https://www.d3hoops.com en-us https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2025-26/region-8-women Goodness Gricius! Carroll's star forward is our Player of the Year while Illinois Wesleyan's Caitlin Leyden is our Rookie of the Year. Staying in the Land of Lincoln, Chicago's Michelle Gardner-Bilek is Coach of the Year. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2025-26/region-8-women https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2025-26/contrib/202603013zvk0w WAUKESHA, Wis. - The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament Championship game lived up to its billing Saturday night, Feb. 28, in a top-25 matchup at Van Male Fieldhouse. No. 1 seed Carroll University battled back to take the second-seeded Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball team to overtime, but the Titans closed the extra period with six unanswered points to take the title, 74-70. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2025-26/contrib/202603013zvk0w https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week10 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week10 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week6 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week6 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/11/recap-1129 UW-Stout dropped No. 6 Illinois Wesleyan and Farmingdale State stopped No. 11 Wesleyan, while North Park won a thriller in thrilling fashion in Saturday’s Division III men’s basketball action. In women's action, Calvin and Illinois Wesleyan used great D to pick up big Ws. Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/11/recap-1129 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-8-women Oliva Rangel is our Region 8 Player of the Year. Aurora first-year guard Krystyna Manzanarez is Rookie of the Year, and Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is Coach of the Year. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-8-women 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/2025/02/recap-women-0205 It took No. 5 UW-Oshkosh two overtimes to take its second win over No. 16 UW-Whitewater while No. 2 Illinois Wesleyan took a giant step toward an undefeated regular season. Elsewhere, No. 20 Johns Hopkins and No. 17 Catholic avenged earlier losses to ranked foes. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/02/recap-women-0205 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week10 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week10 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2024-25/feb3 Hoopsville is ON AIR! The 22nd season of the first show covering DIII basketball is back on air. Monday's show talked with the preseason and current #1 teams. And played up-tempo to catch up with the season. Join us On Demand - right here! Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2024-25/feb3 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week9 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week9 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/top25-women-week5 For the first time in our poll's history, we have a ranked team in the Mountain Time Zone. Colorado College makes its Top 25 debut while Illinois Wesleyan moves up to No. 2 and Trine returns to the rankings. Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/01/top25-women-week5 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/recap-1217 Mary Hardin-Baylor rallied from a 19-point deficit to snap No. 2 Wartburg's winning streak while No. 3 Illinois Wesleyan rolled into the holidays by rolling over No. 18 Chicago. On the men’s side, Washington and Jefferson scored an upset over a ranked regional rival that was nearly 25 years in the making. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/recap-1217 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/recap-1214 Illinois Tech shocked No. 6 Wisconsin Lutheran at the buzzer, while Marian stayed unbeaten with late-game heroics. In women’s action, No. 3 Illinois Wesleyan and John Carroll picked up one more conference win before the holiday break. Sat, 14 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/recap-1214 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/top25-women-week3 In a week with few changes, Gettysburg and Whitman enter the Top 10, and Illinois Wesleyan continues to rise. Get the full rankings here. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/top25-women-week3 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week3 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week3 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/top25-women-week2 Three new teams enter our women's Top 25, including Carnegie Mellon which makes its first poll appearance since January 2017. Chicago joins WashU, NYU and CMU to give the UAA four ranked teams. How far did IWU rise? How far did HSU fall? Get the answers here. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/12/top25-women-week2 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/recap-1126 Illinois Wesleyan will head home for the short holiday break with a win over fellow national title contender UW-Whitewater, while the Trinity (Conn.) men narrowly avoided an upsetting visit to an All-American alum. Read about those games and sample some more in our Turkey Tuesday recap. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/recap-1126 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/recap-1116 No. 10 Illinois Wesleyan used its quickness to get past No. 12 Hope, while the fourth-ranked Warhawks won the Carollo-versus-Carroll battle. On the men's side, No. 7 Emory led No. 17 Guilford wire-to-wire while Illinois College and Houghton used stellar defense to rally past 2024 Tournament teams. Sat, 16 Nov 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/11/recap-1116 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/notables/2024/01/top25-women-week8 Gettysburg enters our Top 25 ahead of Wednesday night's battle with No. 9 Johns Hopkins. Plus find out how our voters made sense of the IWU-Millikin-Carroll results in this week's poll. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/top25-women-week8 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/recap-0120-women St. John Fisher grabbed first place in the Empire 8 with a win over crosstown rival Nazareth in the Battle of the Beaks. Elsewhere, Washington and Jefferson made the most of its second chance against Chatham, and No. 8 Illinois Wesleyan bounced back with a road win at No. 25 Carroll. Read about that and more in our wrap. Sat, 20 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/recap-0120-women https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week6 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, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week6 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/12/wrapup-1216 No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan and No. 24 UW-Stout will head into the holiday break with big wins under their belts, while the six ranked men’s teams playing Division III foes cruised to victory. Read about it here. Sat, 16 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/12/wrapup-1216 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/12/top25-women-week2 The second poll of the regular season brings two new teams, as Catholic and Illinois Wesleyan enter the rankings. Plus, UW-Whitewater climbs into the top five and Gustavus Adolphus closes in on its best ranking ever. Get the full ranking here. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/12/top25-women-week2 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week2 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, 20 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week2 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2022-23/week5 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2022-23/week5 https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/202212109rwule Sophomore ties single-game rebounding record in 28-point, 20-rebound double-double Sat, 10 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/202212109rwule https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2022-23/week3 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2022-23/week3 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2022/game-of-the-night-illinois-wesleyan Illinois Wesleyan guard Kate Palmer picked a good time to make her first basket of the NCAA Tournament, sinking the game-winning shot in the closing seconds, as the Titans edged No. 15 DePauw in our Game of the Night. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2022/game-of-the-night-illinois-wesleyan