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D3 DatacastSimulating the Rest of the D3 Basketball Season 1,000 Times - D3 Datacast - Episode 131The calendar turns from 2025 to 2026, marking the unofficial turn from non-conference play to conference season. There are a ton of important games that will be played between now and the end of the season but how might they play out and how might that shape the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament? With the help of the D3 Datacast computer we can take a look.Using the D3 Datacast team efficiency ratings we can simulate the remaining games yet to be played and run it through NPI. Do it 1,000 times and we can get a picture of...
2025-12-291h 07D3 DatacastTournament At-Large Pick Predictions - D3 Datacast - Episode 130We love a way too early contest here at The D3 Datacat so it’s time to break out our annual draft to predict which teams will receive at-large bids to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament! Zac and Matt alternate selections for 11 picks each with three points awarded for each pick that ends up making the tournament as an at-large. Any pick that winds up as their conference's automatic qualifier for the tournament will gain one point. Who do we think have positioned themselves well so far this season?Join us this week on The...
2025-12-221h 01D3 DatacastTop 10 Conferences in D3 Basketball Right Now - D3 Datacast - Episode 129We often use the D3 Datacast computer efficiency ratings to talk about the strength of teams and how they stack up compared to each other but what about conferences? This week we zoom out from our usual focus on individual teams and look at how efficiency rating conference rankings are taking shape through the early portion of this Division III men’s basketball season.Join us this week on The D3 Datacast for that and more as we take our usual look around in a new four-point, see what Matt has cooking in his ballot for the ne...
2025-12-151h 09D3 DatacastAre These 10 Teams Flying Under the Top 25 Radar? - D3 Datacast - Episode 128A total of 71 Division III men’s basketball teams have been named on at least one D3Hoops.com Top 25 ballot so far this season. In this week’s show we turn to the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings and take a look at the top ten teams that have not yet been named on a ballot. Are there some hidden gems, some teams flying under the radar?Join us this week as we take our usual look around D3 hoops with our four-point play, examine those ten top teams not yet receiving Top 25 votes, talk about what the...
2025-12-081h 10D3 DatacastWho's Up, Who's Down? Early-Season Efficiency Ratings Movers - D3 Datacast - Episode 127The week of Thanksgiving tends to be a lighter week in the Division III men’s basketball calendar but there is still plenty to react to and talk about from the holiday weekend. Join us this week for another four-point play where we talk about what has been catching our eye across the country then dive in to take a look at a few programs who have made notable moves in our efficiency ratings so far this season.There will be a new D3hoops.com Top 25 poll this week so Matt reveals the ballot he will su...
2025-12-011h 10D3 DatacastGreat Lakes Invitational Power Rankings 2025 - D3 Datacast - Episode 126The intensity of the 2025-2026 Division III men’s basketball season has ramped up with another great week of non-conference games, including the always fantastic Great Lakes Invitational. This year’s event was hosted by Washington & Jefferson and had a field that included Carthage, Case Western Reserve, Marietta, Mary Washington, Maryville, Trine and Trinity (TX).Join us this week for another four-point play where we talk about what has been catching our eye across the country then dive in deep into what happened at the Great Lakes Invitational. We’ll review the GLI with our poll-style power rankin...
2025-11-241h 09D3 DatacastEarly Season Upsets? - D3 Datacast - Episode 125Every Division III men’s basketball program has played at least one game now so it’s official game on for the 2025-2026 season! Join us this week as we react to another exciting week of action and try to make sense of it all, starting with a scan of the country in our “four-point play” to start another episode.There is still another week until the first D3hoops.com Top 25 poll of the regular season but that might be for the best given what has happened so far. We talk about the Top 25 picture, the struggle...
2025-11-1751 minD3 DatacastWeek 1 Reactions and Overreactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 124The opening weekend of the Division III basketball season is in the books! Not every team made their debut during the first weekend of play but there were a lot of great games as we start learning just what each team is, or could be, for this season. Join us this week as we discuss what took place in this week’s “four-point play” and talk about how these first games may, or may not, alter the view of teams in or around the Top 25.We also give a review of the wide range of information we have a...
2025-11-101h 05D3 DatacastBold Predictions and Hot Takes for the 2025-26 Season - D3 Datacast - Episode 123A new week is here and it’s a week with a Division III basketball games! We celebrate the new season by debuting a new segment we’re calling our “four-point play” in which we scan the four points of the compass and talk about what is catching our eye or on our minds in the North, South, East and West. We also take a look at Matt’s preseason Top 25 ballot and talk about how it compares and contrasts to the total D3hoops.com preseason poll released last week.This week’s show also features audience-sub...
2025-11-031h 07D3 DatacastTop 50 Games in November 2025 - D3 Datacast - Episode 122We are always excited for a new season of Division III basketball but this is the show we do each preseason that really takes the anticipation to another level. As we have done in previous years, we’ve combed through schedules and compiled our list of the Top 50 games of the men’s basketball season taking place in the month of November.This season is sure to get off to a fast start with so many great matchups between teams meeting up on campus and at a number of great events around the country. There are even more...
2025-10-2759 minD3 DatacastConference Champion Draft 2025-26 - D3 Datacast - Episode 121It’s way too early to know who the conference champions will be during the 2025-2026 Division II basketball season but that won’t keep us from trying to guess! We’re back with year three of our conference champions draft contest with the usual suspects of Karl Barkley, Bob Quillman and Ryan Whitnable joining us to go through eight rounds of picks.Each conference can only be picked once so once someone makes their pick of a team to be a conference champ, that conference is off the board. Five contestants making eight picks each means 40 of the...
2025-10-2048 minD3 DatacastMark Christner, Calvin WBB Head Coach - D3 Datacast - Episode 120It’s a Calvin basketball double feature this week on The D3 Datacast as we follow up Monday’s episode with Bill Sall with a special Wednesday episode as we chat with Calvin head women’s basketball coach Mark Christner!Join us as we get Coach Christner’s thoughts on a difficult non-conference schedule, a 2025-2026 roster loaded with returning players, conference outlook and more as the Knights look to keep the momentum going from last season’s finish.Related Links:Efficiency Ratings: https://d3datacast.com/efficiency-ratings/NPI Rankin...
