Teams Making Good First Impressions – 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 weekend to talk about instead of trying to digest an entire first week.

Join us as Four-Point Play makes its return as a weekly segment as we take our look at what caught our eye around Division III basketball the previous week. We also take an extended look at some other first impressions that were made last weekend as we start to learn what the 2026-2027 edition of some teams may actually be.

The picks and a two piece mailbag wrap up this week’s show as we look forward to the first full week of the season. It’s good to have games!

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Big Events, Big Games – Episode 156

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One response to “Teams Making Good First Impressions – Episode 157”

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    Newmac Hoop Junkie

    Great job covering the D3 hoops landscape! Keep picking the Babson Beavers Matt! Team returns a very deep backcourt from 22-7 team last year that lost to Trinity (CT) in 2nd round of NCAA (while were up 10 with 5 min to go in that games)- backcourt includes 2 guards who both spent most of last season in the top 10 in country in 3pt field goal % and 3’s made per game as Sophomore Timmy Mulvey and freshman Thomas Ferdinando – now a junior and sophomore respectively. Supported by a very deep roster that also returns former NESCAC Rookie of the Year Mark Begin (Bates College) who was out most of last season with injury. Don’t sleep on the Beavers- they have Brandeis this week, and Tufts and Trinity CT on the schedule in the weeks ahead.

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