D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 24th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
Freshman Mike Osborne was the hero on North Park's Senior Day as the Vikings stunned No. 2 Illinois Wesleyan. Elsewhere Trine finished a perfect regular season, Bethel roughed up No. 5 St. John's, and the top-ranked Hope women had an unusual starting lineup on its Senior Day. Get the recap here.
Dave Niland became the second Division III coach in five days to win his 500th game as Penn State-Behrend defeated Fredonia. Elsewhere Bethel shut down No. 18 UW-Stevens Point and Augsburg sent the St. Thomas women to another defeat.
For the second consecutive game the Bethel University men's basketball team picked up steam from 3-point range as they defeated Gustavus Adolphus 93-67 Tuesday evening in the opening round of the MIAC Playoffs inside the Robertson Center.
Brooklyn captured the first of 84 automatic bids to be handed out this weekend, then the Montclair State women and Staten Island men followed shortly after that. Elsewhere twin upsets in the MIAC will pop someone else's bubble elsewhere and Eastern Mennonite kept going for Kirby.
In every season there are teams who rise to the top making everyone take a second look at what is going on. On Thursday's Hoopsville, Dave chatted with some teams who are not just flashes-in-the-pan this season. How they are shaking up conferences races. Watch or listen to Hoopsville On Demand!
The holiday season is over and conference play is in full swing. Nathan Ford resets the West Region conferences to prepare you for an exciting finish to the 2016-17 season.
After a disappointing trip to California, Carleton comes back to Minnesota and knocks off MIAC powerhouse St. Thomas. Plus Bethel, Whitworth, Dubuque and St. Olaf items in the latest Around the West.
Heidelberg made it tough on the No. 5 Pioneers, while Bethel made it even tougher on St. Olaf and WPI's Sam Longwell made it tough on Wheaton (Mass.) to the tune of a triple-double. More in the men's wrapup.
Bethel athletic director Bob Bjorklund recently announced that Jeff Westlund will not be returning as the head coach of the Royals men's basketball program.