Greatest of all time?

[gordonmann]

After doing some research and some interviews, here's the first piece in what became a series about Sydney Moss and other spectacular individual seasons in Division III women's basketball. I enjoyed talking to the first player to win Division III basketball's version of the triple crown and someone who coached two of the players on the list of elite seasons.

Plus we compiled the major award winners for men's and women's hoops with a quick thought on which player had the greatest season in men's Division III basketball history.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2015/05/greatest-season-of-all-time-awards

[Mr. Ypsi]

Gordon, a minor error in the article: in 2007, Olivia Lett was still in high school - IWU won the title in 2012.

[ronk]

This gets more interesting, by the way:

Division I MEN: 184, Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989 (http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_final4/2015/3Tournament.pdf)
Division II MEN: 185—Jack Sullivan, Mt. St. Mary's, 1957 (http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2014/d2/champs.pdf)
Division III MEN: 177—Michael Nogelo, Williams, 1998 (http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2014/d3/champs.pdf)

She has shattered the records for all three divisions in both genders... amazing.

Robinson took 6 games for his 184; Austin Carr, whom I watched play high school ball in DC, had the 2 highest averages-52.7(1970) and 41.7(1971).
Jack Sullivan was the Catholic U women's bball coach around the turn of the century.

[gordonmann]

Mr. Y:

Thanks.

[WUPHF]

After doing some research and some interviews, here's the first piece in what became a series about Sydney Moss and other spectacular individual seasons in Division III women's basketball. I enjoyed talking to the first player to win Division III basketball's version of the triple crown and someone who coached two of the players on the list of elite seasons.

Plus we compiled the major award winners for men's and women's hoops with a quick thought on which player had the greatest season in men's Division III basketball history.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2015/05/greatest-season-of-all-time-awards

Awesome work! Thank you!

[gordonmann]

Sure, thanks for the note.

About 80 percent of the way through it, I felt like I wrote WAY too much about Sydney Moss. I hope the stories on Scranton and Wash U lessened any feeling of one-player overkill (though I do think she's a really special player).

Totally different topic: I just started putting together the 2015 Men's Conference Guidebook . The UAA, which had the highest winning percentage against D3 opponents last year, had an even higher one in 2014-2015.  Something like .740.

[gordonmann]

Totally different topic: I just started putting together the 2015 Men's Conference Guidebook . The UAA, which had the highest winning percentage against D3 opponents last year, had an even higher one in 2014-2015.  Something like .740.

The NESCAC posted a .757 winning percentage against Division III non-conference opponents last season. Every team except Tufts was over .500 out of conference and the Jumbos were 7-7.