Dick Peth won his 600th career game when Wartburg downed UW-Eau Claire on Thursday night. The Knights' long-time bench leader has 379 wins at Wartburg, plus another 221 at University of Denver.
Four players scored 40 points and a fifth had a triple-double on Tuesday night while Wartburg improved to 5-0, Brandeis slowed Mass-Dartmouth and the NJAC began conference play. On the women's side, the four undefeated teams in the A-R-C played each other. We're counting 'em down here.
Earlier this season Wartburg, Skidmore and Ohio Wesleyan were ranked in the Top 25. Tonight they started their conference tournaments with wins, keeping alive their last chance to make the NCAA Tournament. It's our first recap of the playoff season.
The West Region currently has four of the top 12 teams in Division III women's basketball and the top-ranked team in Division III men's basketball. How far will those teams go this season and who else will make waves in their conference races? Nathan Ford has the answers in Around the West.
The ninth edition of our annual tournament in Las Vegas features the defending women's national champs, a men's Final Four team, a multiple-time national champion and 12 more teams. Here's the full set of pairings.
Friday night will be Wartburg's third game in the NCAA Tournament, but the Knights have been in playoff mode for weeks now. They had to win their final two regular season games just to make the IIAC tournament, and then win three there to reach the Big Dance. Ryan Scott catches up with the Knights on their Road to Salem.
It is a cliche, but it once again sums up the opening weekend of the DIII championship tournaments. Once again, craziness ensued and we were able to enjoy it. Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh recaps the first 90 games, talks to some of the coaches making waves, and looks ahead to the Sectional Weekend. Watch it On Demand now!
Crishawn Orange hit another game-winning shot for Augustana, while the orange-clad Wartburg Knights and Hope Flying Dutchmen advanced to the round of 16 on Saturday night.
Wartburg hit everything and bounced Benedictine, while Augustana hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to oust St. Thomas. And Amherst, a 2016 Final Four team, didn't make it to Saturday either. More in the men's roundup.
St. John's edged St. Thomas out of the MIAC tournament and perhaps out of the post season entirely. The bottom two teams in the IIAC tournament are the last two standing while the NWC women's tournament got off to a thrilling start.
Nebraska Wesleyan, the lone remaining dual member of the NAIA and NCAA Division III, is giving up its NAIA affiliation effective July 2016 and joining the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference that fall.
The defending women's national champion, two 20-win men's teams are among the 14 teams spanning from Maine to Oregon converging on Las Vegas for the 2014 D3hoops.com Classic.
WAVERLY - The junior duo of guard Cole Danielson of Marshalltown and forward Jordan Sathoff of Packwood helped lead Wartburg College during an 84-76 loss to Bethany Lutheran Nov. 23.
WAVERLY, Iowa – Mount Mercy College capitalized on a hot opening half from the field against Maranatha Baptist Bible College, and host Wartburg College torched the nets in the closing half of the evening’s second semifinal against Marian (Wis.) University en route to victories and a matchup in the championship of the 2010 Buzz Levick –Pizza Ranch Tipoff Tournament at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.
CEDAR FALLS – Wartburg College head coach Dick Peth has a barometer on his 2010-11 team. Following a hard-fought 67-46 exhibition defeat at the hands of NCAA Division I University of Northern Iowa Nov. 2, some of the measure was good.
Two seasons ago the Gustavus Adolphus men turned it on in mid-January and went all the way to the national title game. Who is ready to make a Cinderella run this season?
Patrick Morrison led all scorers with 24 points to help Wartburg to a 72-61 victory against Division I Central Florida on Dec. 18. The Knights joined <a
Wartburg's Peth retires
April 02, 2024Dick Peth, who won 401 games at Wartburg and 621 overall, announced that he will retire from his position as the Knights’ head men’s basketball coach.
