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In addition to the game stories, news releases, Notables, Around the Region and Around the Nation columns, D3hoops.com also collects links to news stories from around the country. To suggest a link, use our feedback form or post a link to our Facebook page.

Here's the 10 most recent stories. You can find more stories broken down by conference on our men's and women's team and conference pages.

May 3: Baines found it tough to leave St. Francis

New Elmhurst coach hadn't been at his previous job for long.

Apr 29: Huffman says year 'hard to top'

"I always knew she was a special coach," DePauw senior Kate Walker said of her coach, Kris Huffman. "Now everyone else recognized it."

Apr 17: At Spelman, fitness outweighs athletics

Only the tennis team endures at Spelman College, and after the Great South Athletic Conference tournament the last weekend of April, it will also be done. Then Spelman, a historically black women?s college, will become the second college in the last decade to leave college athletics altogether.

Apr 12: Verkaik's biggest success was off court

Verkaik wowed teammates, friends, family -- not to mention reporters, officials and opponents -- with her positive attitude and genuine kindness toward everyone between whistles.

Apr 10: A coach's climb from the abyss

Ever since his father became the men's basketball coach at Alvernia in 2004, Michael Miller wanted to play for him and the Crusaders. But those plans didn't look very promising five years ago when his father, Mike, was battling cancer.

Apr 8: 'Willy stuff' helps Amherst to D3 title

John Feinstein's column in the Washington Post focuses on the real Division III athlete, not the fantasy one in the NCAA PR handbook.

Apr 6: UMHB on brink of Texas' first D3 MBB title

Thirty-eight years after he was hired by Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins, Ken DeWeese stands on the doorstep of another milestone.

Apr 1: Toomey finds home at Amherst

David Hixon needed a little extra convincing before offering Aaron Toomey a chance to play for him at Amherst.

Mar 27: Despite D-I success, Giannini a D-III guy

Former Rowan coach John Giannini has LaSalle in the D-I Sweet 16, but is proud of his small-college roots as a player and coach.

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Apr. 7
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Final
at Amherst 87, Mary Hardin-Baylor 70
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Mar. 23
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at Amherst 52, North Central (Ill.) 44
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Mary Hardin-Baylor 74, at St. Thomas 67
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Mar. 22
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at North Central (Ill.) 77, Middlebury 65
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at Amherst 101, Cabrini 82
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Final
at Mary Hardin-Baylor 69, St. Mary's (Md.) 66
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Final
at St. Thomas 82, Williams 79
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