Baldwin Wallace, Messiah and Mass-Dartmouth used late bursts to advance through the first round, while three ranked teams were sent packing in the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.
No. 15 Chicago handled No. 1 New York University and handed the Violets their first loss, and No. 6 Scranton blitzed Elizabethtown in its Landmark Conference showdown. Meanwhile, Tufts tipped No. 21 Amherst on the East Coast and No. 19 Puget Sound pulled away from Pacific on the West Coast. Read about it here.
The conference battles are already hitting their peak. Tune in to Thursday's Hoopsville as we talk to ranked teams around the country and catch you up on everything going in DIII basketball. Click here to watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast.
The University of Chicago makes its first appearance in our poll this season, and Puget Sound returns to the rankings after beating Whitman over the weekend. Get the full list here.
After a 20-day layoff, No. 3 Whitman picked up its first loss at Puget Sound while the New Jersey City women stayed perfect. On the men's side, Marietta rallied past Mount Union and into first place in the OAC and Concordia (Wis.) topped Wisconsin Lutheran.
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.
It was a rough day to be ranked in the teens of the women's Top 25 poll. Birmingham-Southern knocked off No. 16 Wheaton, Puget Sound rolled over No. 14 Augsburg and Coe dumped No. 15 UW-Platteville. On the men's side, the Rhode was unkind to Wabash.
Puget Sound showed that the NWC has a three-team race by winning at No. 24 Whitman and Gettysburg showed that the Centennial race is basically over. Elsewhere UW-Oshkosh and Babson won their battles for conference supremacy.
The men's and women's national championships are moving to new sites in 2019. Coaching moves at Wash U, Puget Sound and throughout the Centennial highlight the coaching carousel. And conference moves continue in the Northeast and Central regions. Ryan Scott helps break it all down here.
Puget Sound head coach Loree Payne is leaving the Loggers to become a Lumberjack. She will be the next head coach at Division I Northern Arizona University after leading UPS to its first outright NWC title in program history.
During the season four teams emerged as the clear favorites to reach the national semifinals and they'll have a chance to do so, sitting in four different quadrants. Who has the best chance to break up the fated final four? Our annual tournament preview takes a guess.
Puget Sound knocked off all of the top contenders in the NWC. By doing so, the Loggers clinched the program's first outright NWC title. Nathan Ford explains how they did it, plus guides us through all of the other conference races out West.
We entered Saturday with 14 undefeated teams in Division III women's basketball and we leave the day with just ten. No. 18 Puget Sound edged No. 16 Whitman in a thriller while Montclair State, Trinity (Texas) and Messiah also picked up their first loss.
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.
The men from Hardin-Simmons, Ramapo and UW-Eau Claire and the women from Puget Sound and Lewis and Clark went 2-0 at the D3hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas. If you missed any of the action from the South Point Casino and Resort, check out all our coverage here.
Finals, basketball, time off, holidays. Each can distract from the other. On Sunday night's Hoopsville episode, Dave talked to several teams who are not only off to good starts, but also discovering some of the bumps in the road. You can watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast. Guests include Salisbury and North Park men along with Puget Sound and Rose-Hulman women.
The new rankings have three NWC teams, including Puget Sound which jumps into the poll after beating George Fox. Did Texas-Tyler fall out of the rankings completely? Who picked up the Patriots' two No 1 votes from last week? Check out the new Top 25 here.
Two teams ranked in the Top 10 went down to defeat as Puget Sound ended George Fox's streak in the NWC and Howard Payne made sure not to miss a second chance at upsetting Texas-Tyler. Meanwhile Wheaton cruised past Elmhurst and Sara Tarbert torched Widener. That and more in Saturday's recap.
Emily Sheldon spent part of last summer on an all-star tour of Brazil and now has former teammates from New York to Iowa to keep tabs on. Meanwhile, she's intent on leading Puget Sound back to the NCAA Tournament.
Conference races are pretty heated. On Thursdays's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talked with some of the coaches in the midst of some great races: Averett, Clarkson, and St. Mary's men's teams along with No. 8 DePauw and No. 21 Puget Sound women's squads. We also answered questions from the new regional rankings. Watch the show On Demand now!
The Loggers kept Willamette without a field goal for nearly eight straight minutes in the first half to take a commanding 23-point lead into halftime. They build on that lead to begin the second half and breezed to an 80-52 victory over the Bearcats, their 18th consecutive win over Willamette.
Hoopsville On Demand has Sunday's show, with the women's NCAA committee chair, Ferrum's women's coach and men's coaches from SUNY-Old Westbury and Middlebury.
First round: Late surges lift winners
March 03, 2023Baldwin Wallace, Messiah and Mass-Dartmouth used late bursts to advance through the first round, while three ranked teams were sent packing in the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.