2025-10-1558 minD3 DatacastBill Sall on the 2025-26 Calvin Knights MBB - D3 Datacast - Episode 119The D3 Datacast isn’t usually an interview show but we can pass up the chance to have an annual preseason chat with Calvin head men’s basketball coach Bill Sall! The Knights endured a tough non-conference schedule a year ago then ripped off an undefeated conference season on the way to securing the MIAA tournament championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament.Calvin loses some key contributors from last season’s team but returns a talented and experienced core. Join us this week as we get Coach Sall’s thoughts on the 202...
2025-10-1339 minD3 DatacastPreseason Efficiency Ratings 2025-26 - D3 Datacast - Episode 118It’s time to declare the Division III basketball offseason over and start looking at the season ahead! We fired up the D3 Datacast computer for another season of hoops and kick off the return of our weekly shows taking a look at preseason efficiency ratings. New and improved for this season, our men’s basketball preseason efficiency ratings are calculated with the computer having the added “knowledge” of transfers and returning production.Join us for this episode as we take a look at the preseason efficiency ratings that will serve as the basis for the season while th...
2025-10-0651 minD3 DatacastNPI Fact or Fiction? - D3 Datacast - Episode 117Our NPI summer series wraps up with Fact or Fiction! In this episode we feature five prompts about NPI and answer whether they are based on fact or fiction fueled by a misconception or misunderstanding.NPI doesn’t consider head-to-head? NPI doesn’t count every game? NPI gives everyone an at-large chance? The different non-conference multiplier in men’s basketball is a good idea? More teams still have an outside shot at a tournament bid going into the final week of the season?Are these things fact or fiction? Join us for this episode as we giv...
2025-09-0840 minD3 DatacastDoes NPI Give Everyone an At-Large Chance? - D3 Datacast - Episode 116We have seen how NPI opens up tournament consideration to a wider set of Division III men’s basketball teams than the previous regional ranking/committee selection system - but does NPI actually give every team a chance at an at-large tournament berth?Observers of the previous system know that it seemed some teams with poor SOS numbers just couldn’t win enough to overcome it. With NPI we can run scenarios and get direct answers without having to guess how the human members of the RACs or National Committee might view a particular resume.In t...
2025-08-1129 minD3 DatacastNon-D3 Games in the NPI Era - D3 Datacast - Episode 115From time to time we see Division III basketball programs play games against non-D3 opponents. With NPI taking over as the way teams at-large teams are selected and the national tournament is seeded, are non-D3 games good or bad? As it seems with anything NPI-related the answer is: it depends!There are many considerations to be made when putting together a basketball schedule. In this entry into our NPI summer series we talk through two scenarios in which it could be good (or at least OK) to play a non-D3 opponent and two scenarios in which it...
2025-07-2132 minD3 DatacastDid NPI Pick the Right Teams? - D3 Datacast - Episode 114The first Division III men's basketball tournament with at-large teams selected by NPI is in the books. We got a great tournament but did NPI pick the right teams?Join us for this episode as we look at the results NPI produced for teams in and around the bubble and compare and contrast that to how some other rating and ranking systems might have picked the limited number of at-large bids to the 2025 tournament. In the process we talk about the difference between the "best" teams and the "most deserving" teams and how that distinction is important to understanding...
2025-06-2355 minD3 DatacastWrapping up the Season with the Final Four - D3 Datacast - Episode 113We are back from Fort Wayne, Indiana and what a weekend it was! Congratulations to the Trinity (CT) Bantams for winning the 2024-2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship and to NYU, Wesleyan and WashU for a great Final Four weekend.This past weekend saw three great games played between four tremendous teams. Join us for this last show of the season for some final words on what took place in Fort Wayne and thanks and recognition for some of the key people who helped make it happen.We close out with a look back at how we di...
2025-03-2458 minD3 Datacast2025 Final Four Picks! - D3 Datacast - Episode 112The second weekend of the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament saw favorites bounce-back after underdogs out-performed the D3 Datacast computer expectation in rounds one and two. The second weekend of the tournament saw a lot of chalk but that doesn’t mean we didn’t still get a bunch of great games.That’s two weekends down with just one weekend to go. The focus of the Division III men’s basketball world shifts to Fort Wayne, Indiana as just Wesleyan, NYU, Trinity (CT) and WashU remain. A NESCAC-UAA final is guaranteed with the semifinals determinin...
2025-03-1751 minD3 Datacast2025 Sweet 16 Preview and Updated Championship Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 111The first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is in the books and what a weekend it was! The first and second rounds saw a little bit of everything - favorites cruising, upsets, overtime, great plays and great games. We can expect more of that in the tournament’s second weekend and we’re back to break it all down.As we did going into the first round, we have another in-depth look at the matchups we will see in Friday’s matchups in the sectionals. Join us as we dive deep into the matc...
2025-03-101h 07D3 Datacast2025 NCAA Tournament Overall Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 110Our last show took a look at the first round favorites in the 2025 Division III men’s basketball tournament but what about beyond the first round? We’re back with another tournament preview show zooming out to look at the odds for each team to advance through the bracket.Who are the favorites to move on to the tournament’s second weekend? Who are the favorites to make a run to the Final Four and which teams have the best odds to win it all? We fire up the computer powered by the D3 Datacast team efficiency rating...
2025-03-0532 minD3 Datacast2025 Division D3 Basketball Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - Episode 109The 2025 Division III men’s basketball tournament bracket has been released so it’s time to break it down like only the D3 Datacast can!As we’ve done in past years we go game-by-game taking a look at how the D3 Datacast computer sees each game, talk about how the teams match up and use the computer ratings to compute win probabilities and computer lines for each matchup. Upsets are what make tournament basketball so much fun but that can only happen with some understanding or context of which games really are upsets.We also l...
