2023 Men's NCAA Tournament coverage

March 18, 2023 2023 Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament bracket The final story of 63 games in the Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament, won by Christopher Newport for the first time in program history.

D3hoops.com men's Top 25, 2022-23 final CNU stands atop the list, of course, and UW-Whitewater leaps into the top four, Where does everyone else rank in the season's final men's basketball Top 25?

March 21, 2023 Hoopsville: Championships For one Captains team, the title has been claimed. For another, a chance exists to claim one as well, but there is a Pioneers squad ready to say otherwise. On a special Tuesday matinee, we recap a terrific weekend of basketball. Watch Hoospville On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!

March 18, 2023 Captains win national title at the buzzer For the first time in any men's team sport, Christopher Newport won the Division III national championship. And the Captains pulled off the 74-72 victory over Mount Union in the most dramatic of ways, winning at the buzzer on Trey Barber’s layup. Riley Zayas has more from Fort Wayne.

March 18, 2023 Krikorian, Captains reach the pinnacle Christopher Newport's title win is an achievement that was a long time coming for a storied program and a veteran Division III basketball coach. Ryan Scott has more from Fort Wayne.

March 17, 2023 CNU, Mount Union look to make history In a season that has been recognized for its parity across conferences and across the nation, Saturday afternoon’s national title bout between Christopher Newport and Mount Union and will follow suit. Riley Zayas has more from Fort Wayne.

March 16, 2023 Second semi a thriller in the color purple Football's purple powers met on the basketball court, with Mount Union rallying from a 20-point deficit to beat UW-Whitewater and advance to the national title game. And whether the Purple Raiders had someone looking down fondly on them is a great question to ponder.

March 16, 2023 Captains survive rough seas to reach title game The Jahn Hines show turned into the Vinny DeAngelo show but DeAngelo couldn’t quite come up with the final heroics as CNU survived to defeat Swarthmore 69-66. Full recap of the first semifinal.

March 15, 2023 CNU Captains calm, cool, collected Last year, Christopher Newport gave up a big lead in the Elite Eight, and the Captains nearly did so this year as well, but some calming presences helped CNU book its return trip to the Final Four. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 14, 2023 Mount Union brings 2020 vision to Final Four The Purple Raiders might feel like they have a whole swarm of guys on the floor Thursday night when they open their NCAA Division III semifinal against UW-Whitewater. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 13, 2023 Hoopsville: Final Fours 80 minutes. 2 games. That's now all that leaves 8 programs from being crowned national champions. Tune in to Hoopsville On Demand as we talk to ALL eight programs competing in the national semifinals. You can also listen to the podcast!

March 13, 2023 Swat gets another shot Swarthmore played in the 2019 national title game and was the No. 1 team in the country when the 2020 season folded because of COVID. If anyone coming to Fort Wayne knows what it takes to win a title, it's the Garnet. Ryan Scott has more.

March 11, 2023 UWW, Mount Union join four for Fort Wayne The automatic qualifier from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference would hardly seem to qualify as a Cinderella or an upstart, but the unranked Warhawks are dancing all the way to the Final Four, while Mount Union is getting to the Final Four for the first time.

March 10, 2023 Men will have a new champ Oswego State ended Randolph-Macon's title defense and home winning streak, while Nichols advanced to the Elite Eight, UW-Whitewater got two FTs with 0.3 left, Wheaton knocked out St. Joe's, Swarthmore crushed Keene, and Mount Union and UW-Oshkosh advanced as well.

March 9, 2023 Hoopsville: Dream Time 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!

March 9, 2023 Iconic moment puts UMHB in Sweet 16 In years to come, UMHB head coach Clif Carroll says, the stillshot will be plastered on the wall outside of the Mary Hardin-Baylor men’s basketball team’s locker room.

March 8, 2023 North Park writing a new chapter Everyone should know that North Park has won five Division III men's basketball national titles, but the last word from the Vikings on that front was ... a while ago. Sean Smith's squad is intent on adding to the record book. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 7, 2023 Warhawks doin' it for Derek All season long, the UW-Whitewater men's basketball team has been dealing with the offseason death of young star Derek Gray. And they've been dealing with it well enough to win the WIAC tournament and advance to the D-III Sweet 16. Ryan Scott has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 6, 2023 Hoopsville: Sweetness! In the blink of an eye, we are down to just 16 teams remaining in each of the DIII NCAA Tournaments. Monday we recap a terrific, and wild, tournament weekend. The upsets, the finishes, the battles. Watch Hoopsville On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!

March 5, 2023 Sweet 16 has a critical mass The NCAA put three of the four women's sectionals in Massachusetts, and none in Texas, which hasn't hosted a sectional since 2008. In fact, teams currently in Region 10 have hosted just one women's sectional in 14 years, and just one men's sectional since 2000.

