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D3 Datacast
Talking NCAA Division 3 basketball from a data/analytics angle. Each episode we'll talk about efficiency ratings, Top 25, NCAA regional rankings, NCAA Tournament projections, and we'll make picks against the computer lines and point spreads. Hosted by Matt and Zac Snyder.
Episodes
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Teams Making Good First Impressions - D3 Datacast - Episode 157
The start of a Division III basketball season means going from no game to a lot of games in a hurry. It’s a lot to take in so it’s good we only have an opening…
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Big Events, Big Games - D3 Datacast - Episode 156
When we returned to producing weekly shows in October, we promised to take you all the way from the preseason through the postseason. Step one of that journey…
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Calvin Women's Basketball Head Coach Mark Christner - D3 Datacast - Episode 155
We’re making it a Calvin basketball double feature on the show this week as we welcome in Calvin women’s basketball coach Mark Christner as they gear up for…
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Calvin Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Sall - D3 Datacast - Episode 154
As the Calvin Knights men’s basketball team prepares for the 2026-2027 season, we get together with head coach Bill Sall for our annual preseason chat. The…
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Conference Champions Draft 2026-2027 - D3 Datacast - Episode 153
The first games of the 2026-2027 Division III basketball season are a few weeks away and some rosters are still yet to be posted online. Sounds like a perfect…
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What’s Changing in D3 Basketball for 2026-2027? - D3 Datacast - Episode 152
When the new Division III basketball season begins, a lot will feel familiar but some things will have changed. Join us for this week’s show as we talk through…
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Preseason Computer Ratings 2026-27 - D3 Datacast - Episode 151
The D3 Datacast kicks off the 2026-2027 Division III basketball season with the return of weekly shows to take you all the way from the preseason through the…
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If We Were Czars Over Division 3 Basketball... - D3 Datacast - Episode 150
Division III basketball is pretty great, but there are some things we would change if we were given the power to do so. In this final episode of the offseason…
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Calvin Football Head Coach Trent Figg - D3 Datacast - Episode 149
Calvin football head coach Trent Figg stops by to talk about the Calvin Knights as they head into their third season on the football field in 2026.
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Ranking the Conferences in Division 3 Men's Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 148
We hope you're having a great summer and while we can't help you kill all the time between now and the start of the next Division III basketball season, we can…
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Mary Washington Crowned Champions of D3 Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 146
Over 400 Division III men’s basketball teams have been in their offseasons for over two weeks but Mary Washington and Emory still had one game to play. The…
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Elite Eight/Final Four Review, Championship Preview & Picks - D3 Datacast - Episode 146
Just one game remains for the 2025-2026 Division III men’s basketball season. It has been quite a season, quite a tournament and it looks like we will have…
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NCAA Tournament Elite 8 Preview Fort Wayne - D3 Datacast - Episode 145
The 2026 NCAADivision III Men’s Basketball Tournament is down to its Elite 8 with all eight teams heading to Fort Wayne, Indiana to play out the quarterfinals…
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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 - D3 Datacast - Episode 144
The 2026 NCAADivision III Men’s Basketball Tournament got off to a tremendous start as the field of 64 is already whittled down to the Sweet 16. We talk…
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NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - D3 Datacast - Episode 142
The 2026 NCAADivision III Men’s Basketball Tournament is about to get underway! We are sure to see great games and big upsets, but which games would be upsets…
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2026 Tournament Bracket Reactions! - D3 Datacast - Episode 141
The NCAA revealed the 2026 Division 3 Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket on Monday afternoon, and we provide our initial thoughts after seeing the matchups…
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2026 Tournament Reveal - Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Mock Bracket - D3 Datacast - Episode 140
The 2025-2026 Division III basketball regular season is over and all that’s left is the dancing! Once the SCIAC championship game went final the last game went…
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Conference Tournament Weekend Update - The Bubble, Top Seeds Outlook, and Bid Thieves
Things move quickly during conference tournament week so we’re back with a bonus show this week to talk about some of the shifts and trends as this men’s…
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It’s Conference Tourney Time in D3 Hoops! - D3 Datacast - Episode 139
The 2025-2026 Division III basketball season amps up as it winds down! Most of the regular season has been completed with conference tournaments on the…