2025-03-041h 24D3 DatacastTournament Selections and Mock Bracket - D3 Datacast - Episode 108We had a blast tracking the 2025 NCAA Division III basketball tournament picture as the final games of the regular season played out on Sunday afternoon. All the games are now in the books so we take one more look at the final NPI rankings and talk about who is in, who is out and where everyone might be headed with a mock bracket.The official bracket will be released on Monday, March 3 at noon. Stay tuned for our reactions to the official bracket and more content coming your way as we break down the 2025 tournament from all...
2025-03-0336 minD3 DatacastHow Conference Tournaments Will Shape the NCAA Tournament - D3 Datacast - Episode 107Conference tournament week is here for the 2024-2025 Division III basketball season and what happens this week will shape the landscape heading into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Join us this week as we talk through all the conference tournament outlooks that have implications for the tournament bubble. Who is in good shape should they fail to win their conference tournament and who has at-large chances hanging on by a thread?There is also still a lot to play out for the race for the top eight protected seeds and the top 16 who could be in line for hosting...
2025-02-241h 11D3 DatacastOld vs. New: Winners and Losers with D3 Basketball NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 106The stretch run of this Division III basketball season is playing out a little differently with the change from the old regional ranking system to the new NPI. As this would have been the week we got the first set of fully ranked regional rankings, we take a look at how those regional rankings might have looked this week under the old criteria.How would those regional rankings have slotted teams into the national picture? How do they compare to the rankings we’re getting with NPI? Has the move to NPI led to distinct “winners” and “losers”...
2025-02-171h 39D3 DatacastProtecting the Top 8 Seeds in the NCAA Tournament - D3 Datacast - Episode 105After another terrific week of the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season it’s time to check in on the developing picture as the NCAA Tournament draws nearer. It’s hard to believe just three weeks remain until the national tournament and there is a lot of important jockeying for position yet to play out.With the help of the D3 Datacast computer running simulations to play out the final weeks 1,000 times, we take a look at the race for the top eight protected seeds, the top 16 seed that will put themselves in position to host openin...
2025-02-101h 02D3 DatacastBubble Watch! How are Teams Looking for At-Large Bids? - D3 Datacast - Episode 104The calendar turning to February marks the start of the Division III basketball season stretch run. Teams are locked in to the conference races and doing all they can to secure an automatic qualifying bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament but all but one team per conference will fall short of that goal. That leaves just 21 at-large bids up for grabs.
Which teams are real contenders to receive an at-large bid should they need it and which are going at risk of seeing their bubble burst? How teams perform over the last few we...
2025-02-0358 minD3 DatacastTop 25, Next 25, and Protecting Top Seeds - D3 Datacast - Episode 103We are deep into the Division III men’s basketball season but if you think that means we’re gaining any clarity into the Top 25 picture, think again! This week we go deep into Matt’s Top 25 ballot then go a step further by taking a look at his next 25. Which teams are just off the ballot and do these next 25 teams have anything in common? We break it down and talk through it all.
Top 25 consideration may be nice but it’s really position within the NPI rankings that teams are fighting over. We follow up our Top...
2025-01-271h 14D3 DatacastWhich Conferences Will Get At-Large Bids to the 2025 Tournament? - D3 Datacast - Episode 102There is a lot of basketball to be played between now and when at-large selections to the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament are made but we can still get a picture of where those bids are likely to come from. With the help of the D3 Datacast computer we simulated the rest of the season 1,000 times and applied NPI to the results.
That produced results ranging from a group of conferences that had at least one team receive a Pool C (at-large) bid in all 1,000 simulations to some that were zero out of 1,000. Most were so...
2025-01-201h 04D3 DatacastWhat Every D3 Basketball Fan Needs To Know About NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 101The Division III basketball landscape has changed in terms of how teams are selected and seeded for the national tournament. The regional ranking system is a thing of the past, replaced by a single national ranking system called the NCAA Power Index, or NPI.
The old system, for better and worse, was familiar so moving to a new system can lead to questions and confusion. That’s where we can help. We’ve been deep into NPI going back to an offseason episode giving an initial explanation but we’re back in the thick of basketball season to giv...
2025-01-131h 09D3 DatacastTen Tightest Conference Races in D3 Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 100The start of January marks the traditional start to conference play so we fire up the D3 Datacast computer to run 1,000 season simulations to see which conferences are shaping up to have the tightest races.
Some conferences have already started conference play, giving some teams conference wins in the bank. How remaining games yet to be played end up turning projected odds into hard wins and losses will determine which of the branching paths through our 1,000 simulations becomes reality. It is fun to take a look at what could happen, whether it be likely or unlikely, then...
2025-01-061h 07D3 DatacastThings we were wrong about - Episode 99The break in the Division III basketball schedule has given us the opportunity to pause and reflect on what we’ve seen so far and how it may have differed from our expectations heading into the season. With a fresh set of eyes we take a look back at some things we thought in the preseason that haven’t, at least not yet, turned out the way we thought they would. Yes, we were wrong about some things and we’re ready to admit it and talk about them!
We also look back at how we did agains...
2024-12-301h 04D3 DatacastTop 10 Offenses and Defenses in D3hoops - Episode 98Now that most teams have played at least eight games the D3 Datacast computer is relying solely on in-season results for calculating efficiency ratings. That makes this week the perfect time to check in to see how the computer views the developing national picture - both in terms of teams that stand out as the Top 20 overall but also dive in a little deeper to see which teams are performing as the top ten offenses and defenses.
There are a lot of ways to get it done so it’s more about how well you do what yo...
2024-12-2353 minD3 DatacastAt Large Bid Fantasy Draft - D3 Datacast - Episode 97The D3 Datacast Pool C Fantasy Draft returns for the new season! As we have done during previous seasons, we have some fun making way too early predictions on which teams will secure at-large bids to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament.
Our contest is set up in a draft format where we alternate picks. At the end of the season each team on our list that does indeed make the tournament as a Pool C pick earns three points while any team that we selected that ends up a Pool A team will earn us...
