D3hoops Daily Dose

We’ll update this list as we can throughout the weekend as the 76 automatic bids get handed out to the two NCAA Tournaments.

Who’s in?
Men
Lake Erie - AMCC
Mississippi College - ASC
Catholic - CAC
Johns Hopkins - CC
Wentworth Tech - CCC
Augustana - CCIW
York (N.Y.) - CUNYAC
St. John Fisher - E8
Rivier - GNAC
Transylvania - HCAC
Loras - IIAC
Rhode Island College - LEC
St. Lawrence - LL
Widener - MAC-C
King’s - MAC-F
Salem State - MASCAC
Calvin - MIAA
Carroll - MWC
St. Thomas - MIAC
Elms - NAC
Wooster - NCAC
Villa Julie - NEAC
Williams - NESCAC
Coast Guard - NEWMAC
Ramapo - NJAC
Whitworth - NWC
Capital - OAC
Hampden-Sydney - ODAC
Alvernia - PnAC
Centre - SCAC
Occidental - SCIAC
Manhattanville - SKY
Fontbonne - SLIAC
Plattsburgh State - SUNYAC
Washington U. - UAA
Averett - USAC
UW-Stevens Point - WIAC

Women
Medaille - AMCC
Howard Payne - ASC
Notre Dame (Md.) - AWCC
Mary Washington - CAC
Ursinus - CC
Wheaton (Ill.) - CCIW
Salve Regina - CCC
Lehman - CUNYAC
Ithaca - E8
Emmanuel - GNAC
Piedmont - GSAC
Manchester - HCAC
Luther - IIAC
Hamilton - LL
Southern Maine - LEC
Messiah - MAC -C
Scranton - MAC-F
Fitchburg State - MASCAC
Hope - MIAA
St. Benedict - MIAC
Lake Forest - MWC
Maine-Farmington - NAC
Denison - NCAC
Keuka - NEAC
Bowdoin - NESCAC
Mount Holyoke - NEWMAC
Kean - NJAC
George Fox - NWC
Wilmington - OAC
Randolph-Macon - ODAC
Gwynedd-Mercy - PnAC
Oglethorpe - SCAC
La Verne - SCIAC
Mount St. Mary - SKY
Maryville (Mo.) - SLIAC
Cortland State- SUNYAC
Washington U. - UAA
Christopher Newport - USAC
UW-Stout - WIAC

This grand adventure I’ve been on this year — changing employers for the first time in 12 years, moving 300 miles away from home, working five nights a week instead of splitting days and night — has had its advantages and its drawbacks. While I’m in a new part of the country and can go out and see different teams I’ve never seen before, I’m also working until 1 a.m. at NBCSports.com and can’t get as much done on the site as early in the evening as I’d like.

That’s where Gordon Mann comes in. Gordon has been pulling a lot of weight at D3sports.com this year, on both the hoops and football sites. The weekly podcast that is on the front page at the moment is completely a Gordon Mann production. He picks an interesting subject to interview and records a sit-down conversation, whether in person or over the phone. This has been a great addition to the site.

Gordon has been a very active blogger as well, keeping the Daily Dose churning at an important time of the season. But Gordon does a lot behind the scenes as well. If you see an early update on a Wednesday night, a big night on Division III schedules, most likely he analyzed the night’s games, decided what was the big news, wrote it, got the photo and posted it. And even further behind the scenes, Gordon has been the man on score cleanup all season — tracking down the missing scores that schools don’t post, more than 1,100 of them. Without Gordon, we wouldn’t have timely scores from a bunch of Division III schools, including some very prominent athletic departments.

He’s come a long way from play-by-play at Trinity College’s student station. I’ve thanked him many times, I’m glad that he’s here and fans should be too.

Just thought you should know.