Otterbein men's basketball news

  • Moore and five more get Hall call
    April 27, 2026
    Former Wooster head coach Steve Moore and five former Division III players will be inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame this fall. Other inductees include Wabash's Pete Metzelaars, North Park's Michael Thomas, and Otterbein's Jeff Gibbs.
  • Ramirez, Gordon lead All-Star Game scoring
    March 20, 2026
    Joey Ramirez scored a team-high 23 points for the victors, as the Concordia (Texas) guard shot 8-for-13 from the floor and 2-for-6 from three-point range. Lucas Gordon of Redlands led all scorers and rebounders with 25 and 16, respectively.
  • Call it a comeback! Otterbein wins NCAA First Round contest
    March 06, 2026
    The Cardinals trailed by 11 at the half and by as many as 13 in the second half before utilizing a 14-0 run to secure a win over the Pioneers.
  • No. 21 Otterbein beats BW, Winters notches 100th career win
    January 28, 2026
  • Hoopsville: Stormy Season
    January 27, 2026
    While a massive winter storm blanketed much of the country, and DIII, with a mess , it has gotten even stormier on basketball courts around DIII. On a special Tuesday edition of Hoopsville, we recap the Top 25 and talk to teams providing some of the stormy weather. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here!
  • No. 24 Otterbein wins at Wilmington
    January 21, 2026
    Julian Heckman's 23 point night led the Cardinals.
  • Otterbein reels in Muskies for ninth straight win
    January 17, 2026
    Another strong showing by the Otterbein University men's basketball team saw the Cardinals win their ninth straight contest in a 78-62 decision at Muskingum University. Jarius Jones led all players with 19 points on a 9 of 15 shooting effort, his third straight game in double figures, adding four steals.
  • Late surge lifts Otterbein to eighth straight win
    January 14, 2026
  • Cards have Blue Streaks seeing red
    February 14, 2024
    No. 1 John Carroll was left standing without a date on Valentine's Day, as Otterbein had a red-letter day in picking up the program's biggest win since Jeff Gibbs was ruling the Rike Center and the Ohio Athletic Conference. Check out Wednesday's recap.
  • Team of the Week
    February 12, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Sixth Sense: Otterbein Tops Wilmington to Extend Winning Streak
    February 16, 2022
    The Cardinals strike an early 17-4 run and never trail again, running their winning streak to six games with a double-digit victory over the Quakers.
  • Going pro: 10 from D3 who starred
    January 11, 2022
    It seems that nobody embodies that old NCAA slogan, that most of us go pro in something other than sports, than NCAA Division III. But even then, there are dozens of people who played Division III basketball, went pro, and had successful careers. Ryan Scott whittles it down to the 10 best.
  • Lights, Cam, Action! Cardinals Beat Adrian at the Buzzer
    December 01, 2021
    Otterbein doesn't lead the entire game until sophomore Cam Evans buries a game-winning trifecta at the buzzer, helping escape with a wild 71-70 victory over Adrian.
  • Winters is coming to Otterbein
    March 25, 2019
    Andy Winters is staying in the Columbus area and the OAC for his next job. Otterbein named the Capital University men's assistant as its next head coach.
  • We are D3 falls in TBT opener
    July 15, 2018
    The Sons of Westwood, composed primarily of UCLA alumni, proved too much to handle down the stretch and the fourth seed advanced past No. 13 seeded We are D3 in The Basketball Tournament.
  • Nothing lost in translation for Gibbs
    January 19, 2018
    Jeff Gibbs was an undersized, overpowering forward who pushed Otterbein to the 2002 Division III national championship. Years later he's still grabbing boards and blocking shots in Japan. We check in with Division III basketball's version of Charles Barkley in Around the Nation.
  • OAC, NCAC team up to honor Goodwin
    January 26, 2016
    Members of the Ohio Athletic Conference and North Coast Athletic Conference are teaming up this week to raise funds and raise cancer awareness during Suits and Sneakers Week to honor Capital men’s basketball coach Damon Goodwin.
  • Playing for a purpose
    November 18, 2015
    The NCAC/OAC Challenge took on an even bigger meaning this year. The games raised awareness and money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society while Capital coach Damon Goodwin is battling leukemia. More in Around the Great Lakes.
  • Oilar gets call to turn Otterbein around
    April 07, 2015
    Otterbein selected DePauw assistant coach Brian Oilar to turn around the Cardinals' men's basketball program that hasn't had a winning record since 2007.
  • Adrian out at Otterbein
    March 01, 2015
    Todd Adrian took over a faltering Otterbein program and was unable to turn it around in three years.
  • Knox coach leaves for assistant's job
    July 18, 2012
    Rob Purlee, who has coached Knox to nine wins in four seasons, is leaving to take a job on the Otterbein men's basketball staff, leaving the position truly open for the first time in decades.
  • Former champ hires up and comer
    May 22, 2012
    Todd Adrian won 97 games at Edgewood, including going 41-17 over the past two years. Now he'll take on the challenge of rebuilding 2002 champion Otterbein.
  • Reynolds says he will retire
    January 23, 2012
    Dick Reynolds, in his 40th season as Otterbein's head men's basketball coach, has announced that he will retire from coaching and as athletic director at the conclusion of the season.
  • Otterbein win caps exciting run to 2002 title
    March 16, 2002