2024-12-1634 minD3 DatacastTop Teams Without Top 25 Votes - D3 Datacast - Episode 96A total of 79 different teams have received at least one vote through the three D3Hoops.com Top 25 polls that have been released this season. Does that mean all the good teams are accounted for and already on the radar of voters? Not according to the D3 Datacast computer efficiency ratings!
According to the D3 Datacast computer, ten of its top 50 teams (as rated by games played through 12/8/24) have yet to be named on a single voter ballot in either the preseason Top 25 poll or either of the two in-season polls. We take a look at each...
2024-12-091h 08D3 DatacastTeams on the Rise! - D3 Datacast - Episode 95Now that we are a few weeks into the 2024-2024 Division III basketball season it’s fair to start setting aside preseason expectations as teams show us who they truly are for this season. With each game played the D3 Datacast computer ratings rely less and less on the preseason ratings and more and more on this season’s results. Most teams have played enough games that the weighting has moved to at least 50% of current season results feeding into their computer rating rather than relying on any historical data.
That being the case, we thought it woul...
2024-12-021h 11D3 DatacastGreat Lakes Invitational Power Rankings 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 94The 2024 Great Lakes Invitational is in the books and it once again gave us two great days of action. After seeing all eight games in person, we asked a panel of Division III basketball media to vote in a poll to determine our power rankings based on what we saw from Calvin, Emory, Hope, John Carroll, Johns Hopkins, Marietta, Saint John’s, UW-La Crosse this weekend.
These games involving so many high-level teams will have a definite impact on the first in-season D3hoops.com Top 25 poll expected to be released on Monday evening. Matt will talk us...
2024-11-2555 minD3 DatacastTime for a Top 25 Update?The first full week of the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season is in the books and in a lot of ways the preseason Top 25 picture has been completely blown up. As we did in last week’s show, we take a look at some of the big results involving Top 25 teams and other games that caught our eye this past week. We are still a week away from the first in-season D3hoops.com Top 25 poll but Matt put together a mock bracket to give his updated outlook on the Top 25 picture.
We also look back...
2024-11-1853 minD3 DatacastTop 25 in Shambles? - D3 Datacast - Episode 92The 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season got off to a fast start over the weekend and it is already having an impact on the Top 25 picture. Join us this week as we react to the biggest wins, surprising losses and best games and how that makes us think about the national rankings moving forward.
We also look back at how we did against our week one picks slate and make our decisions on a new five-game slate for week two picks, then wrap up with a look at some ranked teams who have important games ag...
2024-11-1149 minD3 DatacastHot Takes and Bold Predictions for 2024-25 - D3 Datacast - Episode 91The first week of the 2024-2025 Division III basketball season is finally here! We dive right back into the comfort of our familiar weekly show. Back again this season are discussions about Matt’s Top 25 ballot and the Top 25 poll as a whole, a main show topic, a five game slate we pick against the efficiency ratings computer line and our weekly mailbag.
We are also bringing back upset watch but in a slightly different format. Rather than trying to predict an upset we will take a weekly look at some of the most compelling “ranked vs. unra...
2024-11-041h 07D3 DatacastTop 50 D3 Basketball Games in November 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 90The Division III men’s basketball season gets off to a hot start when play begins on November 8. It seems more and more teams are out in search of high-level non-conference competition and we get great games as a result!
As has been our tradition since the creation of The D3 Datacast, we prepare for the turn of the calendar from October to November by taking a look at what we consider to be the top 50 games in November. We exclude any conference games and don’t project any games that may take place depending on tournament resu...
2024-10-281h 06D3 DatacastWhat D3 Football Fans Should Know About NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 89It’s the time of the year when more and more focus shifts onto the national picture as Division III football fans try to make sense of the developing playoff picture. In the past that meant trying to filter through weekly regional rankings but that system is gone, replaced by the NCAA Power Index, also known as NPI.
We have been digging into the details of NPI going back to last summer and while we may not be equipped to break down the teams on the field we are equipped to break down the teams in the da...
2024-10-2425 minD3 DatacastConference Champion Draft! - D3 Datacast - Episode 88The weeks leading into a new Division III basketball season is the perfect time for previews and predictions and we’re putting those two things together in our second-annual conference champion draft contest!
Friends of the program Karl Barkley (D3Direct), Bob Quillman (Q-cast) and Ryan Whitnable (Great Lakes Invitational) are back to take part once again. The cast remains the same and so do the rules: each participant makes a pick to win the regular season conference champion as we snake through the draft order. Once a pick is made, that conference is off the board so that al...
2024-10-2132 minD3 DatacastCalvin Knights MBB Head Coach Bill Sall - D3 Datacast - Episode 87We typically leave the coach interviews to other great Division III basketball content creators but we can’t resist the chance to get in a pre-season conversation with Calvin men’s basketball coach Bill Sall.
Coming off a solid season that saw an Elite 8 finish for the Knights, we take a quick look back to hear from Bill on what the tournament run meant to him and his team. It was then time to turn our eyes forward looking ahead to the new season and the new landscape that comes with the change in NCAA ranking and tour...
2024-10-1441 minD3 DatacastWhat If Every Team Made The D3 NCAA Tournament? - D3 Datacast - Episode 86What started as a simple tweet grew into a full episode of The D3 Datacast! D3Hoops.com columnist Ryan Scott once wondered about a fairly simple question: what if every team made the Division III men’s basketball tournament?
That question struck a chord with Matt and it’s one that has been rattling around in the back of his mind ever since. In this week’s show we take an honest effort at answering the question, each taking a different approach to trying to make a full national tournament with every team participating and bring it to...
2024-10-0748 minD3 Datacast2024-2025 MBB Preseason Efficiency Ratings - D3 Datacast - Episode 85The D3 Datacast is back in season mode with weekly episodes starting with this show taking a look at preseason efficiency ratings for the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season.
These ratings are not meant to be predictive for how the season will (or even might) turn out, but give The D3 Datacast computer a starting point to smooth out early-season results. Each game played will reduce the weight of the preseason projection on a team’s rating by 1/8th so that by the time a team has played eight games their rating is entirely based on t...
