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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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At Large Bid Fantasy Draft - D3 Datacast - Episode 97
The D3 Datacast Pool C Fantasy Draft returns for the new season! As we have done during previous seasons, we have some fun making way too early predictions on…
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Top Teams Without Top 25 Votes - D3 Datacast - Episode 96
A total of 79 different teams have received at least one vote through the three D3Hoops.com Top 25 polls that have been released this season. Does that mean…
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Teams on the Rise! - D3 Datacast - Episode 95
Now that we are a few weeks into the 2024-2024 Division III basketball season it’s fair to start setting aside preseason expectations as teams show us who they…
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Great Lakes Invitational Power Rankings 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 94
The 2024 Great Lakes Invitational is in the books and it once again gave us two great days of action. After seeing all eight games in person, we asked a panel…
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Time for a Top 25 Update?
The first full week of the 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season is in the books and in a lot of ways the preseason Top 25 picture has been completely…
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Top 25 in Shambles? - D3 Datacast - Episode 92
The 2024-2025 Division III men’s basketball season got off to a fast start over the weekend and it is already having an impact on the Top 25 picture. Join us…
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Hot Takes and Bold Predictions for 2024-25 - D3 Datacast - Episode 91
The first week of the 2024-2025 Division III basketball season is finally here! We dive right back into the comfort of our familiar weekly show. Back again…
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Top 50 D3 Basketball Games in November 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 90
The Division III men’s basketball season gets off to a hot start when play begins on November 8. It seems more and more teams are out in search of high-level…
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What D3 Football Fans Should Know About NPI - D3 Datacast - Episode 89
It’s the time of the year when more and more focus shifts onto the national picture as Division III football fans try to make sense of the developing playoff…
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Conference Champion Draft! - D3 Datacast - Episode 88
The weeks leading into a new Division III basketball season is the perfect time for previews and predictions and we’re putting those two things together in our…
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Calvin Knights MBB Head Coach Bill Sall - D3 Datacast - Episode 87
We typically leave the coach interviews to other great Division III basketball content creators but we can’t resist the chance to get in a pre-season…
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What If Every Team Made The D3 NCAA Tournament? - D3 Datacast - Episode 86
What started as a simple tweet grew into a full episode of The D3 Datacast! D3Hoops.com columnist Ryan Scott once wondered about a fairly simple question: what…
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2024-2025 MBB Preseason Efficiency Ratings - D3 Datacast - Episode 85
The D3 Datacast is back in season mode with weekly episodes starting with this show taking a look at preseason efficiency ratings for the 2024-2025 Division…
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Top 10 Division III Men’s Basketball Programs of All-Time - D3 Datacast - Episode 84
NCAA Division III celebrated its 50th Anniversary last season. Which men’s basketball programs have proven to be the very best over the course of that half…
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Unpacking NPI - New Tournament Selection Metric for Division 3 Sports - D3 Datacast - Episode 83
NCAA Division III is in the process of rolling out the NCAA Power Index (NPI), a new ranking system that will be used to select and seed teams for the national…
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We Are D3 - The Basketball Tournament 2024 ft. Mike Rejniak - D3 Datacast - Episode 82
We Are D3 has grown from just a participant in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) to a brand arching over much more of Division III basketball. We Are D3 held…
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How to Get Recruited ft. D3Direct - D3 Datacast - Episode 81
Coverage and exposure of NCAA Division III is at an all-time high thanks to people like Karl Barkley. He has created a wide-range of resources and content…
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D3 Basketball Conference Power Rankings 2024 - D3 Datacast - Episode 80
After a great 2024 Division III basketball season we have a good idea how the teams stack up against each other, but what about conference to conference? With…
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Pipeline to the Pros - a Conversation with Author Ben Kaplan - Episode 79
We were pleased to be joined by Ben Kaplan to talk about his new book Pipeline to the Pros, How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA. As a former…
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2024 Final Four Recap and Lasting Impressions - D3 Datacast - Episode 78
Final Four weekend never disappoints and Fort Wayne was once again a tremendous host. We got great games in a great atmosphere with the National Champion Trine…
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2024 Final Four Preview and Championship Odds Update - D3 Datacast - Episode 77
All eyes turn to Fort Wayne, Indiana as the 2024 Division III men’s basketball season is down to its Final Four. Join us as we go through what remains of the…
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2024 Sweet 16 Preview and Tourney Odds Update - D3 Datacast - Episode 76
We had upsets and blowouts and everything in between as the 64-team field for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament has been whittled to the…
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2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 75
Our last show was all about digging deep into the first round matchups we will see when the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament begins on…
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2024 NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - D3 Datacast - Episode 74
The bids have been awarded and the bracket has been set. It’s time for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament! To get ready for first round…
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 73
The NCAA Tournament selection show aired on Monday afternoon and we all got a chance to see who made the tournament and where they were headed. Matt and Zac…
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Week 3 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 72
We got the release of the week three Division III men’s basketball regional rankings and for the most part they look a lot like the rankings from our…
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Week 3 Regional Ranking Predictions and Bubble Picture - D3 Datacast - Episode 71
Each week the regional rankings get more and more important and that is certainly the case for the week three rankings as we now enter “once ranked, always…
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Week 2 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 70
The week two regional rankings were released on Tuesday afternoon so it’s time to look back at our predictions and see how we did. For the most part this set…
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Predicting the Week 2 Regional Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 69
The week one alphabetical regional rankings were fun but we kick things up a notch with a fully ranked set for week two. With updated winning percentages…
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Week 1 Regional Ranking Reactions - D3 Datacast - Episode 68
It’s bonus episode time to take a look at the official first set of regional rankings and compare them with what we had in our predictions episode earlier this…
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Predicting the Week 1 Regional Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 67
It’s an exciting week on the D3 Datacast as we anticipate the release of the first regional rankings! We’ve crunched the numbers and sifted through the data so…
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The NCAA Tournament Bubble Is Taking Shape - D3 Datacast - Episode 66
There is a lot of basketball yet to be played but the bubble picture is starting to take shape. In this week’s show we put teams into buckets to describe their…
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Dark Horse NCAA Tournament Runs - D3 Datacast - Episode 65
Last season saw UW-Whitewater and Nichols make dark horse runs deep in the Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. Neither team was ranked at all during the…
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Which Conferences Will Get Pool C Bids? - D3 Datacast - Episode 64
There is a lot of ballgame left, so to speak, when it comes to this season and qualifying for the Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. That being said…
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Top 3 Teams in Each Region - D3 Datacast - Episode 63
Regional ranking season may still be a ways off but we are far enough into the 2023-2024 Division III basketball season that we can get a feel for which teams…
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Top 5 Tightest Conference Races - D3 Datacast - Episode 62
As the Calendar turns to a new year we celebrate the unofficial change from the non-conference schedule to conference play. Using a combination of current…
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10 Things We Were Wrong About - D3 Datacast - Episode 61
The thing about having a lot of opinions and making predictions is it turns out some of them are wrong! In this week’s show we go through ten things we thought…
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Top 10 Offenses and Defenses in D3 Basketball - D3 Datacast - Episode 60
Now that the majority of Division III men’s basketball teams have played at least eight games the D3 Datacast computer is relying completely on current season…
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Best Teams Without Any Top 25 Votes - D3 Datacast - Episode 59
A total of 67 different teams have been named on at least one ballot for the D3Hoops.com Top 25 polls that have been released so far this season. In this…
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At-Large Bid Fantasy Draft (Pool C) - D3 Datacast - Episode 58
Back by popular demand (probably), it’s our Pool C fantasy draft! The 2023-2024 Division III basketball season is a few weeks old so it’s time to take an early…
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Early Season Computer Ranking Movers - D3 Datacast - Episode 57
Computer ratings and human Top 25 voters alike are getting caught up as we transition from preseason to in-season rankings. We take a look at some of the…
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GLI Power Rankings - D3 Datacast - Episode 56
Week two was another banger in the Division III basketball world, highlighted by some terrific events like the Great Lakes Invitational. We are back from our…
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Crazy First Week! - D3 Datacast - Episode 55
Wow, what a first week of the 2023-2024 Division III men’s basketball season! The preseason number one team loses not once but twice while others got off to…
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Bold Predictions and Hot Takes for the 2023-24 Season - D3 Datacast - Episode 54
We have officially made it through the offseason and the first week of the 2023-24 Division III basketball season is here! It’s time to get back into season…
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Top 50 Games in November - D3 Datacast - Episode 53
The 2023-2024 NCAA Division III men's basketball season is right around the corner. The new season gets off to a fast start with a ton of great matchups in…
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Way Too Early Conference Champion Draft - D3 Datacast - Episode 52
The season hasn’t started, we don’t have a Top 25 poll and some rosters haven’t even been posted. Perfect time to pick some conference champions, right? It is…
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Building a Preseason Top 25 Ballot ft. Akiva Poppers - D3 Datacast - Episode 51
We are about a week and a half away from the release of the preseason Top 25 for the 2023-24 Division III basketball season. In anticipation of that we are…
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Bill Sall, Calvin Knights MBB Head Coach - D3 Datacast - Episode 50
We are pleased to be joined by Calvin head men’s basketball Bill Sall in advance of the 2023-24 Division III basketball season. We get Bill’s thoughts on how…
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What’s Changing in D3 Basketball? - D3 Datacast - Episode 49
Every new Division III basketball season brings some level of change. The changes for the 2023-24 season can be categorized as more minor than major but there…
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D3 Preseason Efficiency Ratings 2023424 - D3 Datacast - Episode 48
We are calling the Division III basketball offseason over and are moving into season mode! That means it is time to fire up the D3 Datacast computer for…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 9 - D3 Datacast - Episode 47
We’re back with the final six packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 42 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of…
D3 DatacastWhat’s the Deal with the Coast-to-Coast Conference? - D3 Datacast - Episode 46
Maybe it’s a question you have asked or maybe it’s a question you didn’t even know to ask. Either way, what’s the deal with the Coast-to-Coast Conference?…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 8 - D3 Datacast - Episode 45
We’re back with six more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 36 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of this…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 7 - D3 Datacast - Episode 44
We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 30 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 6 - D3 Datacast - Episode 43
We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 25 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of…
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Fixing the Primary Criteria - D3 Datacast - Episode 42
There is so much to love about Division III basketball but that doesn’t mean everything is perfect. Those who closely follow the regional ranking and…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 5 - D3 Datacast - Episode 41
We’re back with five more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! That’s a total of 20 packs of #d3hoops cards opened in total at the conclusion of…
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What’s Next for D3Datacast? - D3 Datacast - Episode 40
Our first season of Division III basketball was a lot of fun and we are looking to do it bigger and better for 2023-2024. To that end, we want to let you know…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 4 - D3 Datacast - Episode 39
We’re back with four more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from…
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Pack Opening! D3 Hoops 2023 Trading Cards Part 3 - D3 Datacast - Episode 38
We’re back with four more packs of Division III Basketball trading cards! Each pack contains 12 cards featuring ten team base cards and two insert cards from…