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D3 Datacast
by Matt Snyder
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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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 the changes that will have their make on the upcoming season, everything from changes with schools, conferences and the NCAA Tournament.…
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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 postseason. What better way to begin that with a look at the new preseason efficiency ratings?A combination of previous season's results…
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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, we give ourselves the power of czars over Division III basketball!Join us as we talk through our list of things that would be different…
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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 help you fill about an hour with a new offseason show!Join us as we look back and maybe a little forward, use some data along with vibes...
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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 combined championship weekend at the Division I Final Four in Indianapolis meant those two teams had a 15-day wait until, win or lose, their...
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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 quite a championship game as Emory and Mary Washington have made it through Fort Wayne to reach the title game at the combined championship...
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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 and semifinals on a neutral court. We talk through how we got here with what took place during the special stand-alone Sweet 16 weekend…
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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 through what we saw last weekend in first and second round games and look ahead to a special stand-alone Sweet 16 weekend. With the help of the…
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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 and how big of upsets would they be? We run through all the first round games using the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings to break down the...
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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 and seedings. Who gets to host, are any teams too high or too low? We talk about it today. Related Episodes: Unpacking NPI - New Tournament...
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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 into NPI, the system used by Division III to rank every team for tournament selection and seeding. We crunched the numbers so it’s time…
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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 basketball season moves closer to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Join us as we take an updated look at how the bubble picture is shaping up,...
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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 horizon, or in some cases already started! While the tournament outlook is coming into view for many teams, what happens as conference…
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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 where it will end up. There is still plenty of basketball left to be played to determine that, but while we don’t know exactly what will...
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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 will be selected and seeded for the NCAA Tournament. That makes it a great time to talk about the fundamentals. What is NPI? How does it…
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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 field is coming into focus in terms of exact teams. However, there are some clear conferences that look like favorites to get an extra…
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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 hear it from a real expert as we sit down for a chat with Cam Fuller, this season’s chair of the men’s basketball committee. It was great…
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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 through some important things to know before the stretch run heats up and eyes start turning to the tournament picture. We start with the…
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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 of that with a segment we call “Can We Say That?” Bob Quillman joins us for this segment with each topic taking the form of a “can we say...
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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 have talked on previous episodes about some interesting dynamics shaping up in a few conferences but this week we take a deeper look at ten...
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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 be played between now and the end of the season but how might they play out and how might that shape the NCAA Division III men’s basketball...
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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 Division III men’s basketball tournament! Zac and Matt alternate selections for 11 picks each with three points awarded for each pick…
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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 conferences? This week we zoom out from our usual focus on individual teams and look at how efficiency rating conference rankings are taking…
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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 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...
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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 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...
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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 fantastic Great Lakes Invitational. This year’s event was hosted by Washington & Jefferson and had a field that included Carthage, Case Western...
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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 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...
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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 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…
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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 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...
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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 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…
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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! We’re back with year three of our conference champions draft contest with the usual suspects of Karl Barkley, Bob Quillman and Ryan...
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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 chat with Calvin head women’s basketball coach Mark Christner! Join us as we get Coach Christner’s thoughts on a difficult non-conference...
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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 Sall! The Knights endured a tough non-conference schedule a year ago then ripped off an undefeated conference season on the way to securing…
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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 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...
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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 fueled by a misconception or misunderstanding. NPI doesn’t consider head-to-head? NPI doesn’t count every game? NPI gives everyone an…
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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 selection system - but does NPI actually give every team a chance at an at-large tournament berth? Observers of the previous system know that…
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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 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!...
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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 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…
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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 Basketball Championship and to NYU, Wesleyan and WashU for a great Final Four weekend.This past weekend saw three great games played…
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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 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…
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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 bit of everything - favorites cruising, upsets, overtime, great plays and great games. We can expect more of that in the tournament’s...
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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 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...
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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 years we go game-by-game taking a look at how the D3 Datacast computer sees each game, talk about how the teams match up and use the...
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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 the games are now in the books so we take one more look at the final NPI rankings and talk about who is in, who is out and where everyone...
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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 NCAA Tournament. Join us this week as we talk through all the conference tournament outlooks that have implications for the tournament...
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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. As this would have been the week we got the first set of fully ranked regional rankings, we take a look at how those regional rankings...
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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 nearer. It’s hard to believe just three weeks remain until the national tournament and there is a lot of important jockeying for position...
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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 they can to secure an automatic qualifying bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament but all but one team per…
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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 we go deep into Matt’s Top 25 ballot then go a step further by taking a look at his next 25. Which teams are just off the ballot and do...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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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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