We’re counting down the final few weeks before we reach the postseason section of the college basketball calendar, but the weekly lists of the best of the best from college hoops from the week prior aren’t stopping anytime soon.

When the weather outside is frightful, the hoops are so delightful.

The first batch of holiday tournaments have wrapped up and the conference schedules are starting to get going, meaning that the core of the college basketball season is beginning to get underway.

Under the direction of longtime head coach Lynn Hersey, Smith College has grown into one of the premier women’s basketball programs in all of Div. III.