Women's Basketball

Arkansas Tech University

Tucker Coliseum - Russellville, AR - 72801
Team Office: Tel: (479) 968-0285 Fax: (501) 964-0855
Team website: athletics.atu.edu/

Founded in 1909, as one of four agricultural schools in the state, Arkansas Tech has since become one the state's leaders in the field of education. ATU offers nearly 50 Bachelor degree programs and 20 Master's. Majors offered include Computer and Information Sciences, Creative Writing, Hospitality Administration, Journalism, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, and Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Arkansas Tech in the 3rd tier among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

ATU is located in Russelville (pop. 25k) about 75 miles west of Little Rock.

School website
www.atu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

5,100

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75 : 19-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$9,000
Out-of-State: ~$14,000

Most Popular Majors

Business- Childhood Education- History

Misc. Information

Head coach Dave Wilbers completed his first season at ArkansasTech in 2007-08. Wilbers took over from Todd Schafer. Wilbers is the third coach in the last six years since Joe Foley, who during 15 seasons produced the highest winning percentage of any women's D2 team in the nation. (Technically, Tech should be excluded from being listed at CBSAguide, however, the program's storied past is reason to list the program for now.) Wilbers enters his first head coaching job fresh off a six-year stint as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Oral Roberts University. While at ORU, Wilbers was responsible for recruiting three straight heralded recruiting classes that resulted in two Mid-Con Tournament championships, two Mid-Con regular season titles and two berths in the NCAA Tournament. In 2007-08, Wilber's inaugural seasons, the Golden Suns went 26-6 but lost in the second round of the NCAA tourney to Valdosta State.

Team Name	Golden Suns
Colors	Forest Green and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	769-208 (.787)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	26-6	22-10	15-12	100-51 (.662)
Conference	12-2	11-3	7-9	56-14 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	2	4	7, 11, 1, 1, 2
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Dave Wilbers
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Arkansas Tech	2007-08
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	26-6
Record at Arkansas Tech	26-6
Coaching Awards	N/A

Asst. Coaches	Amy White

Recruiting Coordinator

Dave Wilbers, (479) 968-0285, dwilbers@atu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Arkansas Tech plays in the Gulf South Conference (www.gulfsouthconference.org) which is the largest D2 conference in the nation, comprised of 18 teams from six southeastern states. The GSC is divided into two divisions and Tech plays in the West division. Conference play starts after Janaury 1 with games typically played on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Though there are two divisions, there is no cross-divisional play. Tech plays each team twice in its own Division. The season concludes with the Gulf South tourney where all members play a double round robin versus teams in their own division. The top four teams in each division advance to the single elimination tourney and the winner is an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

West: Delta State, Ouachita Bapstist, Christian Brothers., Harding, Southern Arkansas, Henderson St., and U. Arkansas-Monticello East: Alabama-Huntsville, Montevallo, North Alabama, Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia.

Facilities

Tucker Coliseum
Capacity 3,500, Average attendance (1,000)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Arkansas Tech was ranked #9 in defense, limiting opponents to 55 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #14 at 55.2.