in Top 25 battles, Pomona-Pitzer won against its on-campus rival and Randolph-Macon survived in a new old gymnasium.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 16 points and matching his career best with 18 rebounds while registering three blocked shots to break the ODAC career record as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team rallied for a 58-46 ODAC victory at Roanoke on Saturday afternoon.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), the reigning ODAC Player of the Week, recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds while tying the ODAC record for career blocked shots with 236 as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team defeated Bridgewater 62-41 in ODAC action on Wednesday evening.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) scored a season-high 21 points and senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) added 20 as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team outscored Lynchburg 53-36 in the second half in an 83-63 ODAC victory on Saturday afternoon.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) tallied 17 points, including eight in a 15-7 run over the final seven minutes, as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team outlasted No. 24 Guilford 59-56 in ODAC action on Saturday evening.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) scored 12 points to surpass 1,000 career points, as the second-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team posted a 69-57 ODAC victory at Hampden-Sydney on Wednesday evening.
Freshman Jabril Robinson (Derwood, Md./South Kent Prep) posted career highs with 15 points, eight assists and three steals as the third-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team rallied for an 82-60 victory over Lancaster Bible in the first round of the R-MC Coaches Tournament on Thursday evening.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam), the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, matched his season high with 19 points and added seven assists and six rebounds as the third-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team topped No. 23 Stockton 79-37 in the Championship Game of the Suyes Yellow Jacket Classic on Tuesday afternoon.
Senior Josh Talbert (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) put up 14 points in 19 minutes with five rebounds, five steals and four assists as the third-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team defeated Merchant Marine 86-35 in the first round of the Suyes Yellow Jacket Classic on Monday evening.
Dale Wellman at Nebraska Wesleyan and Josh Merkel at Randolph-Macon have more in common than a relatively recent Walnut and Bronze trophy in their case: They both worked for the same head coach: Jeff Neubauer at Eastern Kentucky. Ryan Scott talks to them about that and the philosophies that gave them to carry forward in the newest Around the Nation.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti), the reigning ODAC Player of the Week, recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds as the fifth-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team outscored Eastern Mennonite 37-14 in the second half of a 75-48 ODAC victory on Wednesday evening.
Senior Miles Mallory (Beltsville, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) led all players with 24 points and 12 rebounds as the eighth-ranked Randolph-Macon men’s basketball team posted a 66-49 win at Virginia Wesleyan in ODAC action on Wednesday evening to hand the Marlins their first loss of the season.