All this talk about Dartmouth not being a good job and not being right for Linton sounds like "cope" as the youth say today. I get nobody wants to see their coach leave, but this isn't some low major backwater.  Pretty much every coach would leap at the opportunity if they were in Linton's stage of their career to coach an Ivy League team. Their AD is pretty committed to athletics and all it takes is the right coach to start winning which Linton is more than capable of doing.  I find the arguments about recruiting quite unpersuasive.

The issue is that d3 schools adhere to their schools' transfer application deadlines.  That leaves most schools out if you're trying to upgrade as far as going d3 to d3, as most of the stronger academic schools have deadlines in early to mid March. That basically leaves any player that enters the portal a this stage with options limited to state schools and a few private university options. Many of the d3 to d3 transfers technically entered the portal but did so with do not contact designations as they already had everything set in place in order to get all of the paperwork finished by the application deadlines. I'm sure most of these players already received back channel d1/d2 interest, but if you're throwing you're name in at this point to test waters without having talked to anyone yet you're more than likely heading back to your original team if no one picks you up.  I'm sure that's the goal/plan for most who enter on a whim.

I want division 3 to have these kinds of players, but several of them probably should have been on division 1 rosters from the beginning if we're being honest.

The NCAA has said they aren't going to go down the 5 year eligibility road. All that talk was pushed by NIL agents trying to will it into existence.

Nice to see Adam Dudzinski get some national recognition with a d3 all star game invite. Would have easily been SLU's 2nd all time leading scorer if he played 4 years. Players like him don't come around often.

Quote from: SpringSt7 on March 13, 2026, 10:07:08 PMI know Conn is not the most prestigious program in the league (no offense! Genuinely) but if guys are leaving NESCAC schools with one year of eligibility for potentially non D1 spots that should set off alarm bells as a league IMO. Lot different than Civello or Cuevas let alone Thoerner, Sobel, Hutcherson, etc

It pretty much has to be for a d1/d2 spot you'd think.  High level academic D3s pretty much all have had their transfer application deadlines pass by now.  Players that already have something lineup usually don't make portal announcements making people think they're open to recruitment.

Quote from: nescac1 on March 12, 2026, 03:49:19 PMDid I miss reporting on here - apologies if so but I don't recall - that Hank Morgan is now playing on the G League Maine Celtics?  And in his last game, he went off for 22 points on 8-9 shooting (6-7 from 3)?  Second on the team only to John Tonje, who has played in the NBA. 

These shots are like barely touching the net even, damn: https://x.com/MaineCeltics/status/2031822665099722796?s=20

If Hank gets a cup off coffee in the NBA next year while Cuevas is lighting up D1 defenders, I'm gonna feel that much better about my POTY advocacy for those two dudes.  Turns out shooting is a valuable commodity in basketball! 

Golden rules of making the NBA: shoot and be able to guard your position. If you can do that it doesn't matter where you come from.

What an unbelievable coaching job by Tom Wilk at Keuka.  No matter what the score ends up at the end of the game, to be up 6 at halftime on the home court of the defending national champs given the history of the Keuka program is nothing short of astonishing.

A lot of d3 schools have their transfer application deadline this week or next. Entering the portal without an already planned destination could be tricky. I don't know of schools make exceptions with athletic transfers as far as extensions though.

The dials in soccer are different.  You had a team that was 7-6-3 and lost in the NESCAC quarterfinal make the tournament.  The rest of the country was better at soccer. 

Quote from: D3BBALL on March 02, 2026, 05:37:22 PM

Quote from: stlawus on March 02, 2026, 05:16:47 PMNPI is not the NESCAC Protection Index. This is part of the deal if you're getting a lot of teams in under the current system.

That's funny, like that.

When you say current system are you talking the new NPI sytems?

Either way as I said in another post, if it was the top 3 UAA teams all in the same bracket, I would say the same thing. I not complaining because it is NESCAC, it just a bad way to feature all the best teams in the country. UAA could have 4 teams in the final 4, all top 25 teams. NESCAC with 3 top 10 teams in NPI can only get 1 of those 3 to the final 4.

New system, yes.  I get the argument, but the UAA is so geographically spread out as is. I don't really have an issue with the new system, at least for basketball.  It is way worse in soccer, no conference should be getting 8 teams in hence the NESCAC Protection Index.  I just think that this kind of bracket is a bit of an equalizer.  If you're going to benefit from NPI in getting at large selections I don't think you can quibble about where you get placed in the bracket.

NPI is not the NESCAC Protection Index. This is part of the deal if you're getting a lot of teams in under the current system.

Thought if Vassar could score 60 they'd win.  They got 57 but it was still enough as 14 offensive rebounds to RPI's 4 was the difference maker.  Vassar's rebounding was elite all year and played no small part in winning the league tournament.

That's now two consecutive seasons RPI goes 21-6 but loses the Liberty League tournament final on their home court. NPI was in the 70s so no at large for them again.  Probably should start challenging themselves in non-conference.

Quote from: bk5 on February 27, 2026, 10:09:03 PM

Quote from: stlawus on February 27, 2026, 09:36:05 PMI guess you could say it's an upset, but major win for Vassar on Union's home court to advance to the championship. The shooting just wasn't there for Union with Garside going 1 for 7 from 3. In his last 4 games he shot 4 for 26 from the arc. Union did extremely well despite all their injuries this year, might have just run out of gas in the end.  Good news for them they bring just about everyone back.

Not sure why we are calling Vassar beating Union an "upset" when they have beaten them 2 times earlier this year. People are acting like Vassar isn't injured aswell, there missing Avery Lee (who was averaging 20 in his 8 games played) aswell as senior leader Sacha Greenberg. A healthy Vassar is easily scarier then any other team at full capacity in the league.

If you read what I wrote, I said "I guess you could say it's an upset", which obviously implies that it is not really an upset.  And nobody in here has said Vassar isn't injured, in fact you can find several comments from me talking about Lee being a key missing piece for them, as well as other comments saying the same thing. So I don't know who these "people" are that are acting like you said they are.

I guess you could say it's an upset, but major win for Vassar on Union's home court to advance to the championship. The shooting just wasn't there for Union with Garside going 1 for 7 from 3. In his last 4 games he shot 4 for 26 from the arc. Union did extremely well despite all their injuries this year, might have just run out of gas in the end.  Good news for them they bring just about everyone back.