March 4, 2023 UMHB wins at buzzer; NESCAC, UAA eliminated Josiah Johnson scored 32 points, including a buzzer-beating 3, while Nichols eliminated Middlebury, UW-Whitewater dropped Case, North Park edged Wash U and St. Joe's beat Williams at home. The men are down to a sweet 16 teams, and host sites have been announced.

March 3, 2023 CCC, UEC champs pick up first-round wins Nichols rallied from a big deficit to knock off Rochester, Lancaster Bible gave the United East a first-round win for the third Tournament in a row, and the program that Jim Calhoun built finally got a D-III NCAA Tournament victory. The UAA, which had five teams selected to the tournament, lost its first three of the night but rallied to win its last two.

March 3, 2023 CNU survives first-round scare In the men's game of the night, the Captains erased a 10-point halftime deficit and survived a would-be buzzer-beater attempt as Christopher Newport held on to defeat Farmingdale State 61-60.

March 2, 2023 Schreiner dramatically flips the script Two weeks ago, Schreiner needed a win against Texas Lutheran just to make the conference tournament. Now the Mountaineers and their retoooled lineup are ready to dance. Riley Zayas has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 2, 2023 New faces carry Little Giants to postseason Wabash lost four big seniors off the Little Giants team that made it to last year's national semifinals. Turns out, rebuilding was never in this team’s vocabulary. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.

March 2, 2023 Hoopsville: Tourneys Preview The NCAA DIII Men's & Women's Tournaments have arrived. 128 teams are ready to tip it up all still with a chance to win one of two national championships. On Thursday's Hoopsville, we preview of some of the teams and great games ahead in the opening weekend. Watch On Demand or listen tot he podcast - right here.

March 1, 2023 Men's NCAA Tournament preview We’ve got a bracket full of less proven teams sitting on hot streaks and gaudy records nursing their wounds. Will the fires be snuffed out or the flames fanned? Will the losses motivate contenders or presage doom to come? Ryan Scott breaks it down in his annual tournament preview.

February 27, 2023 Hoopsville: Brackets Breakdown The brackets have been announced. It's now time to figure out who made it, who didn't, the matchups, and other nuances. Plus hear from both national committee chairs who answer questions on the decisions made in the last few days. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast of the "Brackets Breakdown" Hoopsville.

February 27, 2023 Men's NCAA Tournament bracket is out! After one of the craziest conference tournament weeks we can remember, and a full hour delay in the selection show, 19 of our projected 20 at-large teams made the field. Here's the full bracket.

February 24, 2023 Who's in the men's Tournament? Here's how the 64-team field for the 2023 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament came together, from the first conference playoff games through the 20 at-large selections.

February 27, 2023 NCAA's men's final regional rankings This is the last set of regional rankings, the one the NCAA used to select the at-large teams.

February 26, 2023 Who's in? Our projected men's bracket All of the conference tournament upsets made for an interesting mock selection process for our committee on Sunday night, as teams which would have easily gotten in last year were instead waiting deep on the bubble. Here's who we think are in, and where we'd match them up.

February 26, 2023 Sunday: Nobody's perfect Albertus Magnus upset No. 1 St. Joseph (Conn.) and sent the last undefeated team in Division III men’s hoops into the NCAA Tournament with a loss. Meanwhile, Schreiner completed its Cinderella run, Sewanee stunned Berry, and everything went according to form on the women’s side.

February 25, 2023 Saturday men: Bubbles a-poppin' Babson played its way into the NCAA Tournament past NEWMAC top seed WPI, St. Thomas (Texas) got bounced in the SCAC semifinals, Wabash returned the favor to conference rival Wooster, Guilford won at the buzzer and NESCAC top seed Williams lost, meaning the NESCAC will probably steal an extra bid. 

February 24, 2023 Friday men: Death to the bubble Rowan and Baruch wrapped up NCAA Tournament bids, but it was trouble elsewhere as Utica lost, UW-La Crosse lost, Wheaton (Ill.) lost and the top two seeds in the ASC and the SCIAC all lost, making for uncomfortable waiting for some. More in Friday's wrapup.

February 21, 2023 NCAA's men's second regional rankings This is the last set of rankings we see before tournament selections are announced, although we'll see the final one afterward.

February 16, 2023 NCAA Committee No. 1's: Randolph-Macon, Smith For the second year in a row, the NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball championships committee have done something they never used to do before: They ranked teams nationally. Here's where they see teams from 1 to 16 nationally.

February 14, 2023 NCAA's men's regional rankings In numerical order, how the NCAA Division III men's basketball championships committee ranks the top teams in Region 1 through Region 10, using the established D-III ranking criteria.

February 7, 2023 NCAA's first men's regional 'ranking' We can't call it a ranking, since teams are only listed alphabetically, but let's call this the NCAA committee's watch list, released today for Region 1 through Region 10 in men's basketball.