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Brandon Linton, current head coach for Tufts University, joins this week's episode of ​⁠. Linton has been involved in coaching from the minute his playing career at Clarkson University finished. Linton has had coaching stops at his alma mater (2010-12), Bowdoin College (2012-14), Army West Point (2014-19), and Nichols College (2019-21) where he got his first head coaching opportunity. He finished his first year coaching Nichols bringing them their fourth straight CCC championship. The following year was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Linton took his career to Tufts during the summer of 2021 when he was hired as the next...

In this week's episode of @Notevend2 , it's just the hosts- no guest. We take a deep dive into the NBA playoffs so far: each matchup, surprise performances, and what to look for moving forward. All the storylines and hot takes are covered.

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The most recent Fordham MBB commit, Dejour Reaves, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Dejour planned on returning to play for Iona for his final year of college basketball until an unexpected firing of his head coach occurred. After a dominant 2024-25 season averaging over 17 points per game, 1st team All-MAAC player entered the transfer portal. Reaves committed to Fordham University where he'll be playing under Coach Magpayo.

Reaves dominated in high school at Corcoran, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer. Besides his success, he wasn't recruited by any Division 1 schools, which led him to attend JUCO...

A former walk-on to a starter at St. Mary's (California), Luke Barrett joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no Division 1 offers, Barrett committed to the University of Pomona Pitzer (Division 3). Soon after his commitment, he heard from the St. Mary's coaching staff that a walk-on roster spot was available for him. Barrett ultimately decommitted from the D3 school and walked on to play for the Gaels.

Barrett held the walk-on role for his first two years of college basketball. After those two years, Luke worked his way up to...

Trayvon Alexander, the 2024-25 NE10 MVP joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Tray began his college career at Saint Rose where he spent two seasons before transferring to Florida Southern College. His last stop would be Pace University.

During his first year returning back to the NE10, Alexander was awarded all-conference and defensive 1st team. The 24-25 season was special as Alexander became the first player in Pace history to ever win the NE10 Player of the Year honors. He finished the year #2 in the country in assists (8.7) and steals (2.9) per game. In just two years Alexander...

Trinity MBB star guard, Henry Vetter joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Vetter has been an all-conference player the past two years, and capped off his junior season as a national champion. Vetter hit a game winning 3 that will forever be remembered in Division 3 basketball. Trinity upset Wesleyan in the NESCAC championship and NYU in the national championship game, making them winners of 15 straight.

Hear about his mindset heading into Fort Wayne, his thoughts getting the ball for the game winner, and what has made Trinity so good over the years.

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2x NE10 Player of the Year, Zach Laput, joins this week's episode of ​⁠ . After a dominant four years playing Division 2 for Bentley University, Zach transferred to play Division 1 for Davidson College in the Atlantic 10.

At Davidson Zach played various roles and was a consistent contributor for the Wildcats. The graduate student averaged the 4th most points (8.5) while fluctuating in and out of the starting lineup.

Before playing mid major basketball, Zach dominated at the Division 2 level. In 3 years, Laput scored just under 1700 points and was named a D2 All-American in his final two seasons playing for...

Three standout players in Division 3 (Adam Brazil/Chozen Amadi/Tristan How) join this week's episode of ​⁠ to talk about the NCAA tournament.

Brazil, 2024-25 ODAC Player of the Year, has led Hampden-Sydney to another trip to the Sweet 16. The senior guard is currently averaging 18.2 points per game.

Chozen Amadi was named to the 2024-25 SCIAC 1st-team after ranking in the conference's top 10 in points, steals, and three point percentage.

The 2024-25 UAA Player of the Year, Tristan How has been dominating Division 3 in his lone year playing at this level. How averages a doub...

This week's episode of @Notevend2 features Melvin Council Jr. Melvin grew up in Rochester where he attended high school at Greece Athena and UPrep. The standout guard committed to play for Monroe Community College for his first two years of college basketball (2021-23). After two years of being recognized as a NJCAA all-american, Council committed to Wagner.

At Wagner, Melvin led Wagner to their first conference championship since 2003. Council was named 1st-team All-NEC during a campaign averaging 14.9 points and 5.7 assists. Melvin's name began to buzz after leading Wagner, as a #6 seed, to a conference championship. After winning...

This week's episode of @Notevend2 features Melvin Council Jr. Melvin grew up in Rochester where he attended high school at Greece Athena and UPrep. The standout guard committed to play for Monroe Community College for his first two years of college basketball (2021-23). After two years of being recognized as a NJCAA all-american, Council committed to Wagner.

At Wagner, Melvin led Wagner to their first conference championship since 2003. Council was named 1st-team All-NEC during a campaign averaging 14.9 points and 5.7 assists. Melvin's name began to buzz after leading Wagner, as a #6 seed, to a conference championship. After winning...

