• Friday: Color me surprised
    December 20, 2024
    Holiday matchups often produce surprising results, and Friday continued that trend as the Yellow Jackets, Blue Streaks and Purple Cows topped ranked opponents. Read about it here.
  • Podcast: Pros Pipeline & D3hoops
    May 17, 2024
    As the NBA Playoffs push towards Conference Finals, we look at the influence DIII has on the league - it's more than many realize. Plus we get a bit of a state of the sport, go through important news and notes, and jump on the ever spinning Coaches Carousel. All on the latest episode of the Hoopsville Podcast - right here!
  • Uneven awards of almost making it
    March 08, 2024
    This weekend four teams in each bracket will earn the honor of being one of the NCAA tournament's final four teams. And 24 others will face the pain of almost making it. NBA head coaches Will Hardy and Chris Finch know all about those uneven awards, but there's something else that they cherish from their D3 days.
  • Hoopsville: Sweet Success
    March 04, 2024
    The difference between still playing and the season being over is razor thin. On Monday's Hoopsville, we talk to the coaches and student-athletes enjoying the sweet success that is the second round of NCAA Tournaments. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast!
  • Permission to be great
    February 15, 2024
    Most fans on this site recognize that Duncan Robinson's road to the NBA began as the 2014 Division III National Rookie of the Year. But they may not remember the inauspicious start to his college career at Williams. Robinson shares that story as part of Ben Kaplan's series of quintessential D3 moments.
  • Team of the Week
    February 05, 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.
  • Karren's big shot hands Trinity first loss
    February 02, 2024
    The last unbeaten Division III men's basketball team of the season is unbeaten no longer, as Nate Karren hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to lift Williams past No. 4 Trinity (Conn.) on Friday night.
  • Celebrating quintessential moments
    February 01, 2024
    What's your quintessential Division III basketball moment? Since you're on this website, there's a good chance you have one as a player, coach, alum or fan. Over the next couple weeks, author and former Amherst basketball player Ben Kaplan will share stories about what makes this level of basketball so special.
  • Saturday: No one wants to be No. 1
    December 02, 2023
    The top spot in the national rankings remains up for grabs after No. 11 Guilford dropped No. 2 Hampden-Sydney and Wilmington stunned No. 4 Mount Union on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, No. 15 Williams rallied past Little Three rival Wesleyan and Coast Guard sank Merchant Marine.
  • Hoopsville: Top 16 Seeds
    February 16, 2023
    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.
  • Wednesday men's wrap: Rowan rolls
    January 18, 2023
    Rowan rolled to its 10th conference win in as many outings, Western Connecticut rallied from 20 down against its cross-state rival, and Williams blocked a shot in the closing seconds to avenge an earlier loss to archrival Amherst. More in Wednesday's men's recap.
  • Eph alum to lead NBA's Jazz
    June 29, 2022
    Williams College alum Will Hardy, who was a senior on the Ephs' 2010 national finalist team, is the sixth Division III alum who is currently an NBA head coach.
  • D3hoops.com 2022 men's All-Region 1 team
    March 15, 2022
    It's a NESCAC sweep, as Wesleyan reps our Player of the Year, Williams our Coach of the Year and Middlebury our Rookie of the Year for Region 1 in '22.
  • Hoopsville: Sweet Preview
    March 10, 2022
    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.
  • Hoopsville: What's Next?
    January 06, 2022
    The second semester of the hoops season is off to a sluggish start. Many teams are having to postpone or cancel games while others seem to be dodging the omnicron variant. Who is still playing? What big games are there to be had? What's next? Tune in to Hoopsville starting at 7:00 PM ET.
  • Saturday men: Rhode wins and road wins
    December 04, 2021
    Jake Rhode hit a half-court buzzer beater to lift No. 7 Elmhurst over No. 5 Wheaton (Ill.) while No. 3 Randolph-Macon and No. 10 UW-Oshkosh won road games over Top 25 opponents. Williams slowed down its Little 3 rival and Brandeis needed three-plus halves of basketball to beat Tufts. Read about it here.
  • Three hosts knocked off; Whitman eliminated
    March 08, 2019
    Williams sent Whitman packing, Nichols knocked off Amherst, Guilford knocked out St. Thomas and Swarthmore survived in the final minutes against Randolph-Macon in Friday's Division III basketball Sweet 16. Here's the update.
  • NESCAC advances three to Sweet 16
    March 02, 2019
    The NESCAC will have a trio moving on, while the CCIW and ODAC have two teams apiece advancing to the Division III men's basketball Sweet 16. More in the second-round tournament recap.
  • Williams Downs Husson 86-60 in NCAA First Round Game
    March 01, 2019
  • Hoopsville: Stormy Weather
    January 13, 2019
    Whether it is Mother Nature or the schedule, there always seems to be a stormy patch or two for teams this time of the season. How they deal with travel or schedule changes and how to handle the sudden surprise of a tougher-than-expected opponent. Find out more about it all on Hoopsville - watch On Demand or listen to the podcast.
  • Ramapo tops No. 5 Williams 66-62 behind Bonacum's career night
    March 03, 2018
    Forward Thomas Bonacum recorded a 33-point, 13-rebound double-double to lead the Roadrunners to the Sweet 16. In a thunderous Chandler Gymnasium, the Ephs rallied from a second-half deficit to take a 59-58 lead with 3:24 left, but the Roadrunners scored eight straight points in the final minutes to clinch the game.
  • No. 5 Williams advances in NCAA tournament with 56-45 victory over Bridgewater State
    March 02, 2018
    In a defensive battle, Bobby Casey led with 17 points.
  • 2018 men's tournament preview
    February 28, 2018
    Ryan Scott has taken you Around the Nation throughout the season and now he's ready to take you on to the Road to Salem, one last time. Our annual preview gets you ready for the 2018 NCAA Tournament with predictions on who will advance through each pod this weekend.
  • No. 8 Williams wins first NESCAC title since 2010, bests No. 14 Wesleyan 69-58
    February 25, 2018
    In his fourth season as head coach, Kevin App helped the Ephs secure their first conference title in eight years.
  • No. 8 Williams tops No. 13 Hamilton 76-73 to advance to NESCAC title game
    February 24, 2018
    Co-captain point guard Mike Greenman returned from an eight-game absence to provide 14 points, four rebounds and four assists.
  • No. 9 men's basketball holds off Trinity 73-71 to advance to NESCAC semifinal
    February 17, 2018
    James Heskett '19 and Bobby Casey '19 combined for 43 points.
  • Wednesday: Pointed in the right direction
    January 17, 2018
    UW-Stevens Point beat rival UW-Whitewater on the road to tighten its grip on first place in the WIAC while Williams and Swarthmore survived scares from their archrivals. Elsewhere the OAC remains chaotic, Wittenberg kept rolling and MIT started a big week on the wrong foot.
  • Top 25 voters singing the Blues
    November 01, 2017
    With nearly everyone back from last season's national semifinalist team, Whitman is the clear choice as the No. 1 team in our preseason poll. Where did defending champions Babson and the other two national semifinalists land? Find out here.
  • Leopard changes spots for Ford's scarlet
    May 11, 2017
    Haverford hired LaFayette associate head coach Patrick Doherty as its new head men's basketball coach. Doherty also spent time as an assistant at Williams and TCNJ.
  • Sewanee names new coach
    May 01, 2017
    Sewanee selected assistant coach Michael Hedgepeth as its new head men's basketball coach, replacing Bradley Pierson who resigned after one season. Hedgepeth was previously an assistant at Williams College.
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