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The daily dish on Division III basketball

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The daily dish on Division III basketball

    Podcast: Kean Coach Sharp

    Podcast: Kean Coach Sharp

    What does Kean have to do to reach the Final Four? Why do the Cougars play D-I Rutgers?
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    • 9 min
    Highs and lows at St. Mary’s (Md.)

    Highs and lows at St. Mary’s (Md.)

    After now No. 17 St. Mary’s (Md.) defeated Wesley last Saturday, we caught up with Seahawks head coach Chris Harney to ask him how they are doing at this point in the season. “Basketball is all about highs and lows and it’s a long season,” said Harney. His program knows that well. In March 2008 the Seahawks were flying high as the surprise winners of CAC title and two NCAA tournament games. Then last February the Seahawks went from No. 1 in the final published Mid Atlantic regional rankings to missing the tournament entirely when the 2009 NCAA tournament bracket was announced.
    Having guards like Alex Franz and Camontae Griffin certainly helps Harney steady the ship. Franz joins Coach Harney in this interview to talk about his dynamic back court mate, the CAC race and another sport that’s close to the junior guards’ heart.

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    • 14 min
    Hoopsville Finale: March 24th

    Hoopsville Finale: March 24th

    The 2008-2009 season has come to an end, but not before Hoopsville has the final say. Of course, we can’t finish the season without talking to some of the winners and some of our reporters.
    Guests included:
    – Wash U. Coach Mark Edwards
    – F&M Coach Glenn Robinson
    – Wash U. forward Tyler Nading
    – George Fox center Kristen Shielee
    We also heard from Gordon Mann, Bob Quillman, and Pat Coleman. We also listened back to the 2009 Championship Tournament.
    And before I sign off, I do want to thank everyone who participated in our 6th season of Hoopsville. I certainly appreciate those coaches, players, and other guests who took times out of their evenings to join us to chat. I also tremendously appreciate the efforts made by each and every regional reporter (Bob Quillman, JC DeLass, Gordon Mann, Mark Simon, and Pat Coleman) for the time they took to give us reports throughout the season, dedicating certainly much of their time to the show. Without all of those guests and reporters, Hoopsville would not be close to the program fans of Division III know they can turn to for information on basketball around the country.
    Thank you and see you next season for our 7th!

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    Hope 09: Whodda thunk?

    Hope 09: Whodda thunk?

    There are too many great stories from the 2008 – 2009 women’s Division III basketball season to summarize them all in one post. Doubtless there are many we never uncovered the past four months, despite our efforts. But the one that will define the year from a national perspective is George Fox’s incredible, undefeated run to the national championship.
    By now, you’ve heard the story several times already. The Bruins graduated all five starters and added 10 first year players to a trio of juniors and senior Kristen Shielee whose play before this season was pretty non-descript. George Fox rumbled through the regular season but, in a year in which NWC observers said the conference was a little down, it was tough for some of us east coasters to determine exactly how good the Bruins were until the NCAA tournament began. Then they cruised by Chapman, rolled past Oglethorpe, handled Hope, took care of The College of New Jersey and withstood Washington U. in a run that touched most of Division III’s regions. And so George Fox becomes just the fifth program to win a Division III women’s national championship without a loss.
    Given the make-up of the George Fox roster and their preseason placement (fifth in the NWC poll), the Bruins’ run was certainly unexpected. It’s even more unlikely if you consider where Kristen Shielee was entering the off season at this point last year. The quiet giant who anchored the stingy 2-3 zone defense and scored the biggest baskets of the year late in Saturday’s championship wasn’t even a lock to return for her senior season, as we learned in the retrospective posted below.
    Other than returners Elise Kuenzi, BB Gardner and Lindsay Keener, the other contributors to the title team were also hidden in unknown places at this point last year. Sage Indendi, D3hoops.com Rookie of the Year, was playing high school ball in Livingston, Mont. and looking for a college home. She told us about her journey to Oregon and what she wants to do for an encore in the podcast below.

    Is it too early to look ahead to next season since this one only ended a couple hours ago? If we do, we see a George Fox team that returns four starters, another exceptionally deep Hope team, and an Amherst squad with most of the big contributors back. And maybe somewhere out there, there’s a couple role players who are ready to take a much larger role, a couple high school seniors who haven’t even picked a college yet and a team that will have us scratching our heads with a smile on our face at this point next season.
    More championship coverage:
    Game story (Greg Chandler, MIAA)
    D3hoops.com: Magicial run was not foretold
    Holland (MI) Sentinel (Dan D’Addona): From cubs to champs – Young George Fox wins Division III national championship (with photo gallery)
    Holland (MI) Sentinel (Alan Babbitt): Long, unlikely road for tournament MVP
    The Oregonian (Lindsay Schnell): George Fox women win title, go undefeated
    Photo gallery (The Oregonian)
    St. Louis Post Dispatch (Alan Babbitt): Bears come up short in final
    Holland (MI) Sentinel (Alan Babbitt): Hope defeated by best…again
    More George Fox coverage:
    D3hoops podcast: Rejector, Rookies, Rueck
    Around the Nation: George Fox hunting again
    Holland Sentinel (Alan Babbitt): Alaska family reels in some hoops
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    • 9 min
    Hoopsville Podcast: March 19th

    Hoopsville Podcast: March 19th

    Hoopsville was back “On the Road” in Salem and as always we broadcast from the team hotel on Thursday night. And for the second straight season that meant we were live from the Pine Room in the Hotel Roanoke. Pat Coleman, Bob Quillman, and Rick Seidel joined me live on the show to get ready for the two Final Fours in Salem and Holland. We also heard from Tim Calderwood and Chris Pesotski as the countdown to game time continued to tick away.
    Guests included:
    – Kai Massaquoi (Richard Stockton)
    – Cameron Smith (Wash U)
    – Coach Mark Edwards (Wash U)
    – Anthony Brooks (F&M)
    – Rhett Bonner (Guilford)

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    Rejector, Rookies and Rueck

    Rejector, Rookies and Rueck

    When George Fox’s lone senior Kristen Shielee is asked what she thought upon first meeting her team’s 10 first year players, she doesn’t hesitate: “They’re loud,” she says with a smile. By contrast Shielee seems quiet, though her play speaks volume. The recently named West Region Player of the Year is the 6-foot-4 anchor for the Bruins’ stingy zone defense and her 10 blocks thwarted Hope in the sectional finals. And, along with youthful exuberance, the freshmen bring a ton of talent that has fueled this unexpected, undefeated run to the national semifinals. We caught up Shielee, Coach Scott Rueck and first year guard Keisha Gordon after the Bruins’ sectional final victory.

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    • 12 min

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