Octavio Brito, two time Divison 3 All-American joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Brito is a Rhode Island native and has dominated the LEC during his time at Keene State. After winning the LEC Rookie of the Year in the 2021-22 season, Brito finished his sophomore and junior seasons as an All-American. During his team at KSC, Octavio has won the LEC championship every year. Brito is closing in on the all-time Keene State scoring record and one of few to ever be a 3x All-American.

Now in his final year playing for the Owls, the senior is...

​ @Notevend2 talks with NYU's standout guard, Hampton Sanders, on this week's episode. Hampton grew up in South Brunswick, New Jersey and graduated from Lawrenceville High School. After his senior year of high school, Sanders played AAU for Rod Wave Elite (RWE). The popular AAU program founded by Cam Wilder took off over the last few years and Hampton has remained a popular name surrounding the program.

Hampton committed to @NYUAthletics ahead of the 2023-24 season. That same year the Violets won a shared UAA conference title. This year, the Violets picked up right where they left off, as...

​ @Notevend2 talks with Jalen Haynes on this week's episode. Jalen Haynes grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he ended up playing high school basketball under legendary coach Darryl Burrows. After graduating high school, Haynes did a post-grad year at @montverdeacademy . The Florida native attended the prep school during Covid-19 when Monteverde had future NBA players, including Jaren Duran and Andrew Nembhard.

After a dominant post-grad year, Haynes committed to Virginia Tech. Haynes played one year for the @hokiesports ; during his one year, Virginia Tech won the ACC championship (2021-22). Jalen transferred after his first year at Vi...

Patriot League football standout, Curtis Harris-Lopez talks on this week's episode of @Notevend2 Harris-Lopez played four years at Holy Cross and in each year the free safety contributed to consecutive Patriot League titles. During his final year at Holy Cross, Harris-Lopez was an all-league player.

Curtis dealt with injury during his first year resulting in a redshirt year. Now, after completing his career at Holy Cross, Curtis has one year of eligibility left. The all-league player entered the transfer portal and heard from plenty of FBS schools, including some Power 5 schools. The dynamic free safety narrowed his...

Felix Kloman, four year basketball player at Brown University, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Felix was a standout player in high school playing for Pingree School in Massachusetts. Out of high school Felix had few Division 1 offers, but coach Mike Martin and his staff offered Kloman late in his senior year of high school.

Felix committed to play for Brown University going into the 2020-21 season; unfortunately his first season was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. Kloman played in limited minutes for his next two college seasons following his freshman year, until senior year when...

Jusin Allen, one of the best players in all of Division 3 joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Justin grew up in White Plains, NY and attended Fox Lane high school. Allen committed to the only UAA school that recruited him, Carnegie Mellon.

Allen has continuously increased his production since his freshman year. He completed his sophomore year as a 1st team UAA player, and breaking Carnegie Mellon's single season scoring record with 557 points (21.4 ppg). After his breakout season, Allen entered the transfer portal where he heard from over ten Division 1 schools.

Justin decided to stay...

This week's episode of @Notevend2 features the head coach of #5 ranked, Washington University in St. Louis, head coach Pat Juckem. The Bears are currently 10-1 heading into UAA conference play.

Juckem got his first head coaching job in 2005 at Coe College; in seven seasons at Coe, Juckem finished 104-80 (.565). Juckem's career took off when he got the job at UW-Oshkosh. UW-Oshkosh became a WIAC force and national contender under Juckem. During the 2017-18 season, UW-Oshkosh made a run to the Division 3 National Championship. Although Juckem would leave the following year for WashU, Oshkosh would continue the success...

2nd year head coach of Johns Hopkins men's basketball team, Ryan Cain, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Coach Cain played college basketball at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he finished his career as one of the best players to ever play at WPI. Cain was awarded the 2007 Jostens Trophy; the yearly award given to the most outstanding Division 3 player. After finishing his playing career with a 89-20 record with the Engineers, Cain coached for his alma mater for the next eight years.

During his time on staff alongside legendary coach, Chris Bartley, WPI never finished a season...

Major Freeman, Siena men's basketball leading scorer, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Major played high school basketball at Archer high school in Atlanta, Georgia. A four year starter at Archer HS took the JUCO route out of high school.

Major played two years for Spartanburg Methodist in South Carolina. In both years, Spartanburg won over 20 games with Major as the starting guard. In his second year, the sophomore averaged over 15 points along with 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Freeman was recruited by over 40 Division 1 schools after his JUCO career concluded. In the summer of '24, Major...

This week's episode of @Notevend2 features professional trainer, Mitchell Kirsch. Mitchell has grown into one of the top trainers in the North East- specifically in his home state, New Hampshire. Mitchell has changed the culture of training within basketball by using the constrain-led and skill acquisition approach during his training sessions.

