Lower seeds Montclair State and SUNY Geneseo upset nationally ranked foes while Gustavus Adolphus and Trine prevailed in overtime, Wartburg won a nailbiter, and the NESCAC and WIAC each advanced four teams through the first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament.
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.
No. 3 Bowdoin completed a perfect regular season while No. 11 Trine executed its offense flawlessly at No. 15 Hope and No. 19 Randolph-Macon used a fourth-quarter shutout to win the ODAC regular season title. Elsewhere, UW-La Crosse made the WIAC race more interesting and Mary Schleusner dazzled again.
There have been few changes in the women’s Top 25 rankings, especially near the top of the poll, as the highest ranked teams roll through the regular season. That trend continued Wednesday night, despite road scares for No. 13 Trine, No. 16 Hope and No. 22 Johns Hopkins. Read about it here.
How did our voters solve the triangle where WashU beats Chicago who beats Carnegie Mellon who beats WashU? How far did UW-Whitewater and Hardin-Simmons slip and how high has Trine risen? Find out here.
No. 12 Gettysburg, No. 24 Trine, and No. 16 Washington U. beat nationally ranked foes at home while No. 23 Carnegie Mellon rallied for a road win at Case Western in Saturday's Division III women's basketball action.
For the first time in our poll's history, we have a ranked team in the Mountain Time Zone. Colorado College makes its Top 25 debut while Illinois Wesleyan moves up to No. 2 and Trine returns to the rankings.
New York University, Transylvania, Rhode Island College, and Webster completed perfect runs to the NCAA Tournament, while Widener and Trine busted someone's bubble by winning their conference tournament title games. Settle in for our longest recap of the season.
No, 1 Christopher Newport topped No. 16 Randolph-Macon in a battle of recent national champions while Christian Parker rescued No. 5 Mount Union from an upset loss at Scranton. In women's action, No. 17 Trine and No. 11 Gustavus Adolphus opened with impressive wins, and Natalie Bartle made big news for the Roos.
It is a gut-wrenching time of March. Teams who have battled to the 3rd round can see the semifinals tantalizingly close. On Hoopsville, we chat with some of the programs still battling with hopes of playing for national titles. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
The Thunder women's basketball team at Trine has faced its share of tough road games, and they are ready to once again embrace the challenge. Riley Zayas has more in a Road to Dallas feature.
In a game that was as close as the preseason poll suggested it would be, Trine played stellar defense and outlasted Gustavus Adolphus, 61-58, in double overtime, ousting the fifth-ranked Gusties from the Tournament.
The first two bids to the NCAA Tournament were clinched within a few miles of each other when New York University and Brooklyn wrapped up the UAA and CUNYAC titles. Elsewhere, Pacific popped someone’s bubble, UW-Eau Claire rallied past UW-Stout and the ASC had two buzzer beaters
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.
Late in the third quarter, the Flying Dutch were up by 18 and seemed to have the game in the bag. But Trine had beaten Hope before and nearly did again before Hope secured its slot in the national championship game. Gordon Mann has more from Pittsburgh.
After high school, sisters Kaylee and Alyssa Argyle and teammate Natalee Kunse were facing the prospect of having to break up a trio that had played AAU ball together since middle school. Instead, they all headed to Trine, which is now two wins from a national title.
Hope's Kenedy Schoonveld who won the MIAA Player of the Year award three times in a row also wins the Region Player of the Year award three times in a row. Rookie of the Year honors are split between fabulous first years Lindsey Garrison of Bethany and Catherine Orr of Carnegie Mellon, while Hope's Brian Morehouse and Trine's Andy Rang split Coach of the Year honors.
The Sectional Champions have cut down the nets, but there is still one net everyone wants to actually cut down. Tune in to Hoopsville LIVE tonight starting a 7:00 PM ET as we recap an exciting weekend and look ahead a the Championship Weekends.
No. 5 Trine will make its first trip to the national semifinals after knocking off previously unbeaten Transylvania in the 2022 NCAA Tournament sectional finals. The Thunder will be joined by No. 2 Hope, No. 8 Amherst and No. 12 UW-Whitewater in Pittsburgh next weekend. Get the recap of tonight's Round of 8 action.
Nine teams that had their last Tournament run cut short by COVID-19 returned to the Round of 16 with wins on Saturday night. That includes UW-Oshosh after its upset win at No. 4 Simpson, No. 5 Trine which rolled past No. 12 John Carroll and a familiar pair of NESCAC pachyderms.
It'll be so nice to crown a champion through a national tournament, and that's what we have this year, thanks to the selection committee's bracket. This is our annual preview where we highlight great first round games, pick the most likely to surprise or disappoint in each bracket, and predict the final four teams headed to Pittsburgh.
Hope may be eternal but its winning streak is not. No. 4 Trine rode a strong start and clutch free throw shooting to a 70-62 win over the Flying Dutch, ending their 61-game winning streak.
The OAC title chase looks like a three-way race while the second place teams in the MIAA and ARC knocked their closest pursuers back a step on Wednesday night. Read about it here.
For some programs, the start to the 2021-22 season has been better than expected. For others, it has been recording breaking. On Sunday's edition of Hoopsville, we chat with Heidelberg and RPI men's basketball programs along with York (Pa.) and No. 7 Trine women's basketball teams. Watch the show On Demand!
#13 Thunder Bow Out of NCAA Tournament
March 08, 2025
