Men's Basketball

Adelphi University

1 South Avenue - Garden City, NY - 11530
Team Office: Tel: (516) 877-4239 Fax: (516) 877-4237
Team website: aupanthers.cstv.com/

Adelphi University was founded in 1863, initially devoted exclusively to the education of women.. It offers 44 undergraduate programs and nearly the same number of graduate programs. Programs offered include Enviromental Studies, Clinical Psychology, Education, Physical Therapy, Journalism, Nursing and Social Work. Its Learning Disabilites program was one of the first of its kind in the country. US News 2008 report on America's best colleges ranked Adelphi in the third tier among universities nationally.

The 75 acre campus is located on Long Island in suburban Garden City (pop. 22k) about 45 minutes from NYC.

School website
www.adelphi.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

8,000

Getting In:

Moderately Selective. SAT 25/75: 970-1170

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: $31,000
Out-of-State: $31,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Nursing - Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Tom Cosgrove completed his sixth season at Adelphi in 2007-08. Prior to coming to the Long Island school in 2002-03, Cosgrove spent five seasons as head coach at Endicott College. A St. Anselm alumni, Cosgrove was a two-time all-conference selection and was conference rookie of the year in 1984. Upon his arrival, Cosgrove inherited a team that had gone undefeated the year before and was the perrenial team-to-beat in conference play. Cosgrove wasted no time proving he was the right person for the job, going 28-3 in his inaugural debut. During his short tenure, Cosgrove has averaged 21 wins per season while making three NCAA appearances. In 2007-08, Cosgrove led the Panthers to a 20-10 mark.

Team Name	Panthers
Colors	Brown and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	956-685 (.583)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	20-10	18-13	27-5	116-32 (.784)
Conference	14-6	12-8	19-1	95-21 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	4	1	1, 6, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	2nd Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	James Cosgrove
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Adelphi	2002-03
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	197-116 (.629)
Record at Adelphi	124-60 (.674)
Coaching Awards	NYCAC COTY (1x)

Asst. Coaches	Dominic Chiode, Aaron Cummings, Eric Martin, Eric Schwager

Recruiting Coordinator

James Cosgrove, cosgrove@adelphi.edu

Conference and Schedule

Adelphi belongs to the East Coast Conference (www.eastcoastconference.org). The ECC, formerly the New York College Athletic Association, is the offspring of several single-sport college conferences which existed in the New York City Metropolitan Area in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Compared to other D2 divisions, the ECC is not as competitive -- at least in men's basketeball. There are 11 members and teams play a 20 game league schedule - each team twice, home and away. League play can commence in late November or early December with conference games usually played on Wednesdays and Saturdays with many games piggybacked with the women's. The top eight teams play in a post-season tourney with the winner getting automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

New York Institute of Tech, Bridgeport, CW Post, Queens, Molloy, New Haven, Concordia: Bronxville, Dowling, Mercy, and St. Thomas Aquinas

Facilities

Woodruff Hall
Capacity: 800

Style/Stats

In 2007-08. Adelphi ranked # 2 in defense, limiting opponents to 58 ppg.