Kirsch started his college career in California where he attended Claremont-Mudd Scripps. After four years of basketball playing for the Stags, he transferred to Babson College. A successful college career opened opportunities for Mitchell to play professionally overseas in Columbia.

A short overseas career...

Head coach of the 2023-24 Dlll basketball National Champions, Brooks Miller joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Brooks Miller is currently in his 14th year as the head coach for @trineuniversity and has a combined record of 233-117.

Miller played college basketball at the University of Toledo before transferring to Hilsdale College where his teams made back-to-back trips to the D2 NCAA tournament. After finishing his career playing under legendary coach Douma, Miller joined the Hilsdale staff before getting the opportunity to become the graduate assistant coach at Texas Tech. Miller coached under Hall of Fame coach...

Dave Paulsen, the current head coach for Holy Cross men's basketball team, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Coach Paulsen has been coaching since the late 80's and has a ton of knowledge that he gives throughout the episode.

Paulsen played basketball for @WilliamsCollege and would later lead Williams to the programs first, and only, National Championship. Paulsen finished his career coaching the Ephs with a 170-53 record- giving him the 2nd most wins in Williams basketball history. After a successful career at Williams, Paulsen moved on to coach at Bucknell University.

In his first...

Marquette men's basketball assistant coach, Nevada Smith, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Nevada played college basketball at Bethany College where he led the school to back-to-back conference championships, while leading Division 3 in three pointers made during his senior year.

Nevada coached at various Division 3 schools, including: St. Lawrence, Allegheny College, SUNY Canton, Ithaca College and Keystone College. Coach Smith's career shifted to the professional level when he got connected with Daryl Morey and the Houston Rocket's staff. Nevada was the head coach for the Houston Rockets D-League affiliate, Grand Valley Vipers, before becoming the head coach...

The #2 ranked Cortland Red Dragons just won the Empire 8 for the fourth straight year- qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Their starting QB, the 2023 Dlll National Championship MVP, Zac Boyes joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Boyes is currently having one of his best seasons; the veteran quarterback has thrown 24 TD's with just one interception and ranking in the top 5 nationally in completion percentage (72%).

The biggest game of the year for Cortland football is Saturday, November 16. Cortland vs Ithaca, known as Cortaca, has been a tradition since the 1930's. This years game is at Cortland and is expected...

@Notevend2 talks with 2023-24 1st Team All-NE10 player, Matt Becht on this week's episode. Matt Becht attended high school in Virginia where he played for Bishop O'Connell. After a successful high career, Becht committed to Mount St. Mary's. Early in his freshman year, Matt suffered a knee injury that required surgery. That would only be the start of the adversity Matt faced during his college career; in just two years playing for the Mountaineers, Becht went through three surgeries.

Matt entered the transfer portal after his second year, and would commit to Division 2, NE10 member, Southern New...

Matt and Zac Snyder, the hosts of the @d3datacast join this week's episode of @Notevend2 to talk about some of the most interesting stories and teams going into the 24-25 MBB Division 3 season.

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The 2023 AFCA Division 3 Coach of the Year, Curt Fitzpatrick joins this week's episode as we talk in-depth about his successful football career. Coach Fitzpatrick currently leads the #2 ranked team in the country- the Cortland Red Dragons. Fitzpatrick made history in 2023 becoming the first coach to lead SUNY Cortland to a national title.

Curt talks about his playing career, as one of the best players to play at St. John Fisher University, and the impact this had on his coaching career. After his playing career, Fitzpatrick was the assistant at both, Utica University and St. John Fisher. 2013 would...

Tobin Anderson, current Iona men's basketball head coach joins this week's episode of ​⁠to talk about his college basketball career. Coach Anderson shocked the world in the 2023 NCAA March Madness tournament where he became the 2nd coach in NCAA history to lead a #16 seed over a #1 seed. Prior to his one year historical run with the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, Anderson was a five-time Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II Coach of the Year during a nine year dominant run at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Anderson enters his second year with the Iona Gaels men's basketball team following a 16-17 reco...

It's the year anniversary of the creation of @Notevend2! The podcast kicked off with an episode featuring Casey Curran, and would end the year with 45 episodes being released. The hosts, KJ Allison and Neruda Perdomo reflect on their journey growing the podcast and some of their favorite moments on the podcast over the past year. During this episode we take a look back of some of those moments, and more.

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.Current head coach of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's football team, Jace Rindahl joins this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Prior to leading the Warhawks, Jace played four years (2005-08) for UW-Whitewater where he played in four straight national championships. His junior year (2007), him and his team won the first ever national championship in UW-Whitewater history. Jace would follow that with becoming a D3 football Defensive Player of the Year in his senior year. Post playing career, Rindahl would become the linebackers coach during a dominant UW-Whitewater run. Joining Coach Leipold's (current Kansas football head coach) staff the group would...