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Who is Going to Host in the NCAA Tournament? - D3 Datacast - Episode 138
The 2025-2026 season has reached the point where we get weekly NPI releases from the NCAA but where NPI stands on any given day is far less interesting than…
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NPI and Different Paths to the Same Place - D3 Datacast - Episode 137
Official NPI rankings were released by the NCAA for Division III men’s and women’s basketball last week, putting renewed focus on the metric by which teams…
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Top Conferences for At-Large Bids - D3 Datacast - Episode 136
There are definitely some strong contenders for spots in the 2026 Division III men’s basketball tournament but maybe not to the point where most of the bubble…
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NPI, Dials, Bracketing, Seeding and More! (Ft. MBB Committee Chair Cam Fuller) - D3 Datacast - Episode 135
We talk a lot about Division III men’s basketball rankings, tournament selections, seeding, bracketing and championship weekend but this time our audience can…
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Things to Know Before the D3 Basketball Stretch Run - D3 Datacast - Episode 134
It’s not quite time to buckle up for the stretch run of this Division III basketball season but it is a good time to get ready for it. To do that, we run…
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Can We Say That? (ft. Bob Quillman) - D3 Datacast - Episode 133
We are at the point in the Division III men’s basketball season that there is a lot we have learned and a lot still to be learned. We try to work through some…
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10 Wide-Open Conference Races Not to Miss - D3 Datacast - Episode 132
As we step into the 2026 portion of the 2025-2026 Division III men’s basketball season the next couple months will be about how conference races play out. We…
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Simulating the Rest of the D3 Basketball Season 1,000 Times - D3 Datacast - Episode 131
The calendar turns from 2025 to 2026, marking the unofficial turn from non-conference play to conference season. There are a ton of important games that will…
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Tournament At-Large Pick Predictions - D3 Datacast - Episode 130
We love a way too early contest here at The D3 Datacat so it’s time to break out our annual draft to predict which teams will receive at-large bids to the NCAA…
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Top 10 Conferences in D3 Basketball Right Now - D3 Datacast - Episode 129
We often use the D3 Datacast computer efficiency ratings to talk about the strength of teams and how they stack up compared to each other but what about…
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Are These 10 Teams Flying Under the Top 25 Radar? - D3 Datacast - Episode 128
A total of 71 Division III men’s basketball teams have been named on at least one D3Hoops.com Top 25 ballot so far this season. In this week’s show we turn to…
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Who's Up, Who's Down? Early-Season Efficiency Ratings Movers - D3 Datacast - Episode 127
The week of Thanksgiving tends to be a lighter week in the Division III men’s basketball calendar but there is still plenty to react to and talk about from the…
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Great Lakes Invitational Power Rankings 2025 - D3 Datacast - Episode 126
The intensity of the 2025-2026 Division III men’s basketball season has ramped up with another great week of non-conference games, including the always…
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Early Season Upsets? - D3 Datacast - Episode 125
Every Division III men’s basketball program has played at least one game now so it’s official game on for the 2025-2026 season! Join us this week as we react…
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Week 1 Reactions and Overreactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 124
The opening weekend of the Division III basketball season is in the books! Not every team made their debut during the first weekend of play but there were a…
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Bold Predictions and Hot Takes for the 2025-26 Season - D3 Datacast - Episode 123
A new week is here and it’s a week with a Division III basketball games! We celebrate the new season by debuting a new segment we’re calling our “four-point…
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Top 50 Games in November 2025 - D3 Datacast - Episode 122
We are always excited for a new season of Division III basketball but this is the show we do each preseason that really takes the anticipation to another…
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Conference Champion Draft 2025-26 - D3 Datacast - Episode 121
It’s way too early to know who the conference champions will be during the 2025-2026 Division II basketball season but that won’t keep us from trying to guess!…
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Mark Christner, Calvin WBB Head Coach - D3 Datacast - Episode 120
It’s a Calvin basketball double feature this week on The D3 Datacast as we follow up Monday’s episode with Bill Sall with a special Wednesday episode as we…
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Bill Sall on the 2025-26 Calvin Knights MBB - D3 Datacast - Episode 119
The D3 Datacast isn’t usually an interview show but we can pass up the chance to have an annual preseason chat with Calvin head men’s basketball coach Bill…
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Preseason Efficiency Ratings 2025-26 - D3 Datacast - Episode 118
