The DII Report is a Substack best seller focused on football and baseball at the NCAA Division II level. The Report is maintained by Wayne Cavadi, who has been the national DII beat writer for TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports) since 2015.
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The DII football coaching carousel was spinning quite a bit this offseason. Five head coaches that appeared in the DII football championshi...
The DII Report™️: A (too) early look at the 2026 DII football top 25
This is not your first official ranking of the offseason, but let's look at the teams that I am considering.
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The DII Report™️: A summertime check-in
Happy summer, DII sports fans. I know have been silent for the past two weeks, but things are getting ready to ramp up. If you are a longtime subscriber to The DII Report, you know two things are true.
The first is that all of my work on...
The DII Report™️: McKendree's walk-off wonders roll on in the DII softball finals
The final four teams in the DII softball championship are set. Saint Leo is set to take on West Texas A&M in a matchup of elite pitching vs. elite hitting at 11:100 a.m. ET, while No. 6 McKendree looks to stay hot and keep the upset train r...
The DII Report™️: The DII softball finals, Day 1 notebook
In a very balanced DII softball finals, all eight teams played, two of the four games went into extras, and a total of six runs over 31 innings separated the winner’s bracket from the elimination bracket.
Here’s what stood out to me, plus...
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The NCAA DII beat writer for Turner/TNT Sports since 2016. I curate the NCAA.com "DII Hub", am the former host of the DII Nation Podcast, and now bring you the Substack best-seller, DII Report newsletter.
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