Barnes to Appear on Thursday's D3 Hoopsville
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men’s Basketball head coach Brian Barnes is scheduled to be interviewed on Thursday's D3 Hoopsville talk show, the first and longest running show dedicated to Division III basketball in the world.
Watch this week's episode here.
The show first hit the air in November of 2000 and has had a presence in Division III ever since. During each weekly episode, Dave McHugh, the creator and host of Hoopsville and the Broadcast Director for the D3sports.com network of websites, talks to coaches, players, administrators, reporters, and experts around the country for their take on what's going on in the world of Division III basketball.
Barnes has guided the Gators to their best start ever as a program, coming into Tuesday's game at Hartwick with a 15-2 overall record. RSC, on a six-game winning streak, currently sits at the top of the Empire 8 Conference standings with a 7-1 ledger.
The Gators, which commenced the week leading the Conference in scoring offense with 85.6 points per-game, got off to their best five-game (5-0), ten-game (9-1), and 15-game (13-2) starts to a season in program history. The first loss was to top-ranked Trinity.
Barnes, in his 17th year leading the program, achieved career win number 200 on November 15 at SUNY Cobleskill. To date, RSC has made 10 postseason appearances across his tenure, including capturing the 2015 Skyline Conference Tournament Championship, and accompanying NCAA Tournament berth. He was named the NABC Atlantic Region Coach of the Year, the ECAC Metro Division III Coach of the Year, the D3Hoops.com Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and the Skyline Conference Coach of the Year that season.
After tonight's road contest at Hartwick, the Gators wrap up their week playing on Friday night at SUNY Brockport and Saturday afternoon at SUNY Geneseo.
Gator Bites: The 2025-2026 season marks the 17th for Barnes at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Basketball…He achieved career win number 200 on November 15 at SUNY Cobleskill...RSC got off to its best five-game (5-0), ten-game (9-1), and 15-game (13-2) starts to a season in program history…The first loss was to top-ranked Trinity…The 2014-2015 edition of the Gators started their season at 6-1 and 7-3 on their way to a 23-5 overall record and capturing the Skyline Conference Tournament Championship, and accompanying NCAA Tournament berth...RSC started that historic season, and also began last year, with a 12-3 record...The Gators opened the week as the top offense in the Conference at 85.6 points per-game…RSC is coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…Seven players back from last year's squad…Senior guard Brandon Harris (Elmsford, NY/Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC), junior guard Deavion Springsteen (Albany, NY/Albany), and junior center Khalel Noteman (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) headline the returners…Harris, voted third-team All-Conference, topped the Gators with 12.9 points per-game last season…The senior converted the game-winning layup with two seconds left in the January 6 overtime victory at Utica…He began the week leading the Conference in steals and steals per-game and sat sixth with 17.9 points per-game…Barnes added seven newcomers to the program…Sophomore guard Kyle Dhu (Ozone Park, NY/Brooklyn Law and Tech) was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 16…He averaged 25.5 points on 60.7 percent shooting in the 2-0 week…The sophomore made 61.5 percent of his three-point attempts and totaled 11 rebounds, five steals and four assists across the pair of victories…Harris was selected the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 26…The guard averaged 26.0 points on 51.3 percent shooting across home wins vs. Nazareth (1/23) and Saint John Fisher (1/24)…He scored 35 points, the second most in a game by an RSC player, in the victory vs. Nazareth…On February 23, 2017 vs. Old Westbury, Rob Mills '17 went for 36 to help the Gators advance to the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament Finals…Junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) commenced the week second in the E8 with 2.5 steals per-game.
