Men's Basketball

Albion College

611 East Porter - Albion, MI - 49224
Team Office: Tel: (517) 629-0457 Fax: (517) 629-0198
Team website: www.albion.edu/sports/

Founded in 1835, Albion is a small, liberal arts college that offers over 30 undergraduate majors such as Athletic Training, Earth Science, Political Science, International Studies, and Public Policy. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Albion #116 among liberal arts schools nationally.

The 225 acre campus is located in Albion (pop. 9k).

School website
www.albion.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Methodist

Enrollment:

1,950

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 23-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$35,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Economics- Psychology - Biological Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Mike Turner completed his 34th year at Albion in 2007-08. During Turner's lengthy tenure, he has captured 5 conference championships and made four NCAA appearances. Turner, who coached golf at Albion before taking on the basketball program in 1974-75, ranks 12th among active D3 coaches in victories. Over the last eight years, Turner's teams have averaged nearly 19 wins per season. After a 10-15 record last year, Turner got back on track in 2007-08 going 19-6.

Team Name	Britons
Colors	Purple and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-6	10-15	20-6	101-34 (.748)
Conference	12-2	8-6	10-4	45-17 (.726)
Conf. Finish	2	4	3	1, 2, 1, 4, 3
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#1	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mike Turner
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Albion	1974-75
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	527-319 (.623)
Record at Albion	527-319 (.623)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Jody May

Recruiting Coordinator

Mike Turner, (517) 629-0457, MTurner@albion.edu

Conference and Schedule

Albion is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association America (www.miaa.org) which is comprised of ten teams located in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The conference is the oldest college athletic conference. Conference play begins in January with games usually played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons and are piggybacked with the women's. Albion plays a 14 game schedule and will play each team twice, home and away. The top six teams play in a single elimination post-season tourney with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA bid. The top two teams receive first round byes with high seeds hosting.

Conference Opponents

Kalamazoo, Adian, Calvin, Hope, Alma, Tri-State, Saint Mary's (IN), Wisconsin Lutheran, and Olivet

Facilities

Kresge Gym
Capacity: 1,400