2024 Men's NCAA Tournament coverage
April 22, 2024
Podcast: Season Recap
The 2023-24 Division III Basketball season was an exciting one from start to finish - even if some parts seems somewhat expected. On the first off-season podcast, the D3hoops crew takes time to look at the favorite and surprising moments of the season. Plus news, notes, and coaching changes on the Hoopsville Podcast.
March 18, 2024
Hoopsville: Champions Crowned
The Hoopsville Season Finale will feature conversations with both national championship programs along with the Jostens Trophy winners. Plus we recap our favor moments of the NCAA Tournaments. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
March 16, 2024
Final 2024 Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament bracket
Trine's first trip to the NCAA Tournament was the most successful it could possibly have been.
March 16, 2024
For Trine, run is 'such a dream'
It could hardly have played out better for Trine, which made the NCAA Tournament in men's basketball for the first time and ran the table, winning in front of a record hometown crowd. But it was a battle. Riley Zayas has more from Fort Wayne.
March 15, 2024
Preview: It'll be defense in Fort Wayne
Don't let the photos fool you -- Saturday's title game between Hampden-Sydney and Trine will be all about defense. Riley Zayas has a preview.
March 14, 2024
Tigers win a defensive battle
Hampden-Sydney and Guilford traveled a total of nearly 1,200 miles to get to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Tigers come out of a defensive contest with the win.
March 12, 2024
Quakers make most of second chance
Guilford had a great team in 2023 but didn't even make the NCAA Tournament. This year's Quakers made sure that wasn't going to happen and have ridden that all the way to the Final Four. More from Ryan Scott.
March 11, 2024
Hoopsville: Fantastic Fours
It's down to the final fours in men's and women's basketball. Hear from the coaches from the only programs remaining for championship glory. Watch Hoopsville On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
March 8, 2024
A tale of the Tigers
A tradition-rich program with committed alumni, a rabid fan base, nearly a thousand men on campus -- Hampden-Sydney should be able to be successful in men's basketball every year. The program needed a few years to get back to this level, but it did under coach Caleb Kimbrough. Riley Zayas has more.
March 7, 2024
Hoopsville: Elite Effort
By the end of Friday night, only the elite of Division III will remain all hoping to be one of the final four remaining in their brackets. Thursday on Hoopsville, we talk to a number of programs looking to keep their championship goals in place. Tune in LIVE starting at 12:00 PM ET - right here!
March 6, 2024
Thunder rolling into second weekend
Trine is already making history, and not planning to stop. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.
March 5, 2024
New-look Captains back in Sweet 16
Christopher Newport is back where it was a year ago, but John Krikorian sees a lot of new faces in his huddle. That includes a different look from the season opener. Ryan Scott has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.
March 4, 2024
Hoopsville: Sweet Success
The difference between still playing and the season being over is razor thin. On Monday's Hoopsville, we talk to the coaches and student-athletes enjoying the sweet success that is the second round of NCAA Tournaments. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast!
March 2, 2024
Men: Title defense alive; NESCAC, ODAC advance 3
Christopher Newport remains in the hunt for another national championship after the Captains ended Widener's season. Meanwhile, the NESCAC and ODAC will each have three of the Sweet 16 teams, and the UAA and MIAA will have two. More in the men's wrapup.
March 1, 2024
Looking for a buzzer beater? IC.
In a night with many great games, our Game of the Night for men for round 1 has to be the one at the Wash U pod. The first one, that is, where Illinois College won it at the buzzer on an incredible shot.
February 29, 2024
Hoopsville: Leap to March
We are on the eve of March by also taking an extra day to get ready for this weekend's NCAA Tournaments. Watch (or listen) Hoopsville as we preview the games by chatting with coaches and athletes around DIII - right here!
February 29, 2024
Scholl on a roll
It's a well-worn adage that at this time of the year, freshmen become sophomores, and one place that truism seems to have taken effect is at Stevens, where Tommy Scholl scored 11 in the MAC Freedom semis and 16 in a one-point title game win. Riley Zayas checks in with the Ducks in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.
February 29, 2024
Men's NCAA Tournament preview
Regardless of whether you have just 14 wins, like Roger Williams, or 26, like Trinity (Conn.), each one matters in the story of the season, road markers on the path to the tournament, where we whittle it down to one champion. Ryan Scott takes you through the men's bracket for his annual NCAA Tournament preview.
February 28, 2024
Going into March like a Lion
If there's any team which is ready to play NCAA Tournament games away from home, it's TCNJ, which won three road games to win the NJAC tournament. The Lions are not ready to end the road trip, either. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.
February 26, 2024
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 the Hoopsville "Brackets Breakdown" On Demand or listen to the podcast here!
February 26, 2024
Men's NCAA Tournament bracket is out!
Once again, if you followed out projections, you'd get a 95% clear picture of the NCAA Tournament picture. Here's who made the field.
February 24, 2024
Bubble gets tight for men on Saturday
New Paltz burst someone's bubble, as did Stevens, John Carroll and Worcester State won in overtime, two near-.500 teams won automatic bids in New England, Mary Baldwin qualified in just the third year of the program, and much more in Saturday's men's action.
February 23, 2024
Who's in the men's NCAA tournament?
Sunday's games are complete, so we have our 42 conference champions with automatic bids to next weekend's NCAA Tournament. Who's going dancing and who might join them when the at-large bids are announced on Monday? Find out here.
February 20, 2024
NCAA's men's regional rankings
The updated regional rankings from the NCAA Division III men's basketball committee. There will be one final set which will be used in the NCAA Tournament selection and bracketing process, but we won't see it until after the bracket is released.
February 15, 2024
Hampden-Sydney atop NCAA's Top 16
Here's what the Top 16 seeds would have looked like entering the NCAA Tournament if the season ended Sunday. Check out the full list, plus watch the reveal, interviews and analysis on Hoopsville, as Dave McHugh talks to the committee chairs and convenes a panel of analysts for the exclusive reveal.
February 13, 2024
NCAA's men's regional rankings
Rankings, the way they should be, with teams actually ranked and in a numerical order. These were released by the NCAA on Tuesday, Feb. 13.
February 6, 2024
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.
Trine: Start of the journey
This was the epitome of Trine basketball, and the results on the floor are the culmination of the culture that Brooks Miller has instilled. Ryan Scott has more on the Thunder's win from Fort Wayne.