Men's Basketball

Alderson-Broaddus College

College Hill Road - Philippi, WV - 26416
Team Office: Tel: (304) 457-6284 Fax: (304) 457-6291
Team website: www.ab.edu/athletics/index.html

Founded in 1871, Alderson Broaadus is a small liberal arts university affilitated with the Baptist church. The university offers programs in Environmental Science, Athletic Training, Nursing, Education, International Studies, and Physician Assisting. Its Physician Assistant program is highly regarded and 25% of those enrolled have declared that as their major. 70% of the student body are women. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked A-B #18 among universities in the south offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Philippi, WV (pop. 3,000 ) overlooking the Tygart River.

School website
http://www.ab.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Private. co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Baptist

Enrollment:

700

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$26,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Nursing (33%) - Biology - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Gregg Zimmerman completed his sixth season at Alderson-Broaddus in 2007-08. Zimmerman took over a good but not great program in 2001-02. In his short tenure he has led the Battlers to five conference championships while posting seven consecutive 20+ winning seasons. Not bad considering A-B has less than 800 students of which 70% are women. A former high school standout and Alderson-Broaddus alum, Zimmerman averaged 22 ppg his senior year (1976-77). In 2007-08, the Battlers completed their fourth consecutive 24+ win season (26-7) and went 17-3 in conference. The Battlers were beaten in the second round of the NCAA tourney by California (Pa).

Team Name	Battlers
Colors	Blue, Gold and Grey
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	1092-860 (.559)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	26-7	24-6	24-7	110-43 (.719)
Conference	17-3	18-0	15-3	67-23 (.700)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 2, 1, 8
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#21	#22	#16	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Gregg Zimmerman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Alderson-Broaddus	2001-02
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach
Record at Alderson-Broaddus	171-48 (.781)
Coaching Awards	WVIAC COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Daron Washington, Mike Wagstaff

Recruiting Coordinator

Gregg Zimmerman, (304) 457-6284,

Conference and Schedule

Alderson-Broaddus plays in the West Virigina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.wviac.org), one of the oldest D2 conferences. The WVIAC is comprised of 16 teams -- all but two from West Virginia. Conference play can start in early December though non-confernence opponents are scheduled until January. Currently, A-B plays each team once, and four teams twice. League games are usually played on Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Games are often piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the WVIAC tourney which takes all teams (top seed gets a first round bye) with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

U. of Charleston, W. Virginia State, Fairmont State, Bluefield St., Concord, Davis and Elkins, Glenville St., Sheperd, Ohio Valley, W. Virginia Wesleyan, West Liberty St., Wheeling Jesuit, Pittsburgh-Johnstown, Seton Hill, and Salem International.

Facilities

Rex Pyles Arena
Capacity: 3,000

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Alderson Broaddus was ranked #20 in scoring, averaging 82.9 ppg.