For a long time, D3hoops.com, the proverbial granddaddy of the D3sports.com family, has been sitting here with its own unique design. We took on the new look on the front page in October 2000, based off a template sent to us, unsolicited, by a Calvin fan named Martin Wondergem.

We liked it — especially the magnanimity he displayed in designing it in Hope colors.

But … it’s been seven years. It’s time for a change. And we have a design that works well on D3football.com and D3baseball.com. Within the next couple of months, we will be implementing that design for D3hoops.com as well. And as we begin to celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re ripe for a new look.

It’s about time we extended the brand a little bit. There are still people who seem surprised to hear that the D3football.com people and D3hoops.com people are essentially the same. Making the sites look the same will go a long way toward unifying the entire D3sports.com family just a little bit more.

So we’ve been busy working, not really blogging. Sorry. Just trying to get all our ducks in a row.