Snow coming down in suburban Washington, D.C. is rare enough, but to see it before Christmas is unusual indeed. It’s a nice backdrop here, with the children nestled snugly in their beds and all quiet. So from our house to yours, have a happy Thanksgiving.

To those of you traveling this weekend, whether to holiday gatherings or ballgames, drive safely.

Busy Tuesday night as we head into the holiday. By the way, first Team of the Week posted. That’s the longest-running feature on this site, by the way, since the 1997-98 season, when we took over Division III Basketball Online.

This is what the season is going to be like for Lincoln. Too much traveling to be consistent from night to night. A couple people raised comparisons to Savannah Art & Design (which left the NCAA a couple years back) and that seems to be a reasonable model.

Pretty good night for Wittenberg considering Dan Russ didn’t score through the first 25 minutes.

Kudos to D-III coaching alumnus Pat Flannery (was Lebanon Valley, where he won a national title, now at Bucknell) for his team’s upset of Syracuse. In other D-I news, Lafayette needed a 21-7 run to put away Alvernia, 86-80.

The Springfield men lost to Tufts 72-71. That means they’re 0-3, with the three losses by one, two and three points.

The Eastern Connecticut women bounced back nicely from their pasting at the hands of No. 3 Bowdoin, knocking off No. 13 Emmanuel 65-55.

Light schedule tomorrow: No. 22 DePauw at Fontbonne highlights the women’s schedule, and Carleton travels to No. 22 Aurora on the men’s side, with Carthage playing Concordia-Irvine, an NAIA power, in Hawaii. Plus La Sierra plays at Cal Baptist. If two teams play a game and nobody reports the score, does it make a sound?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!