Nebraska Wesleyan men's basketball news

  • Hoopsville: Buckle Up
    February 22, 2024
    Buckle up! The finish to the DIII basketball season will be bumpy, full of twists and turns, and for some it will come to a sudden stop. Watch (or listen) to Thursday's Hoopsville as we hear from programs still looking to play in March and we share some of the men's games and teams you should be watching.
  • 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.
  • D3 champs come from same coaching tree
    December 07, 2022
    Dale Wellman at Nebraska Wesleyan and Josh Merkel at Randolph-Macon have more in common than a relatively recent Walnut and Bronze trophy in their case: They both worked for the same head coach: Jeff Neubauer at Eastern Kentucky. Ryan Scott talks to them about that and the philosophies that gave them to carry forward in the newest Around the Nation.
  • Playing the waiting game
    February 08, 2021
    Not being able to play is tough. Not being able to play when everyone else in your conference is on the floor -- that's worse. In the latest Around the Nation, Ryan Scott talks to three schools who had long waits to get games in, and one which is still waiting.
  • D3hoops.com 2020 men's All-West Region team
    March 17, 2020
    Nate Schimonitz takes home West Region Player of the Year, while Whitworth coach Damion Jablonski is Coach of the Year and Carleton's Jeremy Beckler is Rookie of the Year.
  • Prairie Wolves Survive and Advance with 77-73 Win Over Webster
    March 06, 2020
    LINCOLN, Neb. – 7th-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan advances to the 2nd round of the NCAA III Tournament for the third consecutive season but it wasn’t easy as the Prairie Wolves had to rally back from a halftime deficit to defeat Webster University 77-73 on Friday night (March 6) in round one of the 2020 NCAA III Tournament at Snyder Arena.
  • Team of the Week
    January 20, 2020
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 23rd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Hoopsville: January Grind
    January 16, 2020
    There are six weeks left in the regular season, but the grind of conference schedules can make it feel like the end is a long ways off. On Thursday's Hoopsville, we chat about how each game has larger ramifications. Watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
  • Team of the Week
    November 19, 2019
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 23rd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • D3hoops.com 2019 men's All-West Region team
    March 11, 2019
    The West had battles at the top all season long and the postseason shouldn't really be any different.
  • Jostens Trophy finalists announced
    March 01, 2019
    The Salem Rotary Club announced the 20 finalists for Division III's premier award recognizing excellence on and off the court. The men's and women's award winner will be introduced on Thursday, March 14.
  • Who's in? Our projected men's bracket
    February 24, 2019
    We picked our projected teams live on Hoopsville tonight. Who do we think gets in? How will the NCAA pair them up? We've got a suggestion here in our projected 2019 Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament bracket.
  • Saturday men: NWU holds on; Augsburg rallies
    February 09, 2019
    St. Thomas saw its long win streak snapped, Springfield revived some memories of its 2018 Final Four run, Nebraska Wesleyan survived its first week back in the No. 1 spot and Wabash's Jack Davidson set the Division III all-time record for consecutive made free throws in Saturday's men's basketball action. 
  • Saturday men: Loras ends NWU's streak at 31
    January 26, 2019
    The defending champ and No. 1 team in the country fell on Saturday afternoon, while Wooster handed Wabash just its second loss of the season and Colby delivered the same to Hamilton in Division III men's basketball action on Saturday.
  • The Prairie Wolves' super sub
    January 25, 2019
    Nebraska Wesleyan has been an a roll fore the past season and a half, but the Prairie Wolves have had their share of challenges this season. The good thing is, whenever the defending champs need someone to step into the starting lineup, Nate Bahe is there. Brian Lester has more.
  • Garver's Triple-Double Powers Prairie Wolves Past Coe
    January 16, 2019
    Ryan Garver went over the 1,000 career-point mark and finished with a triple-double to lead No. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan to an 80-72 road victory at Coe College on Wednesday night (Jan. 16) in American Rivers men’s basketball action in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • Team of the Week
    January 07, 2019
    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.
  • Finalists rally for Friday night wins
    November 16, 2018
    Men's No. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan and No. 2 UW-Oshkosh each rallied from second-half deficits to pull away to victory, while No. 4 St. Thomas got a top 10 win on the road in Division III women's basketball action on Friday night, which opened the first full weekend of the 2018-19 Division III basketball season.
  • Off and running
    November 09, 2018
    The 2018-19 season tipped off on Thursday with the defending national champions running wild against Grinnell, UW-Eau Claire stopping St. Olaf and the York women knocking off Messiah. Get the wrap here.
  • Hoopsville: Season Premiere
    November 04, 2018
    Welcome to the 2018-19 Division III basketball season! Join Dave right now for the season debut of Hoopsville. Interviews include the preseason top pics, plus hot topics, coaching changes, and more. Watch the show On Demand, or listen to the Podcast, here.
  • NWU near-unanimous No. 1
    October 11, 2018
    When the defending national champs lose just one player, and bring in two all-conference transfers, they're the team to beat. But in a season where it seems everyone is loaded, here's our preseason look at who will challenge Nebraska Wesleyan. The D3hoops.com men's basketball preseason Top 25:
  • Old friend comes back for Salem finale
    March 17, 2018
    Nebraska Wesleyan finished as national runner-up here in Salem back in 1997, finishing a run of four trips to the Division III Final Four. And on the fifth trip, the Prairie Wolves picked up the ultimate trophy: Walnut and Bronze. Ryan Scott with more from Salem.
  • Nebraska Wesleyan fires on all cylinders to win national title
    March 17, 2018
    The Prairie Wolves hit 73 3-pointers in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, finishing 14-for-22 in the title game, a 78-72 win vs. UW-Oshkosh in the final men's basketball championship in the Salem Civic Center.
  • Oshkosh, NWU book trip to title game
    March 16, 2018
    UW-Oshkosh became the fifth Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team to play in the Division III national championship game, while Nebraska Wesleyan knocked off Springfield in overtime to return to the title game for the first time in 21 years. 
  • Making Nebraska Wesleyan click
    March 15, 2018
    Nate Schimonitz was nearly lost for the season in Nebraska Wesleyan's preseason exhibition, and with him, the Prairie Wolves' hopes. They lost two of four games after his return, but they've won 16 of 17 since. More in a Road to Salem feature.
  • D3hoops.com 2018 men's All-West Region team
    March 12, 2018
    Collin Olmscheid of Augsburg is the West Region Player of the Year. Nebraska Wesleyan coach Dale Wellman takes regional Coach of the Year and Dempsey Roggenbuck of Linfield is Rookie of the Year.
  • Crazy season results in unexpected Final Four
    March 10, 2018
    One of the last teams in the field was the first team to punch a ticket to Salem, while Ramapo ended the NJAC's Final Four drought, Nebraska Wesleyan steamrolled the No. 1 team out and UW-Oshkosh won in overtime.
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