D3 Datacast

The first game week of the season is here! Join us as we debut a new segment we call the four-point play, talk Top 25, discuss bold predictions and hot takes and make our week one picks.

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.

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.

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!

Calvin loses some key contributors from last season’s team but returns a talented and experienced core. Join us this week as we get Coach Sall’s thoughts on the 2025-2026 roster, non-conference schedule, conference outlook and more!

Join us for this episode as we take a look at the preseason efficiency ratings that will serve as the basis for the season while the computer adjusts to the new season over each team’s first eight games.

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.

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?