Hoopsville

It's mid-December and exams, holidays, and breaks are all combining as always into an interesting time of the season. How are the top teams dealing with the season?

Thursday on Hoopsville, we jam the show with four Top 25 programs. Hear how they feel the season is going at this important juncture and what they are expecting in the weeks and months ahead. Plus, we take some time to tip our hat to Salem, Virginia. The "City of Champions" is getting ready to host yet another Stagg Bowl (the game's 50th edition and the city's 25th), so we take some time to look back at the impact the city has had on championships in Division III and the NCAA.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Pete Moran, No. 1 John Carroll men's coach

- Tom Palombo, No. 3 Guilford men's coach

- Hannah Iverson, No. 24 UW-Stout women's coach

- Bob Amsberry, No. 7 Wartburg women's coach

- Pat Coleman, D3sports.com Editor-in-Chief

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

We continue to evaluate where teams are after the opening month of the Division III basketball season. Some teams are continuing to put themselves front and center.

Monday night on Hoopsville, we chat with a couple of coaches whose programs are playing well early on, building off a few seasons of growth. Plus we chat with our pundits on the women's side of the sport. Who do they think is the best team right now? Who are the surprises? Who are still flying under the radar despite some solid results.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Chris Carideo, Widener men's coach

- Stephany Dunmyer, Oberlin women's coach

- Scott Peterson, D3 women's stats geek

- Riley Zayas, True to the Cru founder

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

The first month of the Division III basketball season is nearly complete. What have we learned? What do we know about teams? Anything?

Monday night on Hoopsville, we chat with two coaches with programs who have gained a strong foothold on the season, Tufts men and UW-Whitewater women. Plus we chat with some of our pundits on how they have seen the opening month play out. Any surprises? Any teams we should be focusing on? We also find out who they are voting for in the last D3hoops.com Top 25 polls.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Bob Quillman, "Q-Cast" host

- Matt Snyder, "D3 Datacast" co-host

- Brandon Linton, No. 23 Tufts men's coach

- Keri Carollo, No. 6 UW-Whitewater women's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

The month of November is nearly done and there has already been a lot of high-caliber basketball played in Division III.

Monday night on Hoopsville, hear from several programs that have gotten out to strong starts. While the starts are similar, the ways each program has gotten it done are vastly different.

Guests include Hamden-Sydney and Keene State men's programs plus Millikin and Rhode Island women's programs.

We will also react to the first in-season D3hoops.com Top 25 Polls.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Caleb Kimbrough, No. 8 Hampden-Sydney men's team

- Jenna Cosgrove, No. 5 Rhode Island women's coach

- Olivia Lett, No. 24 Millikin women's head coach

- David Hastings, No. 4 Keene State interim men's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

Hoopsville is back ... again! We are hitting the air with our second attempt at the 21st season debut.

Join us as we chat hear, again, from defending national champions and preseason #1 Christopher Newport men's and Transylvania women's teams. Plus we talk about the evolution of transfers and how the extra "COVID year" continues to impact Division III. And we talk to a Hall of Famer! Former Amherst men's head coach and the first DIII coach to be enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Dave Hixon joins us to talk about the incredible moment he was welcomed in with the greats of basketball. We will even get his thoughts on all things Division III.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Megan Morrison, Meagan Bauman, & Natalie Bruns, No. 2 New York Univ. women's team

- Juli Fulks, No. 1 Transylvania women's coach

- John Krikorian, No. 1 Christopher Newport men's head coach (replay from Nov. 14 show)

- Dave Hixon, former Amherst men's coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

Hoopsville is back! We are back on the air for the 21st season of covering Division III basketball. Though not without some major technical difficulties that derailed what was supposed to be a great season opener.

We did hear from John Krikorian of D3hoops.com Preseason No. 1 Christopher Newport, but unfortunately other guests we planned to have on the show did not work out. Though we did have plenty of news and notes from the offseason and first week of this season to catch up. We are just warming up for the season.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com.

