I also don't think it would be good for D3 to have a sudden influx of perhaps 100 or more schools that don't really want to be here, either institutionally or from their fan base perspective.

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on February 03, 2026, 03:38:15 PMNJCU will no longer be joining the CUNYAC. In fact, there will be no Division III athletics at New Jersey City University following the end of this academic year.
https://d3sports.com/notables/2026/01/kean-to-absorb-njcu-athletics

what in the uncanny valley is going on with those AI models in your linked story, those are TERRIFYING

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2026, 10:43:33 AMMany of the NAC schools have been playing UMPI and UMFK like travel partners the last two seasons.  If you're making the trip up there, no real reason not to play both.  It'll be helpful to have both count in the future.

There's been open speculation that Cobleskill and Delhi are not long for the league, plus there's a real possibility one or both of the NVU campuses end or scale back athletics to the point they can't be in the NCAA.  Lots of unknowns, but I'm sure the league wants to be clear of the minimum.

It's not inconceivable in a couple years you'd have 7 Maine schools and Lesley.  I don't really know anything about Lesley's financial status, but that's certainly a similar profile to a lot of schools that have been closing.

Cobleskill and Delhi were admitted to the SUNYAC for 2026-27, along with Alfred State. That announcement was made in June 2025.

I don't mean to troll but I think Seattle by 2 touchdowns. The Pats beat up a lot of bad teams and they're probably not here if Bo Nix doesn't break his ankle against Buffalo.

They'll have to make it another rock fight and try to win 13-10.

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Quote from: ICAlum16 on January 22, 2026, 08:54:02 AMI am hearing word that the IC head coaching search is not going as smoothly as people would like. The word I've heard used is "disorganized". I don't have much more than that but I don't think the new AD is winning any favor with how things are going...

I'll never understand why they thought replacing Susan with a JUCO guy was a good idea. Reminds me of when they hired Hartwick's AD 20+ years ago and then all the teams basically turned into Hartwick.

Ithaca won the Empire 8 commissioner's Cup every single year it was a member of the conference, from 2006-07 to 2016-17. So that doesn't track, at all

They became irrelevant on the national scene across the board under What's His Face.

E8 commish cups, c'mon that's light work, that's child's play. Took until Stevens joined to have anything like real competition. That's not the standard, or it ought not to be anyway.

Quote from: ICAlum16 on January 22, 2026, 08:54:02 AMI am hearing word that the IC head coaching search is not going as smoothly as people would like. The word I've heard used is "disorganized". I don't have much more than that but I don't think the new AD is winning any favor with how things are going...

I'll never understand why they thought replacing Susan with a JUCO guy was a good idea. Reminds me of when they hired Hartwick's AD 20+ years ago and then all the teams basically turned into Hartwick.

Two AQs for the worst conferences in D3 like the United East? Gross. Awful. Anti-competitive. Hopefully the proposal fails.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 15, 2026, 11:18:56 AMI know the number of posts here is ... well, low, but congratulations to Bryn Mawr for snapping its 257-game Centennial Conference losing streak!

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/01/recap-0114-women

Bryn Mawr and Bard in the same season...signs and wonders!

Quote from: ICAlum16 on December 11, 2025, 03:59:11 PMI am hearing that the winds of change are swirling on the South Hill of Ithaca, NY. I don't know anything for certain but I would not be shocked if by next week big changes are announced.

Toerper going to East Hill to be Swanstrom's new DC, I suppose.

https://footballscoop.com/2025/12/10/sources-ivy-league-school-parting-ways-with-defensive-coordinator

I call this the St. Joseph's model, after SJLI and SJBK in the Skyline Conference.

I guess I understand it based on their unbelievable history, but what I find so repellent about the Mount Union fans (except for the late great MUC57 "go everybody!") is their utter joylessness.

None of them seem to even like football. They just want to see the opponent immediately liquefied, and if they're not up 40 by halftime they snarl and foam at the mouth.

Because the women's board doesn't get any posts...


Bard beat William Smith 62-49 tonight, the first LL win in women's basketball for the Raptors since 2013 and only their second all-time.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 28, 2025, 10:24:17 AMSpotted a pic of Anson Mount (aka Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) wearing a pretty ratty Sewanee Tigers ball cap.  Is he an alumnus?

In other news, every member of the D3football.com panel picked HSU to win tomorrow's game, all by a TD or more.

Per Wikipedia yes he is.

LL just isn't very good hoops yet again. IMO Vassar will win the chip.

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Quote from: Machiavelli on November 15, 2025, 04:17:06 PMSo in other news: Hartwick beat Hilbert 52-0. Let that sink in.

I wasn't involved in this conversation so much but my understanding was that Hilbert (and Buff State) were added because some LL teams were having difficult times finding OCC opponents.  So this is exactly what they wanted. 

Not sure Hilbert will at this pace but who knows. Its a Catholic School with unknown funding so maybe they will be ok in the long run but it is tough for "new" programs to build in the New England/NY area.  Trying to think offhand who these teams are?

Mt. Ida
Alfred State
Anna Maria
Caselton
Morrisville
UNE
Dean
New England College
Husson
University of New England (not to be confused with New England College)
Becker

I guess who am I to judge.  These are colleges who want to play d3football and that's a good thing.  Mt. Union and the OAC had a bunch of duds every year.  Never really stopped MUC.

Mount Ida and Becker both closed quite a while ago now.