Just one game remains for the 2025-2026 Division III men’s basketball season. It has been quite a season, quite a tournament and it looks like we will have quite a championship game as Emory and Mary Washington have made it through Fort Wayne to reach the title game at the combined championship weekend at the Division I Final Four in Indianapolis.

Fort Wayne proved the end of the line for St. Thomas, Illinois Wesleyan, Tufts, Chicago, Christopher Newport and Trinity (CT), but all had tremendous season and were part of great games we saw in Fort Wayne between the tournament’s quarterfinals and semifinals.

Join us in this edition of The D3 Datacast as we look back at what took place in Fort Wayne and what lies ahead in Indianapolis when Emory and Mary Washington meet for the right to hoist the championship trophy.

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NCAA Tournament Elite 8 Preview/Fort Wayne! - Episode 145: https://youtu.be/88iFMcTEFes

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 - D3 Datacast - Episode 144: https://youtu.be/vsS8M3O72BU

NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 143: https://youtu.be/QwsiCT98fzE

NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - Episode 142: https://youtu.be/Mbwg3WwkBs0

2026 Tournament Bracket Reactions! - Episode 141: https://youtu.be/75z8PFjGYk4

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The 2026 NCAADivision III Men’s Basketball Tournament is down to its Elite 8 with all eight teams heading to Fort Wayne, Indiana to play out the quarterfinals and semifinals on a neutral court.

We talk through how we got here with what took place during the special stand-alone Sweet 16 weekend then turn our attention to what we will see in Fort Wayne. With the help of the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings, we dive into the Elite 8 matchups to see who the favorites are and by how much with a projected computer line.

We then zoom back out to take an updated look at the overall bracket odds to see what odds the computer gives for each team to move on and ultimately win it all!

Join us in this edition of The D3 Datacast for that and more as we welcome in KJ and Ruda from the Not Even D2 podcast as guest pickers for this week’s Elite 8 picks and wrap up with one piece of mail in the mailbag.

Related Episodes:

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 - D3 Datacast - Episode 144: https://youtu.be/vsS8M3O72BU

NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 143: https://youtu.be/QwsiCT98fzE

NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - Episode 142: https://youtu.be/Mbwg3WwkBs0

2026 Tournament Bracket Reactions! - Episode 141: https://youtu.be/75z8PFjGYk4

Related Links:

D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll: https://d3hoops.com/top25/index

Efficiency Ratings: https://d3datacast.com/efficiency-ratings/

NPI Rankings: https://d3datacast.com/npi/

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The 2026 NCAADivision III Men’s Basketball Tournament got off to a tremendous start as the field of 64 is already whittled down to the Sweet 16.

We talk through what we saw last weekend in first and second round games and look ahead to a special stand-alone Sweet 16 weekend. With the help of the D3 Datacast efficiency ratings, we dive into the second weekend matchups to see who the favorites are and by how much with a projected computer line.

We then zoom back out to take an updated look at the overall bracket odds to see what odds the computer gives for each team to move on and ultimately win it all!

Join us in this edition of The D3 Datacast for that and more as we go with a super-sized picks slate with all eight Sweet 16 games and wrap up with two pieces of mail in the mailbag.

Related Episodes:

NCAA Tournament Bracket Odds - D3 Datacast - Episode 143: https://youtu.be/QwsiCT98fzE

NCAA Tournament First Round Picks and Preview - Episode 142: https://youtu.be/Mbwg3WwkBs0

2026 Tournament Bracket Reactions! - Episode 141: https://youtu.be/75z8PFjGYk4

Related Links:

D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll: https://d3hoops.com/top25/index

Efficiency Ratings: https://d3datacast.com/efficiency-ratings/

NPI Rankings: https://d3datacast.com/npi/

Show Links:

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