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Wednesday’s Winners: Albion stuns Hope, Schleusner claims another D-III career record
January 29, 2026By Riley Zayas | Jan. 29, 2026 The postgame scene inside Kresge Gymnasium Wednesday night said all you needed to know. When the final buzzer went off on Albion’s 60-54 overtime upset of No. 9 Hope, a massive celebration broke out. The Britons’ entire bench rushed onto the floor to embrace their five teammates who […] -
Old Gym Tour: Catholic
January 27, 2026When I got to The Catholic University of America as a 17-year-old freshman in August of 1990, the building had already been decommissioned from basketball for several years. In fact, in 1989 it was turned into a space where a few friends of mine spent a lot of their time: The Crough Architectural Center.
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The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops Q&A: Lynette Schroeder, Southern Virginia Head Coach
May 16, 2024By Riley Zayas Southern Virginia had a season to remember in 2023-24, going a near-perfect 18-1 in USA South Conference play, along with a 22-7 overall record. It culminated with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the second in the last three years, as SVU went stride-for-stride with DeSales before falling, 53-42. But that seems […]
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Hannah Varel is the perfect hire to continue Transylvania’s remarkable success
April 17, 2024Of the challenges a new head coach can face in taking the reins of a program, one of the toughest, undoubtedly, is succeeding a legend. And Juli Fulks was most certainly a legend in Lexington, Kentucky. In 10 years at Transylvania, she took the Pioneers to a place of unprecedented success, after doing the same […]
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The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops: Juli Fulks heads to Marshall as head coach
April 12, 2024LEXINGTON, Kentucky—Lexington continues to be at the center of college basketball coaching news. In what is surely going to be the most significant move in Division III women’s basketball this offseason, Transylvania head coach Juli Fulks is taking on a new challenge…at the Division I level. Within the last hour, Marshall University, out of the […]
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The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops: Trinity’s Emily Garner named head coach at Cornell
April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 By Riley Zayas, D3hoops.com I wrote earlier today that we could see some D1 and D2 head coaching vacancies filled this offseason filled by current D3 head coaches…and that’s exactly what happened a couple hours later. Cornell has hired Trinity College (CT) head coach Emily Garner to lead that program after eight […]
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Saturday’s Elite Eight is set, Thoughts on Friday’s Sweet 16
March 09, 2024By Riley Zayas, The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops And then there were eight. The Elite Eight is set after a thrilling slate of games last night, particularly in the earlier part of the evening, as Transylvania/UW-Stout, Wartburg/Bates, and Smith/UW-Oshkosh all played in games decided by five points or less. The intensity and emotion seen […]
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Storylines to watch heading into the Sweet 16
March 08, 2024The second weekend of the 2024 NCAA Tournament has arrived! Tip-off is just hours away for these Sweet 16 games set to be played tonight in Brunswick (Maine), Providence (Rhode Island), New York City (New York), and Whitewater (Wisconsin). We’ve got 16 teams contending for one of four spots in Columbus next week, and the […]
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Pool C WBB: Who’s in and Who’s Out?
February 25, 2024By Riley Zayas, The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops Good morning! Welcome to Selection Monday eve! We’ve got all but eight automatic qualifiers to the 2024 NCAA Tournament decided, and those championship games will be contested this afternoon. What a great weekend this is for D3 basketball! As I’ve continued working on my book on […]
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The Scoop on D3 Women’s Hoops: Geneva stuns W&J, ONU takes down top seed Baldwin Wallace in OAC semis
February 23, 2024Welcome back to another day in one of the best weeks of the year, as conference tournament time unfolds and we approach championship weekend. We’ve got several league title games in play tonight, and honestly, we had so much that happened yesterday that most of this newsletter will be looking back on last night. After […]
