NYU men's basketball news

  • NYU continues run into title game
    March 20, 2025
    Hampton Sanders had a career night from beyond the arc and NYU overcame the ejection of starter Zay Freeney as the top-ranked Violets roared into the national title game, defeating UAA rival WashU.
  • Unselfish and together
    March 18, 2025
    Last year's NYU men's basketball team centered on one person, but this year's Violets have a new look and new philosophy. Ryan Scott has more in a Road to Fort Wayne feature.
  • Hoopsville: Final Fours
    March 17, 2025
    And then there were four. In what seems like the blink of an eye, four rounds are done and four men's and four women's teams are left to battle for two national championships. On Monday's Hoopsville, we take a look back at the Sectionals weekend and ahead to the final fours. Catch up On Demand or podcast - right here!
  • Final Four: It's all UAA, NESCAC
    March 15, 2025
    In the first year of the NCAA Power Index, the power conferences certainly got through, as it will be Wesleyan and Trinity (Conn.) of the NESCAC and NYU and Wash U of the UAA who make the trip to Fort Wayne for the Division III national semifinals.
  • At NYU, it's two teams, but one goal
    March 13, 2025
    The NYU men's basketball and women's basketball teams do all of their conference travel together in the UAA, flying halfway across the country at times for games. Even though they're not both allowed to host at the same time, that bond doesn't wane. Joe Sager has more.
  • NYU advances past Cortland
    March 07, 2025
    The top-ranked New York University men's basketball team opened play in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament with a 72-36 win over Cortland on Friday, March 7, in York, PA.
  • Men's NCAA Tournament preview
    March 06, 2025
    We enter the 2025 Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament with perhaps less confidence than ever before. Our Top 25 has first place votes split almost evenly among UW-Platteville, NYU, and Wesleyan and there were all sorts of upsets in conference tournaments. But Ryan Scott makes sense of it in his annual NCAA Tournament preview.
  • No. 5 NYU finishes sweep with win at No. 6 Wash U
    February 02, 2025
    The NYU men took two on the road this weekend in UAA play, starting Friday night in Chicago and finishing Sunday afternoon in St. Louis for their first sweep of the two teams in 13 years.
  • Hoopsville: Top 16 Seeds
    February 15, 2024
    In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III 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 here!
  • Hoopsville: Furious Finish
    February 12, 2024
    It's going to be a battle. The final two weeks of the regular season is here and for most conference the final week of their schedules is now. On a special midday Monday edition of Hoopsville, we check in with teams around DIII trying to finish strong. Watch On Demand or listen to podcast here.
  • Team of the Week
    January 22, 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.
  • Saturday: Violets bloom out west
    November 25, 2023
    Bulldogs are red. Violets are blue. An 11-1 run gave the win to NYU That and more in our recap.
  • Team of the Week
    February 20, 2023
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position with the top performances of the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Team of the Week
    January 02, 2023
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • NYU Breaks Single-Game Scoring Record
    December 10, 2022
    New York University's men's basketball team broke the program's single-game scoring record with 138 points in a 138-92 victory over Hunter College at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility on Saturday afternoon. This marks the second consecutive season that the Violets have snapped the scoring record against Hunter, posting 123 points exactly one year ago today.
  • NYU Rolls to 108-67 Win Over Yeshiva
    December 01, 2022
    The New York University men's basketball team, playing in front of a full house at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility on Thursday night, remained unbeaten in 2022-23 with a resounding 108-67 victory over Yeshiva University.
  • Savarino's Career High, Freedman's Double-Double Leads NYU Over OW
    November 28, 2022
    Michael Savarino poured in a career-high 24 points while Spencer Freedman had 23 and 13 assists as New York University's men's basketball team picked up a 91-77 victory over SUNY Old Westbury at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility on Monday night.
  • NYU Improves to 5-0
    November 22, 2022
    Zay Freeney and Spencer Freedman continued their hot scoring as New York University's men's basketball team defeated Maritime College, 86-64, on Tuesday night in Throggs Neck, NY.
  • Freeney Drops 31, NYU Runs Away from Moravian
    November 19, 2022
    Zay Freeney's career-high 31 points led New York University's men's basketball team to a 103-61 triumph over Moravian University at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility on Saturday afternoon.
  • Freedman's 26 Leads NYU Over CMSV
    November 15, 2022
    Spencer Freedman scored a career-high 26 points to lead four Violets in double figures as New York University's men's basketball team picked up an 87-56 win at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY on Tuesday night.
  • NYU Races Past USMMA at Home
    November 12, 2022
    After breaking the team record with 19 three-pointers and 39 attempts in a season-opening win over Farmingdale State on Tuesday, the New York University men's basketball team kept the long shots flying on Saturday, attempting another 39 treys in a 94-61 win over the United States Merchant Marine Academy at the Brooklyn Athletic Facility.
  • Season-Opener is a Success for NYU Men's Basketball
    November 08, 2022
    It was an evening of debuts in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, and the first-time performers did not disappoint. Head Coach Dave Klatsky recorded his first victory as the New York University Head Coach, and freshman Quinn Clark filled up the stat sheet as the Violets defeated Farmingdale State College 102-75 at NYU's Brooklyn Athletic Facility.
  • D3hoops.com 2022 men's All-Region 4 team
    March 15, 2022
    NYU, Penn State-Harrisburg and Wells get the call for our top awards in Region 4.
  • Team of the Week
    February 14, 2022
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 25th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Team of the Week
    January 17, 2022
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 25th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware, with some big performances as conference play heats up.
  • Second Half Comeback Secures NYU Men's Basketball's First Win Under Dagan Nelson
    November 09, 2018
    Three Violets Finish With 20+ Points in Season Opening Victory
  • ATN: Homecoming coaches
    May 20, 2018
    This is the month that a lot of college students return home for the summer, and some coaches are also coming back home. Dagan Nelson has returned to NYU where he was once an assistant and Kendra Hassell has moved back to Hardin-Simmons where she was an All-American player. We spoke to both on this month's podcast.
  • NYU names Nelson as its next coach
    April 19, 2018
    Dagan Nelson, who was once the head coach at SUNY New Paltz, returns to Division III and NYU to become the Violets' next coach.
  • Nesci retires as NYU men's basketball coach
    March 07, 2018
    New York University men's basketball coach Joe Nesci announced his retirement, effective immediately. On the job since the middle of the 1988-89 season, Nesci has coached more games (782) and recorded more victories (512) than anyone else in program history.
  • Marintelli's Strong Shooting Leads NYU Past Carnegie Mellon in UAA Action
    January 26, 2018
    Jimmy Martinelli scored 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting as the New York University men's basketball team used a strong second half to earn a 83-65 victory over visiting Carnegie Mellon University in University Athletic Association (UAA) action at the Sportsplex on Friday, January 26, in Manhattan.
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