• Team of the Week
    December 16, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Team of the Week
    February 19, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll closes out its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, the final one for the 2023-24 season..
  • Team of the Week
    January 16, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Jeffers announces retirement on Christmas Eve
    December 24, 2021
    Dixie Jeffers, who has won 741 games overall and two national championships as the women's basketball coach at Capital, announced her retirement on Christmas Eve, effective New Year's Eve.
  • Hoopsville: Bubble Trouble
    February 27, 2020
    The race for conference championships and automatic bids to the NCAA tournaments is nearly at it's peak. Thursday on Hoopsville, we recap what has already happened and what to expect this weekend. Plus, the national committee chairs remind us of how this all works. Watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast!
  • Team of the Week
    December 10, 2018
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 22nd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Saturday women: Mammoths fend off Polar Bears
    January 27, 2018
    No. 1 Amherst beat No. 4 Bowdoin in an extremely tight, low-scoring game atop the national rankings and NESCAC standings. Elsewhere Trine dealt Hope its first loss of the season, Capital upset Ohio Northern and St. Benedict topped Bethel.
  • Seeking a level playing field
    January 25, 2018
    While Title IX increased opportunities for women to play college sports, there are actually fewer women's head coaches in college now than before the law passed. Why is that and what can be done to level the playing field for women in the coaching profession? Ryan Scott explores in Around the Nation.
  • Wednesday women: Jeffers joins 700 club
    January 10, 2018
    Capital head coach Dixie Jeffers became the second active Division III women's basketball coach and fifth all time to win 700 games as her Crusaders downed Heidelberg. Elsewhere Wartburg dominated Luther and the two ranked OAC teams narrowly avoided upsets.
  • The secret to their success
    December 08, 2017
    What does it take to be a successful coach? Good players, of course. And preparation. And all the things you hear about in post-game press conferences. But what about trust, flexibility and consistency? What makes the "soft skills" of coaching so hard? Ryan Scott talked to some of the best in the business to find out.
  • ATN: The secret to their success
    December 08, 2017
    What does it take to be a successful coach? Good players, of course. And preparation. And all the things you hear about in postgame news conferences. But what about trust, flexibility and consistency? Why are the "soft skills" of coaching so hard? Ryan Scott talked to some of the best in the business to find out.
  • Goucher names Preston as head coach
    April 11, 2017
    Goucher named Andrea Preston as its new head women's basketball coach. Preston was previously the head coach at Hiram and Clarkson before joining Dixie Jeffers' staff at Capital for three seasons.
  • Saturday women: Capital claws closer
    January 23, 2016
    Capital beat Ohio Northern and pulled within one game of first place in the OAC. Trinity (Texas) pushed Austin another game back in the SCAC. Plus Hope and Tufts survived scares on Saturday afternoon. That and more in the women's recap.
  • Hoopsville: Back in Action
    January 03, 2016
    Hoopsville returned to the air after the holidays with plenty to talk about. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches whose teams made some statements over the holidays. Guests include Wartburg and Capital women's programs along with the No. 17 Susquehanna men's program. You will also hear from a few coaches at this year's D3hoops.com Classic. You can watch Hoopsville On Demand!
  • Women: Here to stay
    December 02, 2015
    After entering the Top 25 this week, UW-Whitewater defeated Elmhurst and Capital handled Wilmington. Plus Stevenson found its footing and Rowan kept rolling in conference play. It's all in Wednesday's women's wrapup.
  • Capital to host women's semifinals
    November 06, 2015
    With the Division III women's basketball championship game slated to be held in Indianapolis in conjunction with the Division I and Division II title games, the D-III semifinals needed a home, and found it near the geographic center of Division III.
  • First to reach the elite feat
    June 11, 2015
    There have only been eight seasons in which a D3 women's basketball player swept the major individual awards and led their team to a national title. Thirty years before Sydney Moss, Deanna Klingman was the first to accomplish this elite feat. Read about it in part 2 of our series.
  • Wednesday women: Martin, Jeffers hit round numbers
    January 21, 2015
    McDaniel coach Becky Martin got her 500th career win, while Dixie Jeffers won her 600th game as Capital's head coach in Wednesday's women's action.
  • Saturday women: Buccos bust a bubble
    March 01, 2014
    Whitworth edged Whitman in the NWC final, ending the Missionaries' perfect season and the season period for someone else. Plus Messiah extended its streak one more year and four programs secured their first trip to the Big Dance.
  • Crusaders Dethrone Polar Bears for OAC Tournament Championship
    March 01, 2014
    ADA, Ohio – The fourth-seeded Capital University women's basketball team claimed the OAC Tournament championship Saturday, defeating host, reigning tournament champion and 21st-ranked No.21 Ohio Northern 67-50 Saturday afternoon.
  • Caton Tabbed OAC Player of the Week
    December 16, 2013
    Capital University senior Jamie Caton has been named Ohio Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 15, the league announced Monday.
  • Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Season Preview: Crusaders Primed for Big Season Behind Seniors, Young Core
    November 12, 2013
    After a disappointing finish to the 2012-13 season, the Capital University women's basketball team looks to start off fresh in 2013-14 under the tutelage of the Ohio Athletic Conference's longest tenured coach.
  • 2012-13 Capital Women's Basketball Season Preview: Veteran Coach, Strong Returning Core Look to Compete for OAC Title
    November 12, 2012
    Just like every other college basketball program, the Capital University women’s basketball team started practice on Oct. 15, but one could argue the season started in May.
  • Jeffers reaches milestone
    January 02, 2012
    Capital women’s basketball coach Dixie Jeffers became the seventh coach in NCAA Division III history to reach career win No. 600.
  • Capital Knocks Off First-Place Ohio Northern as Jeffers Nears Milestone
    December 21, 2011
    COLUMBUS – Following a subpar performance just two days earlier, the Capital University women’s basketball team returned to the court Wednesday with a vengeance … and a hot shooting hand.
  • Capital, F&M surge to 4-0
    November 26, 2011
    The Crusader women beat their second ranked opponent of the season and the Franklin and Marshall men won an early showdown against St. Mary's (Md.). That and more in Saturday's recap.
  • 2011-12 Capital Women's Basketball Season Preview: Skilled Offense, Intense Defense to Push Capital
    November 15, 2011
    The Capital University women’s basketball program is a perennial winner, and there’s no indication anything will change as the new season approaches.