Hoopsville

The Sectional Round games are here. Soon 16 teams on both the men's and women's brackets will be whittled to eight ... and before we know it just four will remain.

Who will advance, who will fall short of the final weekend, and who is best prepared? Hard to answer all of those questions, but on Thursday's edition of Hoopsville Dave will have plenty of guests who will give us their insight on their programs.

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

Guests include (in order of appearance):

- Bob Amsberry, No. 2 Wartburg women's coach

- Brian Morehouse, No. 4 Hope women's coach (WBCA Center Court)

- Glenn Robinson, Franklin & Marshall men's coach

- Charlie Brock, Springfield men's coach

- Eric Bridgeland, No. 1 Whitman men's coach

- Jim Scheible, No. 16 Rochester women's coach

With so much parity, especially in men's basketball, unexpected outcomes where to be ... expected. However, that doesn't prepare anyone for the number of upsets, who was upset, and how.

Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave tries to breakdown the opening weekend not only looking back at some of the crazier finishes, but also talking to programs who escaped the wrath. Programs who are dancing on to the second weekend and hoping to punch their ticket to a championship weekend.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCANABC Studio.

Guests in order of appearance (subject to change):

- Chuck McBreen, Ramapo men's coach

- Larry Anderson, MIT men's coach

- Jason Zimmerman, No. 6 Emory men's coach

- Bill Broderick, No. 18 Christopher Newport women's coach

- Carla Berube, No. 8 Tufts women's coach

- Laurie Kelly, Gustavus Adolphus women's coach

The Division III men's and women's national tournaments are set, teams are where they need to be, and practices underway. Now, it's just a matter of tipping off the games.

But before we tip them off, we need some final thoughts.

Tune in Thursday night to Hoopsville where Dave will talk to a number of guests about their programs and their chances in the NCAA tournament. You can't starting heading down the Road to Rochester or the Road to Salem without getting an idea of who may be joining you, either. Dave will give some insight on how some of the pods just may shake out as well.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Thursday's edition is available On Demand in the video player above or the audio-only podcast to the right (available shortly after the show goes off air).

If you have questions about Division III basketball, feel free to send them and we will answer them on a the show. Email them to [email protected] or use any of the social media options.

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):

- Marc Brown & Sam Toney, New Jersey City men's coach and star player

- Nate Davis, Gettysburg women's coach

- Jeff Rogers, Berry men's coach

- Alex Richey, Oglethorpe women's coach (WBCA Center Court)

- Dan Englestad, Southern Vermont men's coach

- Ken Scalmanini, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's coach

This is a special Hoopsville Podcast edition with Bobbi Morgan the Division III women's basketball national committee chair and Haverford women's basketball coach. Dave McHugh talked to Morgan extensively about this year's selections and bracketing work ahead of the NCAA tournaments. Morgan even discusses some of the challenges the committee faced this season and changes she wouldn't mind considering in the future.

This is not part of any Hoopsville episode this season.

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The regular season is over. Conference titles have been crowned and most teams are either getting ready for the NCAA tournament or packing up their locker rooms.

However, there are quite a few programs who are now sitting and waiting ... waiting to hear whether they have been selected to compete for a national title as well.

Who may be in and who may be left out of the NCAA selections? On Sunday's Hoopsville Special, Dave McHugh is joined by those who know Division III inside and out to try and figure out who will make up the two 64-team brackets.

The Hoospville Special: Selection Sunday gave us plenty of time to not only make our mock selections, but also talk to programs who have either earned NCAA berths or are waiting to find out if they will make it.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. This is Part 2 of the show.

Guests scheduled (in order of appearance and subject to change):

- Josh Loeffler, No. 16 Johns Hopkins men's coach

- Kerry Jenkins, Oberlin women's coach

- Todd Skrivseth, Monmouth men's coach

- Brad McAlester, Lebanon Valley men's coach

- ODAC men's winning coach (TBD)

- Tim McDonald, Cabrini men's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Dale Wellerman, Nebraska Wesleyan men's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Carey Harveycutter, Dir. of Tourism, City of Salem, Division III men's basketball Tournament Director

- Megan Haughtey, Stevens women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Carroll LaHaye, Randolph-Macon women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Ruth Sinn, No. 8 St. Thomas women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Alex Lang, Brooklyn women's coach (to air during mock selections)

Men's mock selections experts for the show:

- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host

- Ryan Scott, D3hoops.com columnist

- Bob Quillman, D3 basketball aficionado

Women's mock selections experts for the show:

- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host

- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Editor-in-Chief

- James Wagner, CSAC Assistant Commissioner

- BJ Spigelmyer, DeSales Sports Information Director

The NCAA Division III tournaments are set. We know which 128 teams will be playing for the national championship. But there were some surprises, maybe some controversy, and certainly a lot of questions.

Today on a special edition of Hoopsville, Dave McHugh was joined by Ryan Scott as they answered questions, tried to understand some of the decisions made, and pointed to some of the more interesting games to watch.

Dave also had a chance to talk more in depth about one of the big stories in the men's bracket, Yeshiva. Men's coach Elliot Steinmetz discussed the team's first ever conference title, NCAA tournament berth, and some of the scheduling changes that will take place to accomodate the school's religious background.

