Hoopsville

The time is now. Teams who want or think they should be playing in March need to get the job done now. This week all conferences, except the UAA, will dive into conference tournaments to determine who will win an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament. For those who can't win the AQ, then they have to make sure to present the best resume possible to the national committees and that mean...

The Division III season has officially entered "Crunch Time." Regular season schedules are wrapping up, conference tournaments are about to begin, teams are jockeying for conference position or trying to win home-court advantage. And it is all happening the uncertainty of whether NCAA tournament berths are available for a lot of teams. On Thursday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh not only took anot...

Catch up to a special Hoopsville broadcast shortly after the release of the second Regional Rankings for the Division III basketball season. Dave reacted to the rankings, which teams moved, and what the information tells us while answering questions from viewers (listeners).. The show aired shortly after the first rankings were released. Don't forget to tune into Hoopsville Thursday and Sunday eve...

The focus of Division III basketball now turns towards the second Regional Rankings. At the same time, conference regular seasons are wrapping up and the pressure of conference tournaments is increasing. Teams are still trying to jockey themselves for the chance to keep playing in March, but sometimes focusing on March causes teams to lose focus of the next game. Upsets and trip-ups seem to happen...

The first Regional Rankings have been released and with them comes what appears to be the usual chaos - upsets, near misses, unexplained losses, etc. The first rankings also bring with them plenty of questions: what do they mean? What teams are in trouble? Who may be in surprisingly good shape? And they also change the scope of conference races. On Thursday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh hoped to...

This was a special broadcast of Hoopsville following the release of the first Regional Rankings for Division III's season. Dave answered questions and went through the rankings on Wednesday afternoon. There are plans to do another live show following the next two regional ranking releases as well. Don't forget to tune into Hoopsville Thursday and Sunday evenings starting at 7:00 PM ET. Also, email...

--- PART 4 of 5 --- We are aware of the audio glitches throughout the recording. We are exploring new options to record the Hoopsville podcast. We apologize for any inconvenience. For a fourth year, Hoopsville was on the air for 14 hours as we have less than a month left in the regular season. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III b...

--- PART 5 of 5 - HAPPY HOUR SEGMENT --- We are aware of the audio glitches throughout the recording. We are exploring new options to record the Hoopsville podcast. We apologize for any inconvenience. For a fourth year, Hoopsville was on the air for 14 hours as we have less than a month left in the regular season. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others invol...

--- PART 3 of 5 --- We are aware of the audio glitches throughout the recording. We are exploring new options to record the Hoopsville podcast. We apologize for any inconvenience. For a fourth year, Hoopsville was on the air for 14 hours as we have less than a month left in the regular season. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III b...

--- PART 2 of 5 --- We are aware of the audio glitches throughout the recording. We are exploring new options to record the Hoopsville podcast. We apologize for any inconvenience. For a fourth year, Hoopsville was on the air for 14 hours as we have less than a month left in the regular season. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III b...

--- PART 1 of 5 --- We are aware of the audio glitches throughout the recording. We are exploring new options to record the Hoopsville podcast. We apologize for any inconvenience. For a fourth year, Hoopsville was on the air for 14 hours as we have less than a month left in the regular season. Dave McHugh chatted with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III b...

Believe it or not... there is just one more month remaining in Division III basketball's regular season. In other words, time is running out for teams looking to play in March. One month from today, most conference champions will be crowned and the conversation will be who may be in and will be out of the NCAA championship tournament. So as the season head's for the home stretch, what programs wil...

All of the sudden the month of January is coming to a close! It wasn't that long ago we were watching how teams would perform during holiday tournaments and after long breaks. Now, we are wondering how most teams will weather the second half of conference play. Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave tried to take the temperature of Division III basketball. Just how good are the teams nationally ranked...

On almost any night you can expect there is something to talk about in Division III basketball. From upsets to dominating results, when thousands of games are being played there never is a moment that goes by that shouldn't be discussed. That's what we hope to do on Hoopsville every show. Sunday night is no different. There are plenty of upsets to discuss along with figuring out just exactly who a...

In every season there are surprises. Teams who rise to the top at some point making everyone take a second look at what is going on. For most, it is a matter of making sure they are still around come the midway part of the season. Are they still for real? On Thursday's night's Hoopsville, Dave chatted with teams who clearly aren't just start-to-the-season flash-in-the-pans. Some conference races a...

The saying in the NFL is: "on any given Sunday." The idea being that anyone can win a game no matter the match up because, well, things happen. The same could be true in Division III basketball. On any given night, someone will pull off an upset. And in some weeks we see multiple upsets. What to make of it all? Tune into Sunday's edition of Hoopsville as Dave tried to make sense of most of it with...

As the season turns from the first to the second half, we are starting to see which teams are doing more than just getting off to good starts. Now conference races are starting to take shape and we get an idea of how the rest of the season may play out. On Thursday's edition of Hoopsville, Dave chatted with several coaches whose teams are either leading their conferences or in the battle for first...

As the season continues to march along, we continue to see more and more twists. There aren't many more answers despite being about halfway through the season. Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave continued the coverage of the UWSP investigation and punishments. Athletics Director Brad Duckworth joined the show to discuss everything that lead up to the decision to suspend Bob Semling the rest of the s...

The Division III basketball season is back from the holiday "break" - though not much of a break for many of the teams - and with the start of the 2017 part of the schedule comes plenty to talk about. Upsets in the men's Top 25 and the shocking news at out UW-Stevens Point. Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh tried to get everything wrapped up in the discarded Christmas wrapping left behind....

The holiday break for some teams has started and for others is about to begin. Where does everyone stand? What have we learned as we finish the first "half" of the season? On Sunday's edition of Hoopsville, Dave talked to some teams who are making waves early and took the pulse of the season so far. Sunday's show was the Semester Finale of Hoopsville which will be off the air for the holidays retu...

This might be one of the toughest parts of the Division III season. Balancing finals, time off, and starting to get into a groove with the basketball season which then is disrupted by a break. Some teams are caught looking ahead, some are worn out or distracted, others are simply cruising along. On Sunday night's Hoopsville, Dave will talk to several teams who are not only off to good starts, but...

The season has started fast and for some teams they still haven't lost. Not unexpected for some, maybe completely unexpected for others. And there was a big battle between #1 and #2 in Division III men's basketball on tap! On Thursday's edition of Hoopsville, Dave was back in studio and talked to some of the teams who find themselves without a loss, but probably still with plenty of questions that...

Surprise! Hoopsville is already On the Road this season, but in rather familiar territory: the Roanoke Valley. Dave was already in Salem, Virginia for the Division III soccer championships, so why to check out the newest gymnasium in D3?! Hoopsville aired shortly after the Virginia Wesleyan-Roanoke men's game. At halftime of the game, the court was dedicated to former Roanoke coach Charlie Moir, t...

The season is fully underway and after a little extra time off the air due to holidays and such, Hoopsville tries to make sense of it all. On Sunday's edition, Dave McHugh took a look at a crazy start to the season once again. Interviews include those conducted at this year's Hoopsville Classic. Guests include (recorded at Hoopsville Classic): - Josh Merkel, Randolph-Macon men's coach - Joe Burke,...

Believe it not, the 2016-17 basketball season is just days away. But the season can't start without Hoopsville hitting the air! On Sunday's show, Dave talked to the two preseason numbers one teams, found out how the offseason went for the two defending national championships, and touched bases with the men's and women's basketball committee chairs. Guests included: - Kevin Vande Streek, men's bask...