https://www.d3hoops.com en-us https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2025-26/feb26 Don't miss a loaded Thursday edition of Hoopsville. We talk championship DNA with teams around DIII trying to keep rolling through conference tournaments. Plus, Mother Nature continues to play undefeated. Watch the archives or listen to the podcast right here! Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2025-26/feb26 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/recap-0214-women Saturday brought the end of the regular season in some places and race-shaping results in others, as Linfield seized control in the NWC, No. 7 Bowdoin swept through the NESCAC, and No. 8 Denison turned the NCAC into a two-team chase, Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/recap-0214-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/01/recap-0131-women SUNY New Paltz and Saint Mary’s (Minn.) fared better in their rematches with the ranked teams at the top of their conference while No. 7 Bowdoin took another step toward a second straight sweep through the NESCAC. Read about those games and more from Saturday's Division III women's basketball action. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/01/recap-0131-women https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2025-26/contrib/20260116926pmp BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team dominated Bates in a convincing 62-49 win on Friday night in Morrell Gymnasium. The eighth-ranked Polar Bears, who led by as many as 21 points in the second half, improve to 13-1 (3-0 NESCAC) while the 14th-ranked Bobcats fall to 13-2 (2-1 NESCAC) with both of their losses this season coming at the hands of the Polar Bears. Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2025-26/contrib/20260116926pmp https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/12/top25-women-week3 The NCAC has a third ranked team because Denison is in the Top 25 for the first time since our 2021-22 preseason poll. Plus, Chicago makes its season debut in our rankings, and the voters sort through last week's CBB rivalry results. See how it all shakes out here. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/12/top25-women-week3 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/12/recap-126 No. 6 Bowdoin completed a sweep of its CBB rivals by beating No. 19 Colby while Chicago worked overtime to knock off No. 25 Calvin on the road. On the men's side, St. Thomas is poised to enter the Top 25 after the Celts got a win and some help from another Texas team. Read about it here. Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/12/recap-126 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-1-women Bowdoin takes two of the three major awards with Sydney Jones netting Player of the Year and Meghan Phelps Coach of the Year. Johnson and Wales phenom Grace Jaffray is Rookie of the Year. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-1-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2024-25/mar13 The Sectionals are here. There will be some great hoops to watch this weekend. What challenges are ahead for teams to clinch their trips to Ft. Wayne and Salem? We talk about their hopes ahead on Thursday's Hoopsville, LIVE, at 7:00 PM ET - right here! Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2024-25/mar13 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2025/tournament-preview After what seemed like an inevitable run to the 2024 national championship last season, No 1 New York University somehow seems even better this season. Is there anyone who can stop the Violets' march through March madness? That and more in our NCAA Tournament preview. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2025/tournament-preview https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/03/recap-0302 Trinity beat Wesleyan for the NESCAC title and handed a loss to the last unbeaten team in Division III men’s basketball. On the women’s side, Bowdoin will enter the Tournament unblemished and Gettysburg won its fourth straight title. Sun, 02 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/03/recap-0302 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/02/recap-women-0215 No. 3 Bowdoin completed a perfect regular season while No. 11 Trine executed its offense flawlessly at No. 15 Hope and No. 19 Randolph-Macon used a fourth-quarter shutout to win the ODAC regular season title. Elsewhere, UW-La Crosse made the WIAC race more interesting and Mary Schleusner dazzled again. Sat, 15 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/02/recap-women-0215 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/02/recap-women-0208 The Carthage Firebirds spoiled No. 2 Illinois Wesleyan’s bid for an undefeated regular season while No. 3 Scranton stayed perfect with a road win at No. 17 Catholic. Elsewhere, No. 4 Bowdoin comfortably secured the top spot in its conference tournament and No. 8 Gustavus Adolphus avenged its lone loss of the season. Sat, 08 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/02/recap-women-0208 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/top25-women-week8 UW-Oshkosh's loss created some movement in the Top 10, including Bowdoin and Whitman sliding up a slot each. Plus, Mass-Dartmouth returns to the rankings in our latest women's Top 25. Check out the full list here. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/top25-women-week8 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/recap-0125-women UW-River Falls upset unbeaten and fourth-ranked UW-Oshkosh on a day when most ranked teams rolled to victory. Elsewhere, No. 5 Bowdoin battled past Colby and into first place in the NESCAC while No. 6 Whitman downed Linfield and expanded its lead in the NWC. Read about it here. Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/recap-0125-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/eight-names-to-know Hundreds of teams. Thousands of games. Thousands of coaches and players. How do you make sense of it all? Here are eight names to know for the upcoming women's basketball season. Sun, 03 Nov 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/eight-names-to-know https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-1-women After leading Bowdoin back atop the NESCAC, Sydney Jones and Megan Phelps are Player of the Year and Coach of the Year in Region 1 respectively. The Rookie of the Year Award goes to Grace Ramsdell of St. Joseph's (Maine) Tue, 12 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-1-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/top25-women-week12 The regular season and conference playoffs are complete, so this is our final Top 25 ranking until after the national title game. Who made the biggest jump in our poll ahead of the Big Dance? Find out here. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/top25-women-week12 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0217-women No. 16 Hardin-Simmons earned hosting rights for next weekend's ASC tournament with a dramatic win over No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor while the top spot in the Empire 8 playoffs will come down to math after Nazareth topped St. John Fisher. Plus, Alma scratched a 23-year itch against Hope in Saturday's NCAA D-III women's basketball action. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0217-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III national committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand here! Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week13 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week13 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0210-women No. 12 Bowdoin seized first place in the upcoming NESCAC tournament with a lopsided win over Amherst while Willamette clinched the NWC's top seed by sweeping Puget Sound. Elsewhere, No. 6 Hope won another MIAA crown, No. 21 Smith cleared its final major hurdle in the NEWMAC, and No. 16 Hardin-Simmons got help in the ASC. Read about it here. Sat, 10 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0210-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/jan15 On any given night in DIII hoops, you are going to be surprised. It's becoming expected. Tonight on Hoopsville, we chat with coaches near the top of their conferences races trying to avoid the surprises. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here! Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/jan15 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/recap-0113-women No. 20 Mary Hardin-Baylor bolstered its position atop the ASC standings with an offensive explosion while first place in the NESCAC is a Maine event after Saturday’s results. Plus, No. 4 UW-Whitewater pushed No 22 UW-Stout farther behind in the WIAC and the NEWMAC conference title chase finally began with a close win by No. 18 Smith. Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/recap-0113-women https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/cnu-transy-seventh-heaven Saturday's title game between No. 1 Christopher Newport and No. 2 Transylvania is just the seventh time the top two teams in our poll will play each other in the NCAA Tournament. To celebrate the special occasion, we look back at the previous six 1-versus-2 matchups with some help from the coaches and players who won those games. Sat, 01 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/cnu-transy-seventh-heaven https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/01/top25-women-week5 The first poll of 2023 has four NESCAC teams, including the first ever appearance for Trinity (Conn.). Plus Loras surges into the rankings, Bowdoin returns, and there's another switch near the top of the rankings. Get the list here. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/01/top25-women-week5 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/07/atn-megan-phelps-bowdoin Bowdoin College is a special place for Division III basketball. Just ask Megan Phelps who felt the draw first as a high school student, then as an assistant coach, and now as the Polar Bears' head coach. She spoke with us for our latest Around the Nation offseason podcast. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/07/atn-megan-phelps-bowdoin https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/05/phelps-returns-to-bowdoin Megan Phelps, who helped build Bowdoin into national title contenders under Adrienne Shibles, has returned to Brunswick to lead her alma mater's women's program. Mon, 16 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/05/phelps-returns-to-bowdoin https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/04/bowdoin-women-change-coaches-again Sacha Santimano is out after one season after moving from Eastern Nazarene to Bowdoin. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2022/04/bowdoin-women-change-coaches-again https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/11/1120-wrap-women No. 1 Hope and No. 13 Bowdoin won their Top 25 showdowns on Saturday afternoon while No. 7 Tufts rallied past Brandeis, No. 5 Messiah edged No. 9 DeSales and the Maine event was a triple-overtime game in Bangor. Get the full recap here. Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/11/1120-wrap-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/05/shibles-jump-to-d1 Adrienne Shibles, the winningest head coach in the history of Bowdoin women’s basketball, has accepted an offer to become the head women's basketball coach at Dartmouth. Mon, 03 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/05/shibles-jump-to-d1