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written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Good Thursday Morning DIII.  >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Make like Ted Lasso and make the extra pass.   Send my staff D3Playbook! TOP STORY 1. New York, New York   photo by Vincent Dusovic New York U. continues to hold down the top spot in the latest D3hoops.com women's basketball poll. Trinity (Texas) moved past Transylvania into the second position, while Smith joined the top 10 at No. 8.  Christopher Newport is No. 1 in the WBCA coaches poll, while NYU is second. D3hoops New York U. (20), 10-0 Trinity, Texas (4), 13-0 Transylvania (1), 12-0 Christopher Newport, 13-0 Hope, 11-1 Scranton, 12-0 Baldwin Wallace, 11-0 Smith, 10-1 UW-Eau Claire, 11-2 Chicago, 11-0 >> Complete Poll WBCA Christopher Newport (8), 12-0 New York U. (1), 10-0 Trinity, Texas (1), 12-0 (tie) Hope (11-1) (tie) Transylvania, 12-0 Scranton, 12-0 Baldwin Wallace, 11-0 Smith (10-1) DeSales (12-0) Amherst (9-2) >> Complete Poll >> Undefeated: Entering Wednesday's play, there were nine unbeaten teams in women's DIII play - CNU (13-0), Trinity (13-0), DeSales (12-0), Scranton (12-0), Transylvania (12-0), Baldwin Wallace (11-0), Elizabethtown (11-0), Chicago (11-) and NYU (10-0).  >> Scoring The Basketball: Concordia-Chicago's Katherine Benes leads DIII in scoring at 25.8 points per game, while NVU-Johnson's Paris Atuahene is right on her heels at 25.3 ppg. >> Complete Poll A MESSAGE FROM HUDL/BLUEFRAME TECHNOLOGY   Ready to stream like a pro this season? With Hudl (formerly BlueFrame), powerful broadcasting tools meet the advanced capture capabilities of Hudl Focus, bringing your program unmatched opportunities to generate revenue and connect with your fans. Plus, you get the flexibility to select the streaming option that makes the most sense for your school. [Learn More] BASKETBALL (M) 2. Matinee Hoops For School Kids by Keith Groller, Allentown Morning Call | photo by April Gamiz   "Officially, Franklin & Marshall was the winner Wednesday morning and early afternoon at Muhlenberg College’s Memorial Hall. The Diplomats posted a 77-73 Centennial Conference men’s basketball win over the host Mules. But F&M wasn’t alone in feeling good about itself. The Allentown School District and Muhlenberg felt something good was accomplished with a special matinee that had more than 500 ASD elementary kids in attendance to bring life to historic Memorial Hall, which would normally be much emptier and quieter." >> Court Awareness: "The idea for the ASD visit came from conversations between (Muhlenberg coach Kevin) Hopkins and Muhlenberg alum and former player Toomey Anderson, who is the K-12 Coordinator of Activities and Athletics for the school district." >> Quotable: “We have 14 elementary schools in Allentown and 10 of them were represented,” Anderson said. “So, the idea was to get the kids with the best attendance to the game as a reward. They were in grades 3-5 and they really loved it. They got to be out of school and they made a lot of noise.” >> The Final Word: “It was so important to give them that opportunity to see what a college campus and a college environment is all about and give them something to think about in their future,” Anderson said. >> Continue Reading WRESTLING (W) 3. Cardinals, Auggies In Top 5 photo by Chris Kohley North Central (Ill.) and Augsburg are ranked in the top five of the latest NWCA women's wrestling listing. Aurora is the other DIII team in the national top 10. King North Central (Ill.) Colorado Mesa McKendree Augsburg Simon Fraser Presbyterian Gannon East Stroudsburg Aurora >> Complete Team Ranking A MESSAGE FROM MORNING BREW   2.6 million people wake up to this newsletter every morning There's a reason over 2.6 million people start their day with Morning Brew - the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Business news doesn't have to be dry and dense...make your mornings more enjoyable, for free.   Check it out! Powered by Swapstack STREAMING 4.  Thursday's Watchlist What we are watching online tonight. Game times are Eastern Time.  M: St. Thomas (12-1) vs. Hardin-Simmons (8-4), 630p  M: Endicott (8-3) vs. Western New England (8-2), 730p  W: Salve Regina (8-3) vs. Roger Williams (8-2), 530p  W: Merchant Marine (9-1) vs. Mount Saint Mary (7-3), 7p  M: #13 Ohio Northern (10-0) vs. Mount St. Joseph (2-4), 7p NEWS 5.  Lightning Round    Basketball (M) Randolph-Macon has the longest home court winning streak in DIII at 54 games, according to NCAA statistics. Berry is second at 22 games, while Saint Joseph (Conn.) has won 22 straight at home. Utica and Marietta have each won 11 consecutive road contests.   News William “Rick” Singer, who orchestrated the most prominent college admissions scandal in memory, which swept up dozens of rich and celebrity parents, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday.    Happy Birthday Cake and candles for Chris MacMartin, assistant basketball coach, Dubuque; and Dagem Asfaw, head basketball coach, Grover Cleveland Charter High School. Do you know someone celebrating a birthday soon? Drop us a line at D3Playbook@gmail.com. TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   BENEDICTINE - Sherraun Hodges-Mustafa named head women's track and field coach CALVIN - Spencer Fredrick named head men's volleyball coach CARLETON - Sloane Wallgren named head golf coach CARROLL - Susan Foster is no longer head women's soccer coach HARDIN-SIMMONS - Brad Bankhead named head men's soccer coach HOOD - Josh Funk named head women's ice hockey coach LEWIS & CLARK - Angela Dendas-Pleasant named assistant athletic director MAINE MARITIME - Jeremy Pease named head women's lacrosse coach MARANATHA BAPTIST - Shawn Spencer named head men's volleyball coach MONTCLAIR STATE - Mike Palazzo named head football coach POMONA-PITZER - Marcel Diggs named assistant athletic director UMASS BOSTON - Jackie Perez named associate athletic director Had a position change in your department? Let us know. 1 THING 7.  Ice Cream Nuggets Behold ice cream "nuggets" — vanilla-bean ice cream, disguised as chicken nuggets — an innovative new dessert from Black Cat Ice Cream in Des Moines, Iowa. White chocolate and "breaded" cereal form the coating. A $6 six-pack comes with a side of strawberry habanero, fudge or cookie-butter sauce.  Linh Ta writes in her review for Axios Des Moines: "[T]he golden cereal crust on the outside really made the dessert pop."  Thanks for starting your day with us.  What did you think of today's newsletter? Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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