Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. NYU's versatile forward Natalie Bruns was selected Player of the Year and Lexy Harris of Washington U. was chosen as Rookie of the Year.
Millikin guard Elyce Knudsen is once again our Region 8 Player of the Year, joining a very select group of three-time winners. Coach of the Year honors go to Transylvania's Juli Fulks and Rookie of the Year honors to WashU center Lexy Harris.
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.
One WIAC team exits our national rankings and another enters, as UW-Oshkosh returns to the Top 25. Plus, Washington U. makes its first appearance of the season and Emory reaches its highest ranking ever.
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.
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's title game between No. 1 Christopher Newport and No. 2 Transylvania is just the seventh time the top two teams in our poll will play each other in the NCAA Tournament. To celebrate the special occasion, we look back at the previous six 1-versus-2 matchups with some help from the coaches and players who won those games.
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.
Transylvania received the most No. 1 votes, but Christopher Newport had more points overall, so the Captains return to the top spot in our poll. Meanwhile, Washington U. appears in the Top 25 for the 260th time -- but first this season -- and La Verne appears for the first time in any season.
Washington U. handed UAA travel partner Chicago its first loss of the season while No. 22 Trinity (Conn.) and No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor rallied to victory in the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, top-ranked NYU rolled, No. 6 Scranton handled Catholic on the road, and UW-Whitewater won the battle of WIAC Co-MVPs.
Few Division III athletes have a career playing pro basketball awaiting them, even though we profiled a few a few weeks ago. But D-III basketball players go on to do great things: save lives, work for the president, and represent NBA athletes. Ryan Scott has more on a few of these in Around the Nation.
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.
The top player for the Thunder reigns. Hannah Frazier of Wheaton is our Central Region Player of the Year. Randi Henderson of Wash U. is Coach of the Year and Benedictine's Alex Fanning is Rookie of the Year.
Scranton rallied past Christopher Newport and into the sectional finals in dramatic fashion while St. Thomas eliminated defending champions Amherst in overtime. Elsewhere Wartburg, Tufts and Wash U. won with defense and Ithaca edged DeSales.
Upsets, close games, tough matchups. It was a thrilling opening weekend of the NCAA Tournaments. We recap the weekend and start looking to next weekend on Hoopsville. Guests from around the country join us. Catch up On Demand or listen to the podcast.
Amidst all the excitement of the last 72 hours, we have a new No. 1 team entering the NCAA Tournament and SUNY New Paltz makes its Top 25 debut. How high did Tufts rise? How far did St. Joseph's (Maine) fall? Who returned to the Top 25 just in time for the Tournament? Find out here.
From "The Rivalry," to a 346-point game, and upsets a-plenty, it was another crazy weekend in Division III basketball. Tune in to a special edition of Hoopsville on Monday evening as Dave tries to cover everything plus look ahead to the first regional rankings. Show begins at 7:00 p.m. ET.