Davidson Hubbard, 5th year transfer for the Baylor Bears, joins this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Davidson played four years at Hampden Sydney where he would finish his career with over 1,100 points scored and a 2x 1st Team All-ODAC player. In Davidson's last year at HSC, his team would finish with a programs best 31-3 record- including a National Championship appearance. Davidson would conclude his senior year as an All-American averaging 15p while shooting 47% from the field. After the 2023-24 season, Davidson entered the transfer portal where he would soon commit to Baylor University. Baylor- the 2021 National Champions...

"Not Even D2" sits down with Myles Miree- current Morgan State standout running back- on this week's episode. The DMV native started his college career at Fairmont State. At the Division 2 level, Myles rushed for over 1,600 yards in just two years and became the #5 all-time leading rusher in school history. Myles then entered the transfer portal where he heard from plenty of Division 1 schools; Myles would eventually commit to Morgan State. Morgan State has a long storied tradition of competing in the MEAC amongst other historic HBCU programs. Myles started his second year with the Bears on fire- scoring 2...

"Not Even D2" is joined by 2020 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year, Dallion Johnson, on this week's episode. Phillips Andover all-time leading scorer was a 3 star in HS and would commit to Penn State to play college basketball. After playing 3 years at Penn State, and making one NCAA tournament appearance, Dallion would transfer to play for former Penn State head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University. In the 2023-24 season Dallion averaged 10.8 points per game while shooting just under 40% from 3. Hear about Dallion's journey from being a high school star to now playing for the FGCU Eagles, his historic...

The first ever local Hong Kong woman basketball player to play in the NCAA, Yannie Chan, joins this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Yannie committed to Emmanuel College in February of 2021; a decision that will be remembered for Yannie and others in Hong Kong forever. Yannie was a GNAC all-conference player as a freshman. The next year she would be the 2022-23 GNAC Player of the Year. Just before her sophomore season, Yannie competed for Hong Kong's national team in the Asian Games. This would lead her to be a part of more Hong Kong history as the...

Da'Kquan Davis, Arcadia's all-time leading scorer, joins us on this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Da'Kquan is from Philadelphia and played on one of the most successful high school teams in PA- Roman Catholic. After much success at Roman Catholic, 'Showtime Quan' broke Arcadia University's scoring record in just 3 years; scoring over 1,500 points. Due to a shortened senior year, Quan received a 5th year of eligibility where he would end up transferring to the University of Albany. It didn't take much time for Da'Kquan to get adjusted to the Division 1 game, and he finished his season as the 3...

Two time state champion at Putnam HS, Keene State's all-time leading scorer, and current overseas star, Ty Nichols joins this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Ty played four years at Keene State (2015-2019) where he finished with 2,316 points, and in his final year he was a 1st Team All-American. Post-college Ty has played for various leagues- including this past year where he was the MVP of the basic division in the Czech Republic League. Now, Ty is moving on to play in Slovakia where he will be competing in the Nike Slovak League in the Champions League. Hear...

The first coach from Division 3 to ever be inducted to the Hall of Fame talks on this week's episode of "Not Even D2". Legendary coach, David Hixon spent 42 seasons coaching at Amherst College- his alma matter. During his 42 seasons, Hixon won over 800 games which currently has him ranked 15th in most wins in men's college basketball. Throughout his career Hixon won 2 National Championships, 20 NCAA tournament appearances, and 8 NESCAC championships. In 2023, coach Hixon was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame where he would be inducted with one of the most memorable classes in Hall of Fame history. Hear about...

Current Director of Middlesex Magic, Michael Crotty Jr., joins this week's episode of, "Not Even D2". Before taking over the Magic program, Crotty was a star Division 3 player. In his final two years of college basketball, Crotty Jr. appeared in 2 National Championship games and was an All-American PG for Williams College. After much success during his playing career at Williams and professionally overseas, Crotty Jr. worked for the Boston Celtics from 2005-08. He was the Director of Player Development for the Celtics during the franchise's 17th championship. Crotty Jr. is now the director of one of the most successful...

"Not Even D2" hosts are solo on this week's episode. After an eventful week in Dayton, Ohio for the TBT, there are a lot of updates to be shared. With some changes coming soon for the podcast, this episode you won't want to miss! Hear about the transition of "Not Even D2", We Are D3's first TBT win, and what's next for the podcast.

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2023-24 2nd Team All-Summit League and 2022-23 D3hoops.com Most Outstanding Player, Raheem Anthony joins this weeks episode of "Not Even D2". The Chicago native started his college career at the University of St. Mary's (Minnesota). Raheem was a top player in the MIAC early on in his career. He finished his final year at St Mary's averaging 24.6 points per game- winning the MIAC offensive player of the year. During his college career, a MIAC team, St. Thomas was voted out of the conference for "competitive parity". As St. Thomas moved up to Division 1, Raheem soon joined the...