The final week of the regular season is here. Teams will be clinching AQs to the NCAA Tournaments while others hope their resumes will be strong enough to be invited. On Monday's Hoopsville, we get ready for conference tourney time. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
In a Hoopsville exclusive, the DIII National Committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
No. 15 Ithaca held off Skidmore to stay in first place in the Liberty League while No. 8 Hardin-Simmons all but ended the race for first in the ASC. Elsewhere, the OAC and Landmark each had one ranked team rally to victory and another fall short on the road. Read about it in our recap Saturday's women's recap.
No. 7 Smith and No. 20 Ithaca rallied in the fourth quarter and pushed their record to 4-0 on the road while Ella McKinney’s strong fourth quarter lifted No. 1 Hope to its fourth win. Read about it here.
The polls are closed and we're projecting Election Night victories for the Presidents (of W&J) and John Adams (of WPI). Read about those victories, plus two pre-Cortaca Jug battles in our first recap of the 2022-23 season.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament, Grace Cannon and senior Cara Volpe combined for 41 points to guide the Ithaca College women's basketball team to a hard-fought win over St. Lawrence for their third consecutive Liberty League title. A 42-25 second half rally by the Bombers, spearheaded by several clutch plays by Emily Dorn secured the 70-58 victory. With the win, Ithaca improved to 24-3 overall and IC will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament – the selection show will be held on their website at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Our last poll of the season before the NCAA Tournament bracket is released includes the first appearance of the season for Ithaca College. Plus DePauw returns to the Top 10 and Scranton continues to climb.
No. 17 Scranton and Ithaca continued their run of conference titles while No. 1 Christopher Newport pulled away from Salisbury in its regular season finale. Mary-Hardin Baylor and Messiah will still be the one-seed in their playoffs, but they'll enter them on a down note. Read about it here.
UW-La Crosse and Stockton beat the clocks and their opponents on Wednesday night while Rowan and Marymount didn't use their shot clocks much at all. On the women's side, the Bombers dropped No. 12 Scranton and No. 3 Trine rallied past Benedictine.
Scranton rallied past Christopher Newport and into the sectional finals in dramatic fashion while St. Thomas eliminated defending champions Amherst in overtime. Elsewhere Wartburg, Tufts and Wash U. won with defense and Ithaca edged DeSales.
Marymount rallied from a four-point deficit to beat MIT while Trine and George Fox won their first round showdowns with ranked foes. Elsewhere Amherst's defense set a new record and Ithaca ousted SUNY Geneseo.
Puget Sound was the only ranked team to lose last week and the only team to exit the poll. Ithaca takes the Loggers' place and the bottom of the rankings shuffles with Juniata and Marietta moving up. Get the full rankings here.
ITHACA, N.Y. – In front of a capacity crowd inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Friday evening, the Ithaca College women’s basketball team defeated visiting Rochester Institute of Technology in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. Ithaca has now won 14 straight games and improves to 25-3 on the season heading into tomorrow’s matchup with SUNY New Paltz.
HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team punched its ticket to the NCAA Division III Championship with a 77-74 victory over Stevens Institute of Technology in the Empire 8 Conference title game inside Canavan Arena on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Ithaca is now 24-3 on the season and extends its winning streak to 13 consecutive contests.
HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team will play for an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships tomorrow afternoon after a 63-55 victory over Hartwick College in the Empire 8 Conference semifinals on Friday evening inside Canavan Arena in Hoboken, N.J. Ithaca, now 23-3 on the season and making its 10th straight trip to the Empire 8 final, will take on host and top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology (16-9) at 4 p.m. The Bombers have now won 12 consecutive games.
The HCAC will go through Terre Haute since Rose-Hulman secured the top seed with its win over Manchester. Scranton edged Catholic to split their season series while Kenyon tripped DePauw and Penn St-Harrisburg stunned Mary Washington. That and more in today's recap.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team came away with a 60-49 Empire 8 Conference victory on Saturday afternoon over Hartwick College inside Ben Light Gymnasium on Senior Day. Ithaca improves to 20-3 on the season and 12-2 in the Empire 8 behind a career performance from junior Jordan Beers, who scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting, including 14 points in the fourth quarter.
This season Carroll from the Midwest Conference back to the CCIW. Merchant Marine did the same, rejoining the Skyline from the Landmark. Ithaca and Sage will move soon, and others will follow. Why do these moves happen? Why don't they happen when geography suggest they should?
ELMIRA, N.Y. – Junior Jordan Beers put together a near perfect shooting performance on Saturday afternoon to help the Ithaca College women’s basketball team defeat Elmira College on the road, 98-54. Beers led all scorers in the game with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor, 4-for-4 from 3-point range and 3-for-3 at the free throw line. With the victory, Ithaca improves to 13-3 on the season and 5-2 in the Empire 8 Conference.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team improved to 10-2 on the season and 2-1 in the Empire 8 Conference with a convincing 68-46 victory at St. John Fisher College on Thursday evening inside Manning and Napier Gymnasium. St. John Fisher drops to 4-8 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's basketball team led by as many as 42 points on Tuesday evening and cruised to a 78-50 victory over New Paltz inside Ben Light Gymnasium to improve to 9-2 on the season. Ithaca forced New Paltz to turn the ball over 30 times, which translated for 31 points in the game. New Paltz is now 5-7 on the year.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women’s basketball team kicked off 2017 with a 92-58 Empire 8 Conference victory over Alfred University on Tuesday evening in Ben Light Gymnasium in what was both teams’ conference openers. Ithaca raises its record to 8-1 on the season, while Alfred falls to 2-8 overall.
Hoopsville has one more show before the Christmas break - the Semester Finale. What teams are off to good starts and what does the pulse of Division III feel like right now. Guests from Elizabethtown, Ithaca, and NJCU along with a regional report from the Northeast all On Demand right now!
Big fourth quarters propelled Ithaca, Montclair State and UW-Oshkosh to wins in different ways. The Bombers rallied past No. 9 Rochester on the road while Montclair State pulled away from Rowan and Oshkosh put away Wheaton in the final periods. Get the full recap from the day.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 29-point fourth quarter propelled the Ithaca College women's basketball team to a 73-67 upset victory over No. 9 the University of Rochester on Saturday afternoon at the Louis Alexander Palestra. With the win, Ithaca improves to 7-1 on the season, while Rochester falls to 6-2.
The Liberty League has been looking for new members to help it keep its AQ in football. They found one in Ithaca that will join the conference in all sports, including basketball. Read about the move here.
What keeps you warm as the months grow cold? Around the East columnist Andrew Lovell always associates winter with Division III basketball, and you probably do, too. Here's a quick glance ahead at the conference races.
The Ithaca College women's basketball team defeated the Utica Pioneers 104-47 in an Empire 8 showdown on Friday Jan. 30 in Ben Light Gymnasium. The Bombers now advance to 14-4 on the season and 8-1 in the conference.
Hoopsville: Final Week
February 20, 2023The final week of the regular season is here. Teams will be clinching AQs to the NCAA Tournaments while others hope their resumes will be strong enough to be invited. On Monday's Hoopsville, we get ready for conference tourney time. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