Dave will also talked to the men's committee chairs, Tim Fitzpatrick (Coast Guard Athletics Director), later in the show.

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

If you have questions about Division III basketball, feel free to send them and we will answer them on a the show. Email them to [email protected] or you can also tweet them to us.

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The regular season is over. Conference titles have been crowned and most teams are either getting ready for the NCAA tournament or packing up their locker rooms.

However, there are quite a few programs who are now sitting and waiting ... waiting to hear whether they have been selected to compete for a national title as well.

Who may be in and who may be left out of the NCAA selections? On Sunday's Hoopsville Special, Dave McHugh is joined by those who know Division III inside and out to try and figure out who will make up the two 64-team brackets.

The Hoospville Special: Selection Sunday gave us plenty of time to not only make our mock selections, but also talk to programs who have either earned NCAA berths or are waiting to find out if they will make it.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. This is Part 1 of the show.

Guests scheduled (in order of appearance and subject to change):

- Josh Loeffler, No. 16 Johns Hopkins men's coach

- Kerry Jenkins, Oberlin women's coach

- Todd Skrivseth, Monmouth men's coach

- Brad McAlester, Lebanon Valley men's coach

- ODAC men's winning coach (TBD)

- Tim McDonald, Cabrini men's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Dale Wellerman, Nebraska Wesleyan men's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Carey Harveycutter, Dir. of Tourism, City of Salem, Division III men's basketball Tournament Director

- Megan Haughtey, Stevens women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Carroll LaHaye, Randolph-Macon women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Ruth Sinn, No. 8 St. Thomas women's coach (to air during mock selections)

- Alex Lang, Brooklyn women's coach (to air during mock selections)

Men's mock selections experts for the show:

- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host

- Ryan Scott, D3hoops.com columnist

- Bob Quillman, D3 basketball aficionado

Women's mock selections experts for the show:

- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host

- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Editor-in-Chief

- James Wagner, CSAC Assistant Commissioner

- BJ Spigelmyer, DeSales Sports Information Director

It is down to the final week of the regular season. It is now or never. Win the conference tournament, earn the automatic qualifier, and a team will be playing in March. Don't win it and either hold out hope for an at-large selection or the season is over.

The season continues or ends on the bounce of a ball from here on out.

So who may be in jeopardy and who is sitting pretty? On Thursday's edition of Hoopsville, we start to read the tea leaves while also chatting with teams who are hoping to punch their ticket for the Road to Salem or Rochester themselves. Plus, we get a preview of what could be a fascinating weekend of NESCAC tournament action at Amherst.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch the show On Demand in the video player above or listen to the podcasts located to the right (once available).

If you have questions, be sure to email them to [email protected] or interact with the show via the social media avenues located to the right.

Guests include (in order of appearance):

- Steve Schulman, Lehman men's coach

- Matt Ducharme, UMass-Dartmouth women's coach

- Jamie Purdy, Piedmont women's coach

- Grey Giovanine, No. 9 Augustana men's coach

- Michele Durand, No. 24 Ohio Northern women's coach (WBCA Center Court)

- Howard Herman, Berkshire Eagle writer (NESCAC tournaments preview)

The final week of the 2017-18 season is upon us. In a week's time, the topic will be who has punched their tickets to the NCAA tournaments and who is hoping to get selected. This week... we don't know many of the answers and some questions have yet to be considered.

Hoopsville returns to the air Sunday night with a jam-packed, and super-sized, edition. Dave welcomes guests from around the country and looks at a lot of the conference tournaments which are getting underway. Can some of the top teams take advantage of home-court advantage? Who may surprise? Who do some NOT want to see lose if they hope to make the tournament themselves?

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

Guests include (in order of appearance):

- Tom Glynn, Nichols men's coach

- Anne Crutchfield, Emory & Henry women's coach

- Kevin Broderick, Nazareth men's coach

- Zach Otto-Fisher, UW-Superior interim women's coach

- Jon Prevo, No. 24 Rose-Hulman women's coach

- Brendan Gulick, Baldwin Wallace broadcaster (Great Lakes recap)

- Ryan Scott, "Top 25 Double-take"

As the regular season draws ever closer to the end, the intensity of conference races increases. There are very few teams in both the men's and women's side of Division III basketball that seem comfortable at the top. With conference tournaments starting, being at the top is important, but it also comes with a big target.

This Thursday's Hoopsville is a special podcast edition - not live.

On the show, Dave talks to several coaches who teams seem like they have wrapped up their conferences races and one who may not be able to take the top spot, but is in great position to win it all their first time in the league.

We also talk to a coach who has more time than it seems anyone else. How she is using that time to help her school's SAAC in many ways and how that help is allowing the student-athletes at Southern Maine to give back to the school, the community, and many more.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can listen to this week's podcast either via the player above or to the right.

If you have questions, be sure to email them to [email protected] or interact with the show via the social media avenues located to the right.

A reminder, Hoopsville will return to live shows on Sunday, February 18, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Guests include (in order of appearance):

- Pete Moran, No. 18 John Carroll men's coach

- Allison Coleman, Sage women's coach

- Samantha Allen, Southern Maine women's coach (WBCA Center Court)

- Trevor Woodruff, No. 13 Scranton women's coach