2024-10-0441 minD3 DatacastTop 10 Division III Men’s Basketball Programs of All-Time - D3 Datacast - Episode 84NCAA Division III celebrated its 50th Anniversary last season. Which men’s basketball programs have proven to be the very best over the course of that half century? Taking inspiration from a November 2020 CBS Sports article that ranked the top all-time men’s basketball programs in Division I, we applied their methodology to the Division III landscape.
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The Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever: Ranking the top teams of all time [CBS Sports]: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-greatest-college-basketball-programs-ever-ranking-the-top-teams-of-all-time/
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2024-09-0336 minD3 DatacastUnpacking NPI - New Tournament Selection Metric for Division 3 Sports - D3 Datacast - Episode 83NCAA Division III is in the process of rolling out the NCAA Power Index (NPI), a new ranking system that will be used to select and seed teams for the national tournament in all team sports. The process to adopt and implement NPI has often been met with confusion and frustration but we can help. We've followed the process every step of the way and Matt has been able to produce his own unofficial replication of RPI.
Join us in this episode as we go through all the important questions with NPI: what is it? In what ways is it...
2024-07-311h 37D3 DatacastWe Are D3 - The Basketball Tournament 2024 ft. Mike Rejniak - D3 Datacast - Episode 82We Are D3 has grown from just a participant in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) to a brand arching over much more of Division III basketball. We Are D3 held their first pro combine this spring to help former Division III basketball players reach their goal of playing professionally. In this episode of the D3 Datacast we talk with Mike Rejniak, head coach and general manager of We Are D3 about their expansion into a pro combine as well as the team's performance in TBT.
After a disappointing showing at TBT 2022, We Are D3 took the Kansas Jayhawks...
2024-07-1552 minD3 DatacastHow to Get Recruited ft. D3Direct - D3 Datacast - Episode 81Coverage and exposure of NCAA Division III is at an all-time high thanks to people like Karl Barkley. He has created a wide-range of resources and content around Division III athletics such that there is something for everyone no matter how they might intersect the D3 world.
D3Direct provides an invaluable resource for prospective student-athletes through things like camp lists, recruiting advice and education about important topics like college admissions and financial aid.
Even if you’re not a student or parent anticipating a college search or recruiting process, D3Direct’s content featuring form...
2024-06-1048 minD3 DatacastD3 Basketball Conference Power Rankings 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 80After a great 2024 Division III basketball season we have a good idea how the teams stack up against each other, but what about conference to conference? With the help of conference efficiency ratings, the massey ratings, NCAA Tournament results and some good old fashioned internet “yeah but I think” we put each conference into tiers then rank the top ten based on the 2023-2024 season.
Where does your favorite conference rank? Tune in to this week’s episode to find out and hear our thoughts about each tier and the conferences they feature.
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2024-05-201h 07D3 DatacastPipeline to the Pros - a Conversation with Author Ben Kaplan - Episode 79We were pleased to be joined by Ben Kaplan to talk about his new book Pipeline to the Pros, How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA. As a former Division III guy himself, Ben is well-positioned to write on this topic.
We heard from him on his background and how that may have laid the foundation for this project, the early days of how this project got started and ultimately completed, then dug into some of the central figures of the book and the themes and lessons they reveal as a number of people with...
2024-04-1038 minD3 Datacast2024 Final Four Recap and Lasting Impressions - D3 Datacast - Episode 78Final Four weekend never disappoints and Fort Wayne was once again a tremendous host. We got great games in a great atmosphere with the National Champion Trine Thunder coming out of the weekend with the greatest performances.
Join us as we recap the weekend and give some final thoughts on what was a tremendous season of Division III basketball.
This week’s show wraps up with a look back at our Final Four picks and “call your shot” for the championship game then look at the final season-long tally on our picks contest. This week’s show wraps up with thr...
2024-03-1953 minD3 Datacast2024 Final Four Preview and Championship Odds Update - D3 Datacast - Episode 77All eyes turn to Fort Wayne, Indiana as the 2024 Division III men’s basketball season is down to its Final Four. Join us as we go through what remains of the bracket to talk about what we saw during the second weekend of tournament play and highlight some of the great games and great performances.
Then it’s time to turn our attention to the final three games to be played - two semifinals and a National Championship game. How does the D3 Datacast computer see the semis playing out? Who does the computer like in any pote...
2024-03-1159 minD3 Datacast2024 Sweet 16 Preview and Tourney Odds Update - D3 Datacast - Episode 76We had upsets and blowouts and everything in between as the 64-team field for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament has been whittled to the Sweet 16. Join us as we go through the whole brackets to talk about what we saw during the first and second rounds and highlight some of the great games and great performances.
Then it’s time to turn our attention to the second weekend of the tournament. How does the D3 Datacast computer see the Sweet 16 playing out? What are the updated odds for every team to advance to the Fina...
2024-03-041h 08D3 Datacast2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 75Our last show was all about digging deep into the first round matchups we will see when the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament begins on Friday. Now it’s time to zoom out and take a look at the bracket as a whole.
How does the D3 Datacast computer see the tournament playing out? Who are the favorites to advance to the second weekend, to the Final Four and to win it all? There is a lot of fun in seeing the unexpected take place in a college basketball tournament but the only way to know...
2024-02-2841 minD3 Datacast2024 NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - D3 Datacast - Episode 74The bids have been awarded and the bracket has been set. It’s time for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament!
To get ready for first round play beginning on Friday we walk through each game using the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings to see how the teams stack up in every first round game and assign win probabilities and point spreads. Find out who the computer ratings see as the favorites in each matchup and which could be sneaky good first round games to keep an eye on as the tournament begins.
We wrap...
2024-02-271h 31D3 DatacastNCAA Tournament Bracket Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 73The NCAA Tournament selection show aired on Monday afternoon and we all got a chance to see who made the tournament and where they were headed. Matt and Zac give their initial impressions and reactions to the bracket, the seedings, and selections in an early-week bonus episode!
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2024-02-2630 minD3 DatacastWeek 3 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 72We got the release of the week three Division III men’s basketball regional rankings and for the most part they look a lot like the rankings from our predictions! Even with a lot right there were a few surprises, as there always are when regional rankings are released.
