D3 Datacast

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?

As fans we want to see schedules full of games between D3 opponents, but does NPI make it OK to play a game out of division?

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?

The Great Lakes Invitational is one of the premier events on the Division III men’s basketball calendar. As such, anticipation for some of the next season’s best non-conference matchups has to include game that will take place at the GLI.

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.