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Schedules throughout Division III have become a moving target. We are all used to seeing some postponements or cancelations this time of year thanks to Mother Nature, but these mass changes are giving some PTSD to the 2020-21 "season."

Monday night on Hoopsville, we chat with teams who are still playing for now. Plus those who may deserve a little more attention thanks to tremendous starts to their seasons. And hear from those who are steadily flying slightly under the radar.

We also take a look at all the postponements and cancelations and discuss what may or may not happen as we move fowrard with the season.

Plus, we react to the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 polls released on Monday.

Guests include (order subject to change):

- Klay Knueppel, No. 25 Wisconsin Lutheran women's coach

- Trevor Lydic, Berry men's interim coach

- Tyler Simms, Clark men's coach

- Bob Quillman & Ryan Scott, Top 25 Double-Take

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the the NABC Studio. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partner WBCA. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

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team activities, postponing or canceling games, or a combination of all of the above as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus blasts through every portion of life in our country.

Thursday night on Hoopsville, we chat about the impact positive test results has caused on the Division III basketball season so far. We also discuss how teams are trying to adjust to changes in schedules. And how this could impact things come late February and March.

Plus there are the teams who, for now, are still playing or trying to play. We talk to some teams who are making heads turn around the country.

Guests include:

- Brian Niemuth, No. 6 Simpson women's coach

- Juli Fulks, No. 4 Transylvania women's coach

- Kevin App, No. 17 Williams men's coach

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the the NABC Studio. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partner WBCA. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

With the New Year comes not only a change to #Hoopsville, but increased concern about #COVID.

Tonight, Hoopsville returns from the holiday break with a move to Monday evenings (from the previous Sunday night position). With the return also comes the return to plenty of cancelations and postponements due to COVID. We chat with Jason Fein, Athletics Director at Bates College Athletics and member of the NCAA Division III Championships Committee and Management Council, about the challenges the Omicron variant is now throwing at college and athletics administrations. What may change in the coming weeks and what we may be talking about still when selections and brackets are released at the end of the season.

Plus, there are plenty of cancelations and postponements to try and weed through.

We also talk to two teams making headlines around #d3hoops. They include Drew Rangers women's basketball who are off to a program best 10-0 start. We chat with th Rangers head coach John Olenowski.

Plus, UW-Platteville Athletics men's basketball is undefeated and getting first place votes in the Top 25. Coach Jeff Gard joins us to talk about his Pioneers.

All that and we breakdown the new Top 25 polls! Ryan Scott and Bob Quillman join Dave to react to the men's poll and to give their Dubious, Deep Dive, and Debatable teams.

Guests include:

- Jason Fein, Bates Athletics Director and Chair, DIII Management Council

- John Olenowski, Drew women's coach

- Jeff Gard, No. 2 UW-Platteville men's coach

- Top 25 Double-Take with Ryan Scott and Bob Quillman

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the the NABC Studio. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partner WBCA. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

We are now into the holiday break period for Division III. Some programs are playing occasional games or in tournaments/classic, others are taking extended breaks as they prepare for the conference grind starting in January. So time to take the temperature of the season so far.

On Sunday's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh chatted with a couple of teams garnering headlines around DIII. He also got the perspective of the season so far from those who follow it the closest.

And we take the time to celebrate the life of Mike Freilich, an assistant coach who died unexpectedly on Friday and has left many saddened throughout Division III.

Guests include (order subject to change):

- Polly Thomason, No. 18 Texas-Dallas women's coach

- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Senior Editor

- Gabe Leifer, No. 1 Yeshiva graduate student

- Ryan Scott, D3hoops.com columnist

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the the NABC Studio. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partner WBCA. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

Note: We are aware that during the WashU segment, Dave's audio drops out while Pat Juckem's audio is still clearly heard. We apologize for this inconvenience and that it wasn't noticed when it originally aired.

The closer we get to the New Year, the more DIII teams are into the season grind. Though, we also hit a time when some teams are not playing for a few weeks while others scatter games around the holidays.

On Thursday's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh chats with several teams that are making headlines with terrific starts or dominating performances. Tune in as we talk to several men's and women's programs that fit the bill around the country.

