D3hoops.com
Encyclopedia
D3hoops.com is a website that covers men's and women's NCAA Division III college basketball
. D3hoops.com is most noted for its Top 25 poll of Division III schools, featured on the website of the NCAA.http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/polls/rankings/diviii-coaches The site is run by Pat Coleman
and has been featured in Sports Illustrated
, ESPN Magazine, the Wall Street Journal
, CSTV, and ESPN
. The site has been online since 1997.
office and commissioner Steve Ulrich. Pat Coleman took over operation of the site in November 1997 and moved it to a server at Gallaudet University
. The following February, the traffic to Division III Basketball Online overwhelmed Gallaudet's server, and Coleman was asked to remove the site. It took the domain www.d3hoops.com and was activated on Feb. 4, 1998.
When Coleman began a football site in the summer of 1999, named D3football.com, Division III Basketball Online was renamed D3hoops.com to match its partner site.
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
. D3hoops.com is most noted for its Top 25 poll of Division III schools, featured on the website of the NCAA.http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/polls/rankings/diviii-coaches The site is run by Pat Coleman
Pat Coleman
Pat Coleman is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for five seasons for the New England Patriots and Houston Oilers.-References:...
and has been featured in Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
, ESPN Magazine, the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, CSTV, and ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. The site has been online since 1997.
History
D3hoops.com started as Division III Basketball Online in January 1995, when it was created by the Centennial ConferenceCentennial Conference
The Centennial Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania....
office and commissioner Steve Ulrich. Pat Coleman took over operation of the site in November 1997 and moved it to a server at Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University is a federally-chartered university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing, located in the District of Columbia, U.S...
. The following February, the traffic to Division III Basketball Online overwhelmed Gallaudet's server, and Coleman was asked to remove the site. It took the domain www.d3hoops.com and was activated on Feb. 4, 1998.
When Coleman began a football site in the summer of 1999, named D3football.com, Division III Basketball Online was renamed D3hoops.com to match its partner site.