2023 Women's NCAA Tournament coverage

April 1, 2023 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament bracket Transylvania started its season in Texas and finished there with a national championship, beating Christopher Newport in the Tournament finale. Here's how the Pioneers' trail to a title took shape.

April 1, 2023 Fulks, Pios complete their joyful journey Coaching excellence is expressed in many forms, sometimes theatrical and emotive, sometimes stern and stone faced. For Transylvania head coach Juli Fulks, her excellence is expressed with calm poise on the court and by investing in her players off it. Read more in our final feature of the season.

April 1, 2023 Transylvania takes the title No. 2 Transylvania withstood a fourth-quarter rally from No. 1 Christopher Newport and pulled away from the Captains in the final minute to win the 2023 NCAA Division III women's basketball title. Riley Zayas has the story from Dallas.

April 1, 2023 2023 title game is seventh heaven Saturday's title game between No. 1 Christopher Newport and No. 2 Transylvania is just the seventh time the top two teams in our poll will play each other in the NCAA Tournament. To celebrate the special occasion, we look back at the previous six 1-versus-2 matchups with some help from the coaches and players who won those games.

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 19, 2023 Transy knocking on door of dream season No. 2 Transylvania defeated No. 4 Smith 67-56 in the national semifinals and moved one step closer to finishing their dream season with a perfect record. The Pioneers will face fellow unbeaten and top-ranked Christopher Newport in the title game on April 1st. Read more about the Pioneers journey here.

March 17, 2023 Playmates before teammates After growing up together and playing high school basketball separately, Gabbi San Diego and Camille Malagar have reunited as Christopher Newport's starting backcourt. They're a big part of the new-look Captains who will play in Saturday's national semifinals. Read about it here in a Road to Hartford feature.

March 15, 2023 This Cinderella shouldn't shock you Rhode Island College is in the Division III women’s basketball Final Four. That may be a shock to some fans across the country, but, believe it or not, this is precisely how it’s supposed to work. Ryan Scott has more.

March 14, 2023 Smith looking to tame the beast "The NCAA Tournament is a whole different beast," says Smith guard Ally Yamada. And after exiting last year in the Sweet 16, the Pioneers turned that negative outcome into a positive and have gotten two rounds further. Joe Sager has more.

March 14, 2023 Transylvania: Not this time Transylvania senior Madison Kellione sums it up perfectly: “We were there last year, and lost. We weren’t going to do it again.” Riley Zayas has more about the Pioneers' special season in a Road to Dallas, and a Road from Dallas, 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 11, 2023 Final four set for Hartford The 2023 NCAA Division III women’s basketball national semifinals will have a Cinderella story, two undefeated teams and the first women-only college to make the final four since 2001.

March 10, 2023 High five for New England Five New England teams advanced through the 2023 Tournament sectional semifinals, as Rhode Island College sank No. 10 Chicago, No. 4 Smith outlasted Mary Washington, No. 13 Babson took care of Marietta and both NESCAC teams won their Sweet 16 games on Friday night.

March 9, 2023 Trine hardly bothered by hitting the road 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.

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 8, 2023 'You never know until you see your name on the line' The Marietta women's team is in uncharted territory after advancing to the Round of 16, and they needed a double-digit, fourth-quarter rally to do so, after needing an at-large bid to even get in. Brian Lester has more with this pioneering ballclub in a Road to Dallas 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 6, 2023 Where grace meets celebration Gordon Mann was on hand at Messiah for the Falcons' second-round home game against NYU and witnessed something unexpected afterward. More in a Road to Dallas feature.

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 3, 2023 Second round: Saturday Knights alright The Wartburg Knights guaranteed that Division III will have a new national champion by knocking Hope out of the Tournament, while Rhode Island College ended No. 3 Scranton’s perfect season in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament. Elsewhere, No. 4 Smith survived and No. 5 Trinity (Texas) beat No. 12 Hardin-Simmons for the third time this season.

March 3, 2023 Late rallies lift Skidmore, Oshkosh Skidmore rallied from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Johns Hopkins while UW-Oshkosh lost its 13-point lead but then came back to tip Washington & Lee. Elsewhere, Marietta won a thriller in Upstate New York, Wartburg ousted Baldwin Wallace, and the SUNYAC went 2-0 in Round 1 of the 2023 Division III women's basketball NCAA Tournament.

March 4, 2023 Triple take: Blues win in 3OT Whitman earned itself a good night’s rest and a place in NCAA Division III women’s basketball history with an 85-81 triple-overtime victory over UW-Eau Claire in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Read about it in our Game of the Night spotlight coverage.

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, 2022 Women's Tournament preview This year's NCAA Tournament is headlined by several teams looking for their first national championship or their first in a very long time. Can unbeaten Christopher Newport, Scranton or Transylvania dethrone defending champions Hope? We tackle that and more in our annual women's Tournament preview.

March 3, 2023 Smith joining the D-III elite The women of Smith College have long been attending an academically elite institution. Now they are attending an elite institution in the Division III basketball sense as well. Riley Zayas has more in a Road to Dallas feature.

March 2, 2023 For Duhawks, the D is where it's at Heading into the season, the Loras women’s basketball team expected to be known for its scoring, but it's the defense that has the Duhawks rolling right now. Joe Sager has more in a Road to Dallas feature.

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 Women's NCAA Tournament bracket released! As with our men's projections, our women's projections came down to one last pick, where the committee zigged, and we zagged. Here's the full bracket!

February 19, 2023 Who's in the women's Tournament? Here's how the 64-team field for the 2023 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament came together, from the first conference playoff games through at-large selections.

February 27, 2023 NCAA final women's regional rankings By region from 1 to 10, by team from 1 to 7, how the NCAA Division III women's basketball committee ranks teams in the final ranking of the 2022-23 season.

February 25, 2023 Saturday women: Triple As The top three teams in Division III women's basketball completed perfect runs to the NCAA Tournament by winning their automatic bids on Saturday. Elsewhere, Knox College secured its first ever Tournament bid, Cortland busted a bubble and the ASC tournament had a surprise winner.

February 24, 2023 Friday women: New York, New York 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

February 22, 2023 NCAA second women's regional rankings By region from 1 to 10, by team from 1 to 7, how the NCAA Division III women's basketball committee ranks teams in the second full ranking of the 2022-23 season.

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 8, 2023 NCAA women's regional rankings By region from 1 to 10, by team from 1 to 7, how the NCAA Division III women's basketball committee ranks teams in the first full ranking of the 2022-23 season.