Guests include (order subject to change):

- Naomi Graves, No. 25 Springfield women's coach

- Pat Juckem, No. 15 WashU men's coach

- Scott Bittner, Stockton men's coach

- Bill Broderick, No. 6 Christopher Newport women's coach

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the the NABC Studio. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partner WBCA. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

For some programs, the start to the 2021-22 season has been better than expected. For others, it has been recording breaking.

On Sunday's edition of Hoopsville, we chat with coaches of programs whose teams are off to strong starts. Some of those starts might have been expected, but not all of them.

We chat with Heidelberg and RPI men's basketball program plus York (Pa.) and No. 7 Trine women's programs.

Guests List (order subject to change):

- Heidelberg men's coach Andy Bucheit

- York (Pa.) women's coach Betsy Witman

- #7 Trine women's coach Andy Rang

- RPI men's coach Mark Gilbride

Hoopsville is hosted by Dave McHugh from the NABC Studios. It is presented by D3hoops.com and thanks to our partners at the WBCA and BlueFrame Technology.

For two programs this week, the number 25 is probably considered lucky. For many, it represents the bottom of a Top 25 ranking, but for those in the 25th slot ... it means they are ranked.

St. John Fisher women's basketball hasn't been ranked since "Desperate Housewives," "Boston Legal," "The Shield," and "Fear Factor" where some of the most popular shows on television. The top movie was "Coach Carter." However, Coach Melissa Kuberka has gotten her Cardinals squad back into the rankings after a terrific start to the 2021-22 season. We talk to her about the team's success and how the rest of the season could shape up.

For DeSales men's basketball, there were signs they were going to be good during the COVID season. Not all teams are able to duplicate that short-season success, but the Bulldogs are off to an undefeated start. Coach Scott Coval discusses just how good the team is and why we haven't seen the unit at it's very best. Plus, one can still break a backboard in today's game? DeSales found out it is possible.

Plus, Yeshiva men's hoops is getting plenty of attention now that they have been ranked #1 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll the last few weeks. But do you really know the Macabees and their program? We talk to Gary Belsky who wrote an expose on the program for ESPN. It's a must read and a must listen to segment.

And UW-Eau Claire Athletics have big plans for future Blugolds and DIII championships. Introducing the $107 million Sonnetag Center which includes a $70 million dollar gift. AD Dan Schumacher discusses the significant way UWEC could shift championships and even regional recruiting by 2024.

Hoopsville broadcasts from the NABC Studio. All guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

November is behind us and now comes the month of distractions. Exams, travel, holidays, academic breaks, etc. At the same time, early conference games are already shaping how the basketball season will unfold.

On Hoopsville, we chat with one team already making waves in their conference, against conference foes, but not in conference games ... Bates women's coach Alison Montgomery chats about her squad's start and the big win over Bowdoin.

And we talk to a coach who has found a new home after his college was unceremoniously closed. Mississippi College of Women's Dean Burrows talks about guiding a new men's program after the success he had at Wesley.

Plus, Bob Quillman and Ryan Scott join the show to give their reactions to the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.

Guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline!

The DIII basketball season is nearly a month old and teams are settling into the first full season in two years. As we settle in, there are plenty of topics to discuss.

On Sunday's show, Dave McHugh chats with the DIII men's and women's basketball committee chairs - Mike Schauer of Wheaton (Ill.) and Megan Wilson of Luther.

Also joining the show is UMass-Boston men's basketball coach Jason Harris to chat about the first Black Coaches Classic and the significant coaching changes in the Northeast.

Dave also takes a look back at some of the significant games and results in the past few weeks ahead of the first in-season Top 25 polls.

Guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

Dave McHugh has been in California for more than a week and was able to sit down and put an episode of Hoopsville together. It includes early season reactions and thoughts to outcomes plus hearing from two coaches who faced one another not only as coaches, but as husband and wife.

Dave chats with Ryan Scott, of D3hoops.com, and Bob Quillman, of IWUHoops.com, about the early season results, expectations, and much more. Plus, what are some of the big games that we may be talking about in February and March.

And have you ever seen a husband and wife coach against one another? Phil Stern, of Mt. St. Vincent, and Ashley Cieplicki, of Rutgers-Newark, join the show to chat about their respective women's squads and the game against one another (which Mt. St. Vincent won, by the way). How did the two meet? When did it develop into a relationship? And when did the idea of facing one another on the basketball court take shape?