It was an incredible weekend of basketball in Division III. Semifinals and one championship game lived up to expectations. And there is still one more title to be crowned.

On the men's side of the Division III world, the weekend in Fort Wayne was terrific. Three great games, comebacks a plenty, drama, and one of the more incredible final minute (if not ten minutes) in the history of Division III title games. It was the perfect finish to an incredible season.

On the women's side, the semifinals did not disappoint. Comebacks as well, drama and strategy changes, and it leads to the first-ever #1 v #2 battle for the national title with both teams undefeated.

And we will recount it all on a special matinee edition of Hoopsville.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Pat Coleman, D3hoops.com Editor-in-Chief

- John Krikorian and Ty Henderson, No. 1 and national champion Christopher Newport

- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Managing Editor

- Juli Fulks, No. 2 Transylvania women's coach

- Bill Broderick, No. 1 Christopher Newport women's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and Sport Tours International and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio.

80 minutes. 2 games. That's now all that leaves 8 programs from being crowned national champions - and there will be new champions in both men's and women's basketball.

For the first time in seven years, two programs from the same school are in the final fours. For the first time since 2009, no teams on the women's side return to the semifinals. The men feature a rematch of a 2019 semifinal battle. For the second year in a row, a single-sex institution has a program in the final four. There are four first-time programs playing in the semifinals. One program isn't receiving a single vote in the Top 25 while another is unranked but receiving votes. And only one of two undefeated teams can go undefeated for the season.

All interesting facts and tidbits among the all the programs that will be featured on Thursday's Hoopsville. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast as we chat with all eight programs who have earned their way to their respective semifinals.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Jenna Cosgrove, Rhode Island College women's coach

- Morgan Morrison and Katelyn Pickunka, No. 4 Smith graduate student and senior forwards

- Juli Fulks and Dasia Thornton, No. 2 Transylvania women's coach and senior forward

- George Visconti, No. 7 Swarthmore men's senior guard

- Mike Fuline and Jeffery Mansfield, No. 3 Mount Union men's coach and senior guard

- Trevon Chislom, UW-Whitewater men's junior forward

- Bill Broderick and John Krikorian, No. 1 and No. 2 Christopher Newport women's and men's coaches

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and Sport Tours International and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio.

80 minutes. 2 games. That's all that leaves 32 teams from realizing their goals and getting to the national semifinals. 24 programs won't make it.

It is a gut-wrenching time of March. Teams who have battled their way to the second weekend of the bracket can see the semifinals tantalizingly close. However, the majority will have their seasons come to finish short and the emotions tend to be raw.

On Thursday's Hoopsville, we will chat with some of the programs still battling with hopes of playing for national titles. We even hear from some of the student-athletes trying to achieve something bigger for themselves, their teammates, and their programs.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Jenny Walker, No. 6 NYU women's senior forward

- Andy Rang, No. 14 Trine women's coach

- Landry Kosmalski, No. 7 Swarthmore men's coach

- Levi Borchert, No. 12 UW-Oshkosh senior forward

- Jill Pace, No. 21 Tufts women's coach

- Jake Sullivan, No. 4 St. Joseph's (Conn.) senior forward

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and Sport Tours International and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio

Two and a half weeks ago, we revealed who the national committees tabbed, at the time, were the Top 16 Ranked teams. And in what feels like the blink of an eye, we are down to just 16 teams remaining for both men and women's NCAA Tournaments. Time flies.

Join us on Monday's Hoopsville as we recap a terrific, and wild, first two rounds of the NCAA Tournaments. The upsets, the finishes, the battles. There was very little that didn't keep fans of DIII basketball engaged.

Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline:

- Brock Erickson, Nichols men's coach

- Kole Vivian, Marietta women's coach

- Deena Applebury, Mary Washington women's coach

- Clif Carroll, No. 17 Mary Hardin-Baylor men's coach

- Sondra Fan, No. 1 Christopher Newport senior guard

- Pat Miller, UW-Whitewater men's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and Sport Tours International and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio.