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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.

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All Episodes

01:09:20

Top 10 Conferences in D3 Basketball Right Now - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/12/15

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 conferences? This week we zoom out from our usual focus on individual teams and look at how efficiency rating conference rankings are taking shape through the early portion of this Division III men’s basketball season.Join us this week on The D3 Datacast for that and more as we take our usual look around in a new four-point, see what Matt has

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01:10:35

Are These 10 Teams Flying Under the Top 25 Radar? -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/12/08

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 the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings and take a look at the top ten teams that have not yet been named on a ballot. Are there some hidden gems, some teams flying under the radar?Join us this week as we take our usual look around D3 hoops with our four-point play, examine those ten top teams not yet receiving Top 25 votes, talk about what the

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01:10:17

Who's Up, Who's Down? Early-Season Efficiency Ratings...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/12/01

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 holiday weekend. Join us this week for another four-point play where we talk about what has been catching our eye across the country then dive in to take a look at a few programs who have made notable moves in our efficiency ratings so far this season.There will be a new D3hoops.com Top 25 poll this week so Matt reveals the ballot he will

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01:09:08

Great Lakes Invitational Power Rankings 2025 - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/11/24

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 fantastic Great Lakes Invitational. This year’s event was hosted by Washington & Jefferson and had a field that included Carthage, Case Western Reserve, Marietta, Mary Washington, Maryville, Trine and Trinity (TX).Join us this week for another four-point play where we talk about what has been catching our eye across the country then dive in deep

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00:51:11

Early Season Upsets? - D3 Datacast - Episode 125

D3 Datacast ·

2025/11/17

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 to another exciting week of action and try to make sense of it all, starting with a scan of the country in our “four-point play” to start another episode.There is still another week until the first D3hoops.com Top 25 poll of the regular season but that might be for the best given what has happened so far. We talk about the Top 25 picture, the

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01:05:54

Week 1 Reactions and Overreactions - D3 Datacast -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/11/10

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 lot of great games as we start learning just what each team is, or could be, for this season. Join us this week as we discuss what took place in this week’s “four-point play” and talk about how these first games may, or may not, alter the view of teams in or around the Top 25.We also give a review of the wide range of information we have

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01:07:02

Bold Predictions and Hot Takes for the 2025-26 Season...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/11/03

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 play” in which we scan the four points of the compass and talk about what is catching our eye or on our minds in the North, South, East and West. We also take a look at Matt’s preseason Top 25 ballot and talk about how it compares and contrasts to the total D3hoops.com preseason poll released last week.This week’s show also features

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00:59:00

Top 50 Games in November 2025 - D3 Datacast - Episode...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/10/27

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 level. As we have done in previous years, we’ve combed through schedules and compiled our list of the Top 50 games of the men’s basketball season taking place in the month of November.This season is sure to get off to a fast start with so many great matchups between teams meeting up on campus and at a number of great events around the country

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00:48:37

Conference Champion Draft 2025-26 - D3 Datacast -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/10/20

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! We’re back with year three of our conference champions draft contest with the usual suspects of Karl Barkley, Bob Quillman and Ryan Whitnable joining us to go through eight rounds of picks.Each conference can only be picked once so once someone makes their pick of a team to be a conference champ, that conference is off the board. Five

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00:58:59

Mark Christner, Calvin WBB Head Coach - D3 Datacast -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/10/15

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 chat with Calvin head women’s basketball coach Mark Christner!Join us as we get Coach Christner’s thoughts on a difficult non-conference schedule, a 2025-2026 roster loaded with returning players, conference outlook and more as the Knights look to keep the momentum going from last season’s finish.Related Links:Efficiency Ratings:

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00:39:35

Bill Sall on the 2025-26 Calvin Knights MBB - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/10/13

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 Sall! The Knights endured a tough non-conference schedule a year ago then ripped off an undefeated conference season on the way to securing the MIAA tournament championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament.Calvin loses some key contributors from last season’s team but returns a talented and experienced core

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00:51:57

Preseason Efficiency Ratings 2025-26 - D3 Datacast -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/10/06

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 of hoops and kick off the return of our weekly shows taking a look at preseason efficiency ratings. New and improved for this season, our men’s basketball preseason efficiency ratings are calculated with the computer having the added “knowledge” of transfers and returning production.Join us for this episode as we take a look at the preseason

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00:40:30

NPI Fact or Fiction? - D3 Datacast - Episode 117

D3 Datacast ·

2025/09/08

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 fueled by a misconception or misunderstanding.NPI doesn’t consider head-to-head? NPI doesn’t count every game? NPI gives everyone an at-large chance? The different non-conference multiplier in men’s basketball is a good idea? More teams still have an outside shot at a tournament bid going into the final week of the season?Are these things fact or

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00:29:31

Does NPI Give Everyone an At-Large Chance? - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/08/11

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 selection system - but does NPI actually give every team a chance at an at-large tournament berth?Observers of the previous system know that it seemed some teams with poor SOS numbers just couldn’t win enough to overcome it. With NPI we can run scenarios and get direct answers without having to guess how the human members of the RACs or National

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00:32:48

Non-D3 Games in the NPI Era - D3 Datacast - Episode 115

D3 Datacast ·

2025/07/21

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 selected and the national tournament is seeded, are non-D3 games good or bad? As it seems with anything NPI-related the answer is: it depends!There are many considerations to be made when putting together a basketball schedule. In this entry into our NPI summer series we talk through two scenarios in which it could be good (or at least OK) to play a

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00:55:20

Did NPI Pick the Right Teams? - D3 Datacast - Episode...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/06/23

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 teams?Join us for this episode as we look at the results NPI produced for teams in and around the bubble and compare and contrast that to how some other rating and ranking systems might have picked the limited number of at-large bids to the 2025 tournament. In the process we talk about the difference between the "best" teams and

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00:58:59

Wrapping up the Season with the Final Four - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/03/24

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 Basketball Championship and to NYU, Wesleyan and WashU for a great Final Four weekend.This past weekend saw three great games played between four tremendous teams. Join us for this last show of the season for some final words on what took place in Fort Wayne and thanks and recognition for some of the key people who helped make it happen.We

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00:51:32

2025 Final Four Picks! - D3 Datacast - Episode 112

D3 Datacast ·

2025/03/17

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 expectation in rounds one and two. The second weekend of the tournament saw a lot of chalk but that doesn’t mean we didn’t still get a bunch of great games.That’s two weekends down with just one weekend to go. The focus of the Division III men’s basketball world shifts to Fort Wayne, Indiana as just Wesleyan, NYU, Trinity (CT) and WashU remain

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01:07:27

2025 Sweet 16 Preview and Updated Championship Odds -...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/03/10

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 bit of everything - favorites cruising, upsets, overtime, great plays and great games. We can expect more of that in the tournament’s second weekend and we’re back to break it all down.As we did going into the first round, we have another in-depth look at the matchups we will see in Friday’s matchups in the sectionals. Join us as we dive deep

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00:32:44

2025 NCAA Tournament Overall Bracket Odds - D3...

D3 Datacast ·

2025/03/05

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 with another tournament preview show zooming out to look at the odds for each team to advance through the bracket.Who are the favorites to move on to the tournament’s second weekend? Who are the favorites to make a run to the Final Four and which teams have the best odds to win it all? We fire up the computer powered by the D3 Datacast team

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