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.
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.
Jim Calhoun's run at his first-ever trip to the D-III NCAA Tournament fell a few points short, North Central came up with a win at Augustana, Emerson clinched its first-ever trip to Division III's big dance and Emory won the automatic bid for the only conference without a conference tournament. In all, 30 bids were on the line on Saturday.
The Sons of Westwood, composed primarily of UCLA alumni, proved too much to handle down the stretch and the fourth seed advanced past No. 13 seeded We are D3 in The Basketball Tournament.
The pressure is on for teams trying to jockey themselves into position to keep playing in March. Regular season games are starting to wrap up which means the pressure of conference tournaments is nearing a crescendo. On Sunday night's Hoopsville, Dave chats with teams who are hoping to wrap up regular season titles along with NCAA tournament berths. Show starts at 7:00 PM ET.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – With less than one second remaining in regulation, Grant Ellis (Newark, N.J.) of the Albertus Magnus men's basketball team calmly made three straight free-throws to lift the Falcons to a 76-75 victory over Lasell College on Tuesday evening in a crucial GNAC showdown at "The Nest".
Marietta sent John Carroll to its second consecutive loss and took over the OAC lead, while F&M lost at an old nemesis, Albertus Magnus served notice it was not ready to go away and North Central finished a key sweep. That and more in Saturday's men's recap.
Sophomore guard Chaunce Dunbar (Windsor, Conn.) hit a game-winning three-pointer with under five seconds left in regulation to lead the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team past visiting Baruch, 91-89, on Monday evening in non-conference action at The Nest inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.
Freshman Shontaey Lovell (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored a game-high 21 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team past visiting Purchase State, 101-84, on Friday night in non-conference action at The Nest inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.
It may have been the best opening weekend of Division III college basketball ever. On Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talked with No. 7 Albertus Magnus, No. 10 Dickinson, No. 19 Mount Union, and Northwestern men's squads plus No. 14 Hope and No. 24 Texas-Dallas women's teams. There also may be some additional guests. Watch the show On Demand!
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference might be a one-bid league for the NCAA Tournament this year, where even if seventh-ranked Albertus Magnus loses this afternoon, they might not make the field. Will they secure their bid? Watch.
No. 2 St. Thomas saw its 16-game winning streak snapped, while No. 3 Marietta lost for the second time this week and fellow top 10 teams Albertus Magnus and Babson survived close calls in Saturday's men's action.
The Falcons were a GNAC afterthought until a few years ago. Now they're turned over that breakthrough roster completely and are keeping their run going with a new cast.
Cabrini and Wooster each fell on their home floor, while Albertus Magnus won its rematch with SUNY-Purchase and UT-Dallas hit a 23-foot buzzer-beater at the buzzer in overtime to defeat Whitworth 78-77 in Saturday's second-round action.
The Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team defeated Saint Joseph’s College of Maine 84-49 on Saturday afternoon in the 2014 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament Championship in New Haven, Conn. The 2014 title marks the program’s third-straight and its fourth in the last five years.
Victor Ljuljdjuraj (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) tallied 26 points and 11 rebounds to lead the No. 19 Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team to an 88-52 win over Mount Ida College on Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.
The No. 16 Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team won its ninth-straight game with an 87-79 victory over No. 13 SUNY-Purchase on Monday night in front of a tremendous home crowd to improve to 15-1 on the year and to hand the Panthers their first loss of the season.
Dave McHugh talked major milestones with Scranton's Mike Strong and No. 15 Va. Wesleyan's Dave Macedo. Plus No. 13 St. Norbert, No. 18 SUNY Purchase, Albertus Magnus, and Wellesley. Watch it On Demand!
Ohio Wesleyan started a tough stretch with a win over over No. 15 Marietta while Albertus Magnus nearly gave D3 its second win over a D1 foe this year. Plus the York women edge Stevens Point in Atlanta.
The Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team opened up 2013-14 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play on Tuesday night with an 89-64 victory over Mount Ida College on the road in Newton, Mass. Lemar Larsen (Waterbury, Conn.) led all scorers in the contest with 23 points as he hit 10-of-15 from the floor.
In its 2013-14 season opener, the Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team defeated Lehman College 86-73 on Friday night in New London, Conn. at the Mitchell College Tip-Off Tournament. Darius Watson (New Britain, Conn.) led all players with 31 points on the night as 18 of those points came in the opening frame.
Led by 34 points and 12 rebounds from Darius Watson (New Britain, Conn.), the Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team earned its second-consecutive Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament Championship title as the Falcons came from behind to defeat top-seeded Anna Maria College 87-80.
With a 104-77 win over Johnson & Wales (R.I.) on Thursday night, the Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team will advance to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament Championship game scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 23 at Anna Maria College. The title game will tip off at 2:00 p.m.
Senior Arshad Jackson (Hartford, Conn.) scored a career-high 34 points, including his 1,000th career-point, to lead the Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team over Saint Joseph’s College of Maine on Thursday night in the Falcons’ final home regular-season game.
Hoopsville On Demand has Sunday's show, with women's coaches from Baruch and Tufts and men's coaches from Albertus Magnus, Roanoke and Trinity (Texas).
Led by a 70% shooting performance in the second half of tonight’s contest, the No. 19 Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team downed Mount Ida College 106-91 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play on Thursday evening.
In just his sixth season at the helm of the Albertus Magnus men’s basketball program, head coach Mitch Oliver earned his 100th career victory on Tuesday night as his team defeated Suffolk University 95-76 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action. Oliver is 100-55 all-time at Albertus Magnus College.
The Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team fell to Division I Yale University 112-63 in front of a crowd of 1,094 on Tuesday night in the Lee Amphitheater in downtown New Haven.