It’s time to declare the Division III basketball offseason over and start looking at the season ahead! We fired up the D3 Datacast computer for another season…
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NPI Fact or Fiction? - D3 Datacast - Episode 117
Our NPI summer series wraps up with Fact or Fiction! In this episode we feature five prompts about NPI and answer whether they are based on fact or fiction…
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Does NPI Give Everyone an At-Large Chance? - D3 Datacast - Episode 116
We have seen how NPI opens up tournament consideration to a wider set of Division III men’s basketball teams than the previous regional ranking/committee…
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Non-D3 Games in the NPI Era - D3 Datacast - Episode 115
From time to time we see Division III basketball programs play games against non-D3 opponents. With NPI taking over as the way teams at-large teams are…
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Did NPI Pick the Right Teams? - D3 Datacast - Episode 114
The first Division III men's basketball tournament with at-large teams selected by NPI is in the books. We got a great tournament but did NPI pick the right…
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Wrapping up the Season with the Final Four - D3 Datacast - Episode 113
We are back from Fort Wayne, Indiana and what a weekend it was! Congratulations to the Trinity (CT) Bantams for winning the 2024-2025 NCAA Division III Men’s…
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2025 Final Four Picks! - D3 Datacast - Episode 112
The second weekend of the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament saw favorites bounce-back after underdogs out-performed the D3 Datacast computer…
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2025 Sweet 16 Preview and Updated Championship Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 111
The first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is in the books and what a weekend it was! The first and second rounds saw a little…
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2025 NCAA Tournament Overall Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 110
Our last show took a look at the first round favorites in the 2025 Division III men’s basketball tournament but what about beyond the first round? We’re back…
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2025 Division D3 Basketball Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - Episode 109
The 2025 Division III men’s basketball tournament bracket has been released so it’s time to break it down like only the D3 Datacast can! As we’ve done in past…
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Tournament Selections and Mock Bracket - D3 Datacast - Episode 108
We had a blast tracking the 2025 NCAA Division III basketball tournament picture as the final games of the regular season played out on Sunday afternoon. All…
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How Conference Tournaments Will Shape the NCAA Tournament - D3 Datacast - Episode 107
Conference tournament week is here for the 2024-2025 Division III basketball season and what happens this week will shape the landscape heading into the 2025…
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Old vs. New: Winners and Losers with D3 Basketball NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 106
The stretch run of this Division III basketball season is playing out a little differently with the change from the old regional ranking system to the new NPI…
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Protecting the Top 8 Seeds in the NCAA Tournament - D3 Datacast - Episode 105
After another terrific week of the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season it’s time to check in on the developing picture as the NCAA Tournament draws…
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Bubble Watch! How are Teams Looking for At-Large Bids? - D3 Datacast - Episode 104
The calendar turning to February marks the start of the Division III basketball season stretch run. Teams are locked in to the conference races and doing all…
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Top 25, Next 25, and Protecting Top Seeds - D3 Datacast - Episode 103
We are deep into the Division III men’s basketball season but if you think that means we’re gaining any clarity into the Top 25 picture, think again! This week…
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Which Conferences Will Get At-Large Bids to the 2025 Tournament? - D3 Datacast - Episode 102
There is a lot of basketball to be played between now and when at-large selections to the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament are made but we…
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What Every D3 Basketball Fan Needs To Know About NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 101
The Division III basketball landscape has changed in terms of how teams are selected and seeded for the national tournament. The regional ranking system is a…
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Ten Tightest Conference Races in D3 Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 100
The start of January marks the traditional start to conference play so we fire up the D3 Datacast computer to run 1,000 season simulations to see which…
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Things we were wrong about - Episode 99
The break in the Division III basketball schedule has given us the opportunity to pause and reflect on what we’ve seen so far and how it may have differed from…
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Top 10 Offenses and Defenses in D3hoops - Episode 98
Now that most teams have played at least eight games the D3 Datacast computer is relying solely on in-season results for calculating efficiency ratings. That…