Other than Hope/Calvin and Amherst/Williams, rivalries grow and fade in intensity as the years go by. Players graduate. (This is Division III, after all.) Fans graduate. Even coaches tend to move on eventually.

So, in order to keep the fires lit, a rivalry has to be passed on to future generations. A Dan Russ or a Tom Port can't stick around forever. With Wooster and Wittenberg taking the floor again on Saturday, D3hoops.com's Matt Florjancic took a look at two of the rivalry's freshmen: Wooster's Bryan Wickliffe and Wittenberg's Derrick Hannon.

&&g-boxr&&How did they get adjusted to college-level basketball, let alone get indoctrinated into the rivalry? Read more in a D3hoops.com feature story.

Plus, scroll down for Around the Nation and more about the weekend's top games, as well as a look at how Ursinus has so far avoided last season's stretch-run struggles.

Tonight, the rematch between No. 6 Rochester and No. 10 Brandeis highlights the men's side, while No. 21 Tufts and Bowdoin battle for a share of first place in the NESCAC on the women's side. Friday's men's and women's schedule.