Join us as we go region-by-region comparing the official release with our predictions and talk about the big decisions along the way - the ones we got right as well as the ones we got wrong.
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2024-02-2130 minD3 DatacastWeek 3 Regional Ranking Predictions and Bubble Picture - D3 Datacast - Episode 71Each week the regional rankings get more and more important and that is certainly the case for the week three rankings as we now enter “once ranked, always ranked” time. Any team that appears in this week’s rankings will count in the results versus regionally ranked opponents primary criteria whether they stay in the rankings for week four or not.
We took the updated data for games played through Sunday February 18 coupled with what we feel are some of the lessons we’ve learned from the first two weeks of rankings to come out with our predicti...
2024-02-191h 17D3 DatacastWeek 2 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 70The week two regional rankings were released on Tuesday afternoon so it’s time to look back at our predictions and see how we did. For the most part this set of regional rankings was well within our expectation but it always seems like there is a surprise or two and this week was no exception. Join us as we review the second regional rankings and discuss the differences from our predictions and what conclusions we might be able to draw from them.
Now that we know how the committee sees the regions stacking up we take th...
2024-02-1423 minD3 DatacastPredicting the Week 2 Regional Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 69The week one alphabetical regional rankings were fun but we kick things up a notch with a fully ranked set for week two. With updated winning percentages, strength of schedules, results versus regionally ranked opponents to add to the mix and some lessons learned from what we got last week we are back with a new set of predictions for what we think we will see when the new regional rankings are released on Tuesday afternoon.
We wrap up with a look back at our week 14 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate...
2024-02-121h 05D3 DatacastWeek 1 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 68It’s bonus episode time to take a look at the official first set of regional rankings and compare them with what we had in our predictions episode earlier this week. How did we do? Mostly pretty well! There were some reasons that looked trickier than others so some differences were to be expected. We talk about those differences and make a few observations that could be useful when anticipating future regional rankings.
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2024-02-0630 minD3 DatacastPredicting the Week 1 Regional Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 67It’s an exciting week on the D3 Datacast as we anticipate the release of the first regional rankings! We’ve crunched the numbers and sifted through the data so all that is left to do is go region-by-region and make our predictions.
The official regional rankings for week one will not be a ranked set but will instead be presented in alphabetical order. Our predictions include ranked positions to help determine where we think the hard decisions will need to be made. In some cases the regions look pretty clear but in others there are a few...
2024-02-051h 19D3 DatacastThe NCAA Tournament Bubble Is Taking Shape - D3 Datacast - Episode 66There is a lot of basketball yet to be played but the bubble picture is starting to take shape. In this week’s show we put teams into buckets to describe their chances at an at-large bid to the 2024 Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament should they need it.
Things will change over the final few weeks of the regular season but some teams have some margin for error while other teams need to start performing over their season-to-date or projected resumes to keep themselves in the mix as we get deeper in the season. See which team...
2024-01-291h 07D3 DatacastDark Horse NCAA Tournament Runs - D3 Datacast - Episode 65Last season saw UW-Whitewater and Nichols make dark horse runs deep in the Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. Neither team was ranked at all during the regular season but emerged to make legitimate runs. We look back at where Whitewater and Nichols stood at this point in the season last year and try to use them as examples to identify teams that have not been ranked this season that could make surprising runs in this season’s tournament.
We wrap up with a look back at our week 11 picks and make our picks on a new five...
2024-01-2248 minD3 DatacastWhich Conferences Will Get Pool C Bids? - D3 Datacast - Episode 64There is a lot of ballgame left, so to speak, when it comes to this season and qualifying for the Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. That being said, the developing picture for the national tournament based on season to date and projected rest of season data is letting us develop some expectation on which conferences can expect to be multi-bid leagues.
In this week’s show we sift through the current and projected NCAA regional ranking/selection criteria to see which conferences are locks, looking good, in the mix or have work to do to be a mu...
2024-01-151h 16D3 DatacastTop 3 Teams in Each Region - D3 Datacast - Episode 63Regional ranking season may still be a ways off but we are far enough into the 2023-2024 Division III basketball season that we can get a feel for which teams might be in the best position to get ranked down the line. It is too early to look at an entire regional picture but in this week’s show we dip a toe into the regional ranking waters.
We do so by using the current season to date NCAA criteria data and look at the top three teams in each region. A lot can change over the next few weeks bu...
2024-01-081h 19D3 DatacastTop 5 Tightest Conference Races - D3 Datacast - Episode 62As the Calendar turns to a new year we celebrate the unofficial change from the non-conference schedule to conference play. Using a combination of current conference records and rest of season projections, this week’s show takes a look at what are shaping up to be the five tightest conference races.
While our top five was formed based on the razor-thin margins between the top two teams, a few of these conferences are looking very tight at the top even three or four teams deep. We are in for a great rest of the 2023-2024 Division III ba...
2024-01-0140 minD3 Datacast10 Things We Were Wrong About - D3 Datacast - Episode 61The thing about having a lot of opinions and making predictions is it turns out some of them are wrong! In this week’s show we go through ten things we thought heading into this season that, at least as of the making of this show, we were wrong about.
We also looked back at our week seven picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week eight. This week’s show wraps up with three questions in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’...
2023-12-2554 minD3 DatacastTop 10 Offenses and Defenses in D3 Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 60Now that the majority of Division III men’s basketball teams have played at least eight games the D3 Datacast computer is relying completely on current season data. With that switch flipped it is time to take a fresh look at the ranking landscape from an efficiency ratings perspective.
In this week’s show we take a look at the current Top 40 in the efficiency ratings then break it all down to see which teams have the best offenses and defenses. The efficiency ratings review wraps up with a look at the top five and bottom five in t...
2023-12-1859 minD3 DatacastBest Teams Without Any Top 25 Votes - D3 Datacast - Episode 59A total of 67 different teams have been named on at least one ballot for the D3Hoops.com Top 25 polls that have been released so far this season. In this week’s show we dig into the efficiency ratings found on D3Datacast.com to see who some of the best teams are that haven’t received any votes.
