Men's Basketball

Augustana College

639 38th Street - Rock Island, IL - 61201
Team Office: Tel: (309 ) 794-7254 Fax: (309) 794-7584
Team website: www.augustana.edu/athletics/

Augustana College is a small liberal arts college founded by Swedish immigrants in 1860. Thr school offers nearly 40 majors including Scandinavian Studies, Education, Geography, Accounting, and Geology. US News 2008 report on America's best colleges ranked Augustana #91 nationally among liberal arts schools.

Covering 115 acres of hilly, wooded land, the campus is adjacent to the Mississippi River in Rock Island, IL (pop. 40k)

School website
www.augustana.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Evangelical Lutheran

Enrollment:

2,400

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 23-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$34,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Biology -English

Misc. Information

Head coach Grey Giovanine completed his ninth season at Augustana in 2007-08. Though Grey had to endure a losing season his first year, he has since produced eight consecutive winning seasons averaging 20 wins per year and making four NCAA appearances. Giovanine came to Augustana in 1999-00 after coaching at Lamar (D1) for six seasons. Giovanine played collegiately at Central Missouri. In 2007-08, he led the Blue and White to a 23-6 mark and second round appearance in the NCAA tourney, losing to Washington University.

Team Name	Vikings
Colors	Blue 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	23-6	22-5	23-6	87-38 (.696)
Conference	13-3	11-3	11-3	48-22 (.685)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	4, 2, 1, 2, 4
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Grey Giovanine
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Augustana (IL)	1999-00
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	245-155 (.613)
Record at Augustana (IL)	165-70 (.702)
Coaching Awards	IBCA COTY 3x, CCIW COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Tom Jessee, Dallas Duwa, Larry Schulte

Recruiting Coordinator

Grey Giovanine, (309 ) 794-7254, GreyGiovanine@augustana.edu

Conference and Schedule

Augustana plays in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (www.cciw.org.index) which is comprised of eight schools. The CCIW is generally considered one of the more competitive D3 conferences. League play can commence in early December with non-conference opponets mixed into the schedule. After a two week break, league plays picks back up in January. Augustana plays each team twice, home and away, for a total of 14 games. Games are often played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The conference winner receives and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Currently, the CCIW does not have a post season tournamnet.

Conference Opponents

Millikin, Illinois Wesleyan, North Park, North Central, Wheaton, Carthage, and Elmhurst.

Facilities

Carver PE Gym
Capacity: 3,500