Sean Wallis isn't the only prominent player to be returning from an injury-shortened season. In fact, two of them will be facing off against each other in a key early-season matchup on D3hoopsNet when No. 2 Augustana hosts No. 1 Wash U.

For Augustana, the player making a comeback is Jordan Delp, and he's done so in a big way so far for the Vikings. More in this week's Around the Nation.

Meanwhile, it's been an extra-long offseason for Hope, about two weeks longer than they might have wanted.

&&g-boxl&&The Flying Dutch women were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament a week before the finals and this year's opener was called off after a virus swept through the Holland, Mich., campus. But they're ready to go, finally. And who might turn out on top in a NESCAC that graduated an impressive senior class? Not Amherst, not Tufts, not Trinity, not Williams ...

That and more in this week's Around the Nation.