There are seven teams inside the computer rankings top 40 that haven’t found their way onto a Top 25 ballot as of yet. Are these teams being snubbed? Flying under the radar? Ready to sneak up on fans who haven’...
2023-12-1257 minD3 DatacastAt-Large Bid Fantasy Draft (Pool C) - D3 Datacast - Episode 58Back by popular demand (probably), it’s our Pool C fantasy draft! The 2023-2024 Division III basketball season is a few weeks old so it’s time to take an early look ahead at how things might turn out at the end of the regular season.
Matt and Zac take their shot at an early Pool C projection in the form of a fantasy draft contest. Each host makes eleven picks to be filed away until the real 22 Pool C selections are made. Who will emerge victorious when the actual bids have been awarded and each draft’s scor...
2023-12-0454 minD3 DatacastEarly Season Computer Ranking Movers - D3 Datacast - Episode 57Computer ratings and human Top 25 voters alike are getting caught up as we transition from preseason to in-season rankings. We take a look at some of the notable early-season movers, both up and down, in the computer efficiency ratings as well as Matt’s ballot for the new Top 25 poll out this week.
We also looked back at our week three picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week four. This week’s show wraps up with two questions in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to addr...
2023-11-2747 minD3 DatacastGLI Power Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 56Week two was another banger in the Division III basketball world, highlighted by some terrific events like the Great Lakes Invitational. We are back from our weekend at the GLI hosted by Wittenberg and have plenty of thoughts on the eight teams we saw there. Let us take you team-by-team through the great field of teams as we present them in “power rankings” order based on what we saw from the teams in their two GLI games.
We also looked back at our week two picks and upset watch and make our picks on a new five game...
2023-11-211h 03D3 DatacastCrazy First Week! - D3 Datacast - Episode 55Wow, what a first week of the 2023-2024 Division III men’s basketball season! The preseason number one team loses not once but twice while others got off to impressive starts. We’re here to talk about what we saw over the first week of action, break it down and give our thoughts on what it all does, or doesn’t, mean going forward.
We also open the mailbag, review the week one picks, make our picks for week 2 and do the same for upset watch. Then it’s time to say thanks to our teammates on Patreon...
2023-11-131h 03D3 DatacastBold Predictions and Hot Takes for the 2023-24 Season - D3 Datacast - Episode 54We have officially made it through the offseason and the first week of the 2023-24 Division III basketball season is here! It’s time to get back into season mode with the show format you came to expect last season.
With the season just beginning our week one episode is all about previews and predictions. Let’s get things started with a look at Matt’s Top 25 ballot and talk about it as well as the preseason poll. We solicited the #d3hoops community looking for bold predictions and hot takes and had some brave souls willing to sen...
2023-11-0659 minD3 DatacastTop 50 Games in November - D3 Datacast - Episode 53The 2023-2024 NCAA Division III men's basketball season is right around the corner. The new season gets off to a fast start with a ton of great matchups in just the first few weeks. Whether it comes in the form of a tip-off tournament, a great event like the Great Lakes Invitational, or just a regular non-conference game scheduled between teams, the first part of the season is loaded with big time games.
In today’s episode we go through 50 of the best matchups that we will see in just November alone! Games in November are just as...
2023-10-3049 minD3 DatacastWay Too Early Conference Champion Draft - D3 Datacast - Episode 52The season hasn’t started, we don’t have a Top 25 poll and some rosters haven’t even been posted. Perfect time to pick some conference champions, right? It is definitely way too early to do that with much conviction but it’s never too early to have some fun and that’s what this episode is all about.
We were pleased to be joined by Friends of the Program Karl Barkley, Ryan Whitnable and Bob Quillman for a way too early conference champions draft. The rules are simple: make a pick in snake draft order to win a conf...
2023-10-2335 minD3 DatacastBuilding a Preseason Top 25 Ballot ft. Akiva Poppers - D3 Datacast - Episode 51We are about a week and a half away from the release of the preseason Top 25 for the 2023-24 Division III basketball season. In anticipation of that we are pleased to be joined by Top 25 voter Akiva Poppers!
Akiva and our very own Matt Snyder make up two of the 25 voters in the men’s poll. We hear from them about their process leading up to putting together the first ballot of the season. Beyond the general process, we get Akiva’s thoughts on some specific teams for the preseason top 25 and the process of producing Top 25 ball...
2023-10-1645 minD3 DatacastBill Sall, Calvin Knights MBB Head Coach - D3 Datacast - Episode 50We are pleased to be joined by Calvin head men’s basketball Bill Sall in advance of the 2023-24 Division III basketball season. We get Bill’s thoughts on how the D3 game has changed since his playing days at Calvin, the transition from coaching at the Division II level and the impacts of the extra COVID year of eligibility and the early practice period.
Calvin returns most of their production from last year’s team so we talk about some of those returning players and the overall dynamics of starting a new year with s...
2023-10-1236 minD3 DatacastWhat’s Changing in D3 Basketball? - D3 Datacast - Episode 49Every new Division III basketball season brings some level of change. The changes for the 2023-24 season can be categorized as more minor than major but there are changes nonetheless.
Join us for this episode as we walk through and discuss what these changes are - from the number of NCAA tournament bids given to automatic qualifiers and at-large teams to changes to the conference landscape. We wrap up by talking through some important things that are NOT changing in D3 basketball for this upcoming season.
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Fixing the...
2023-10-0931 minD3 DatacastD3 Preseason Efficiency Ratings 2023424 - D3 Datacast - Episode 48We are calling the Division III basketball offseason over and are moving into season mode! That means it is time to fire up the D3 Datacast computer for another season of fun. Naturally, we’re starting our lead up to the 2023-2024 season with a review of the preseason efficiency ratings.
In this episode we go through a review of what a preseason rating is, what they mean and what they don’t mean. We then take a look at the preseason top 40 and some big movers from where the computer rankings stood at the end of last...
