Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Stellar Smith forward Morgan Morrison was selected Player of the Year and Mary Schleusner of Washington and Lee was chosen as Rookie of the Year.
This All-Region team looks a lot like the NESCAC first-team all-conference selections, including Tufts' Maggie Russell as Player of the Year and Hamilton's Taylor Lambo as Rookie of the Year. Coach of the Year goes to Emily Garner who led Trinity (Conn.) to new heights.
Five New England teams advanced through the 2023 Tournament sectional semifinals, as Rhode Island College sank No. 10 Chicago, No. 4 Smith outlasted Mary Washington, No. 13 Babson took care of Marietta and both NESCAC teams won their Sweet 16 games on Friday night.
It is a gut-wrenching time of March. Teams who have battled to the 3rd round can see the semifinals tantalizingly close. On Hoopsville, we chat with some of the programs still battling with hopes of playing for national titles. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast - right here!
MEDFORD, MA (March 4, 2023) -- Junior forward Maggie Russell posted a game-high 23 points while pulling in 16 rebounds for the No. 21 Tufts University women's basketball team as the Jumbos advanced to their 11th straight Sweet 16 with a 59-50 NCAA Tournament Second Round win over Skidmore College in action from Cousens Gymnasium.
MEDFORD, MA (March 3, 2023) – The Tufts University Women's basketball team used a balanced attack to defeat the United States Merchant Marine Academy, 72-57, in the first round NCAA tournament first round game hosted at Cousens Gymnasium.
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.
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. 3 Scranton and Tufts secured home court for their upcoming conference playoffs with dramatic wins on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, No. 5 Smith all but locked up the NEWMAC and Pomona-Pitzer spoiled No. 23 La Verne's bid for SCIAC perfection. Read about it here.
UW-Eau Claire won in overtime to stay on top of the WIAC standings but Ohio Northern stumbled into a first place tie in the OAC. Elsewhere, Tufts kept pace in the jumbled NESCAC and Stockton kept the NJAC race interesting.
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.
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.
To get to the final four, there are two more games to get through. Who will survive the second weekend of the D-III Tournaments? On tonight's Hoopsville, we talk to coaches and student-athletes as they prepare for the Rounds of 16 and 8. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
Nine teams that had their last Tournament run cut short by COVID-19 returned to the Round of 16 with wins on Saturday night. That includes UW-Oshosh after its upset win at No. 4 Simpson, No. 5 Trine which rolled past No. 12 John Carroll and a familiar pair of NESCAC pachyderms.
The Whitman Blues completed an impressive five-day run, the Blugolds won their Top 25 rematch, and Saturday was a red-letter day for blue-clad teams in the NESCAC. Read about it here.
No. 1 Hope and No. 13 Bowdoin won their Top 25 showdowns on Saturday afternoon while No. 7 Tufts rallied past Brandeis, No. 5 Messiah edged No. 9 DeSales and the Maine event was a triple-overtime game in Bangor. Get the full recap here.
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.
Every coach had a plan for this season. But the key is what that plan adapted into. Some teams played throughout, some are starting now, some just got practices in and some never even came back to school. Ryan Scott talks to a little of everyone in Around the Nation.
We'll never know which NESCAC all-star would've taken her team the farthest in the NCAA Tournament, but we do know Tufts' Erica DeCandido is Northeast Player of the Year. Coach of the Year goes to Jill Pace of Tufts and Rookie of the Year to Springfield's Sam Hourihan.
We'll never know which teams would've really been our final four at the end of the 2020 season, but here are the teams that finished in those slots after our abbreviated Tournament. (Photo by Steve Herppich, Hope College)
Bowdoin has relented and is allowing teams' families to attend games, as are most of the men's tournament hosts, but Amherst and Tufts continue to keep all fans out. Here's the very latest on who is allowed where this weekend.
For all the talk about growing parity in Division III women's basketball, the last few Marches have been mostly devoid of madness. Will this be another year where the highly ranked and home-standing teams dominate? We'll do our best to break it down.
Tufts, Amherst and Bowdoin have been atop the NESCAC and practically untouchable for several seasons. Ryan Scott takes us inside each of the three programs to find out why in Around the Nation.
In a rare match up between the top two teams in the country, No. 1 Tufts used a dominant offensive performance to beat No. 2 Bowdoin, 97-88. Game story from D3hoops.com
Bethel and Transylvania continue their rise up the poll with each reaching their highest ranking ever. Plus we're now officially headed toward a rare No. 1 versus No. 2 battle on Friday in Maine.
No. 1 Tufts knocked No. 4 Amherst a step back in the three-way race for first in the NESCAC, and Messiah knocked No. 24 Albright off the list of unbeaten teams. Elsewhere No. 8 Whitman rallied past No. 16 George Fox and No. 6 UW-Whitewater stayed hot.
An eventful holiday season shuffles most of our previously ranked teams and brings two new ones from Texas to the poll. Plus Tufts consolidates the top votes and Bowdoin moves up to No. 2 a few days before the NESCAC tips off.
While the basketball season tends to slow down between finals and the holidays, that hasn't slowed down the action and news in Division III. Watch Hoopsville On Demand (or listen to the podcast) as Dave and guests help everyone keep pace to the apparent Holiday Rush this year.
Amherst's loss is Tufts gain -- the Jumbos are once again the No. 1 team in the country, marking the third time they have reached that position. Plus the Warhawks and Gusties enter the rankings. Get the full list here.
Marymount and Wisconsin Lutheran snapped the season-opening win streaks for their ranked foes while No. 2 Tufts and No. 16 Transylvania kept their streaks going with narrow victories on Saturday.
2023 D3hoops.com women's All-America team
March 27, 2023Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Stellar Smith forward Morgan Morrison was selected Player of the Year and Mary Schleusner of Washington and Lee was chosen as Rookie of the Year.
