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Penn State will pay James Franklin a buyout approximately equal to the ENTIRE Division III budget for this year.
Think about that. EVERYTHING @NCAADIII will do this year across all sports is equivalent to what ONE power conference football school will pay a man NOT to coach.
The more than $49 million set to be owed by Penn State to James Franklin is the second-biggest buyout in the history of college football. Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher buyout remains the most at more than $76 million.
Just put it up for Jair Knight however you can and that's what EmoryBasketball's Albert Fallas did right here for the bigtime highlight dunk.
#d3hoops#d3dunks
You can tell by the way many people react to D3 athletes doing great things that they don't understand how many athletes choose D3 because they want to, not because they have to.
#d3fb#d3hoops#whyd3
There's high level D2 and D3 MBB in Michigan but take a look at Saturday's attendance numbers. Hope and Calvin outdrew every D2.
Hope - 2420
Calvin - 2007
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Ferris St. - 1567
Grand Valley St. - 1312
Lake Superior St. - 297
Northwood - 222
Davenport - 215
#d3hoops
A "four percen!, four percent!" chant broke out from the celebrating @TrineThunderMBB players. That number sounds familiar...
It's now 100 percent! Congratulations on a hard-fought and well-earned national championship!
#d3hoops
Mary Hardin-Baylor does it! The Cru gets a win at D1 Texas State!
UMHB 71
Texas State 65
FINAL
#d3hoops
How big of a win was this? Here is how the Massey Ratings saw the matchup before the game.
Automatic bid, at-large bid, big school, small school, "power" conference, "weaker" conference...none of that matters today.
It's special to be a #d3hoops team still playing.