2023-10-0235 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 9 - D3 Datacast - Episode 47We’re back with the final six packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 42 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this episode.
Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
With all the packs opened, the full 504 card set has been revealed. That’s 420 team base cards plus 84 insert cards from eight different minisets. In addition to our pack o...
2023-09-2939 min
D3 DatacastWhat’s the Deal with the Coast-to-Coast Conference? - D3 Datacast - Episode 46Maybe it’s a question you have asked or maybe it’s a question you didn’t even know to ask. Either way, what’s the deal with the Coast-to-Coast Conference? Formed as a rebrand of the former Capital Athletic Conference and a merger with the American Collegiate Athletic Association, the Coast-to-Coast Conference challenges the typical notions of how a college athletic conference looks and acts.
Is it even a real conference? Is it a sham of a conference? Or is this different paradigm just fine? Join us for this episode where we go through...
2023-09-2235 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 8 - D3 Datacast - Episode 45We’re back with six more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 36 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this episode.
Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
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D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObmk
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2023-09-1532 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 7 - D3 Datacast - Episode 44We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 30 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this episode.
Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
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D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObmk
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 2: https://youtu.be/_MHWF4Gf--k
2023-08-2533 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 6 - D3 Datacast - Episode 43We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 25 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this episode.
Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
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D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObmk
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 2: https://youtu.be/_MHWF4Gf--k
2023-08-2126 minD3 DatacastFixing the Primary Criteria - D3 Datacast - Episode 42There is so much to love about Division III basketball but that doesn’t mean everything is perfect. Those who closely follow the regional ranking and tournament selection process certainly know that. In many ways the primary criteria are trying to accomplish the right thing but don’t always do it in an optimal way.
In this episode we run through the current primary criteria and talk about what works and what doesn’t in the current system and propose three ideas for improvement. What do you think about what we have proposed? Leave a comment down below...
2023-08-1147 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 5 - D3 Datacast - Episode 41We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 20 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this episode.
Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
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D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObmk
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 2: https://youtu.be...
2023-07-2640 minD3 DatacastWhat’s Next for D3Datacast? - D3 Datacast - Episode 40Our first season of Division III basketball was a lot of fun and we are looking to do it bigger and better for 2023-2024. To that end, we want to let you know what we have been working on in the offseason!
In addition to hosting our show on YouTube we have made an audio-only version available through to the top podcasting services. We have also built out a D3 Datacast website as a new home for team and conference ratings, game predictions and NCAA regional ranking and tournament selection data. The site will also be updated every time...
2023-07-2017 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 4 - D3 Datacast - Episode 39We’re back with four more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
Related Episodes:
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObmk
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 2: https://youtu.be/_MHWF4Gf--k
D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 3: https://youtu.be/TRpXnbH1DVw
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2023-07-1723 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 3 - D3 Datacast - Episode 38We’re back with four more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets continue in this episode as well as which teams we get from the base set.
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TRpXnbH1DVwhttps://youtu.be/TRpXnbH1DVw
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2023-07-1021 minD3 DatacastMike Rejniak on We Are D3 - The Basketball Tournament - D3 Datacast - Episode 37Summer is usually the Division III basketball offseason but We Are D3 is back at The Basketball Tournament (TBT) 2023 to represent the division and play for the $1 million grand prize. In this episode we welcome in special guest Mike Rejniak, the head coach and general manager of We Are D3.
Few (if any) have been part of Division III basketball in as many ways as Rejniak so we get his thoughts on the previous season of Division III basketball, the current state of Division III compared to what he has seen over his years and his early thoughts on...
2023-07-0544 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 2 - D3 Datacast - Episode 36School is out for the Summer so Matt and Zac rode their bikes up to Dad’s Corner Store for some slushies and candy and found four more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from special minisets. See which minisets were revealed in this episode that we didn’t see in the first group of packs as well as which teams we get from the base set.
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D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1: https://youtu.be/dzMtd_RObm...
2023-06-2248 minD3 DatacastD3 Hoops Conference Tier List 2023 - D3 Datacast - Episode 35Long-time D3 Datacast fans will remember back to one of our earliest episodes where we ranked the top ten conferences in Division III basketball. That was just a top ten and was based on several years of data and a little bit of old fashioned internet “yeah but I think”. We’re back with another set of conference rankings but this time we are focusing in on just efficiency margin data from the 2022-2023 season and ranking each conference by placing them in one of five tiers.
From the E-tier to the A-tier, where will your favorite conference rank? Tune i...
2023-06-1633 minD3 DatacastPack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 1 - D3 Datacast - Episode 34Note to podcast listeners: this episode is better enjoyed with the visuals of the cards. Watch it on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@d3datacast
We are all about making dreams come true at the D3 Datacast. In some cases, those are literal dreams and that is what we have to present in this episode that kicks off what we hope is a fun offseason project and video series.
As kids we were both casual collectors of sports trading cards, particularly baseball cards. Maybe it was that history combined with being a fan of Di...
2023-06-0232 minD3 DatacastPat Coleman Talks D3hoops.com Classic - D3 Datacast - Episode 33
We kick off our offseason with a chat with D3sports.com executive editor Pat Coleman! Join us as we talk about lasting lessons and memories from the 2022-23 D3 hoops season, Pat’s busy schedule running the D3sports.com empire and learn more about the D3hoops.com Classic.
The D3hoops.com Classic has become one of the best events on the Division III basketball calendar, featuring a collection of the best men’s and women’s teams from around the country brought to a single site in Las Vegas...
2023-04-2547 min
On The CuspOn The Cusp of Something GreatIn episode one of On The Cusp, hosts Dave Smith, EAP Executive Director and Matt Snyder, Owner of PinPoint Local Marketing, dive into the purpose of the podcast and discuss how and why Shreveport is on the cusp of something great.--The Entrepreneurial Accelerator System (EAP), an initiative of BRF, is a public-private partnership to diversify the regional economy, create jobs and expand the area’s tax base by providing services to innovative startups that have high growth potential. EAP has helped its companies create more than 300 jobs with an annual payroll of $19 million. EA...
2022-09-2725 min