Men's Basketball

Barton College

704 College Street - Wilson, NC - 27893
Team Office: Tel: (252) 399-6511 Fax: (252) 399-6516
Team website: www.barton.edu/athletics

Barton is a small liberal arts college offering some 30 majors including Education (Teaching), Criminal Justice, Gerontology, Sports Management, and Nursing. US News 2008 report on America's best colleges ranked Barton #41 among universities in the south offering a bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Wilson (pop.45k).

School website
www.barton.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Disciples of Christ

Enrollment:

1,200

Getting In:

Not Difficult. SAT 25/75: 820-1060

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$25,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Heath Services

Misc. Information

Head coach Ron Lievense completed his 12th season at Barton in 2007-08. Prior to arriving at Barton in 1996-97, Lievense coached at several colleges including St. Andrews, Campbell, Averet, and Winona State. A prep player at Thomas Jefferson HS, Lievense played collegiately at Northwestern College (MN). Barton's winningest coach, Lievense has just recently put the Bulldogs on the map. Since 2002, he has averaged 22 wins per season while making three NCAA appearances. In 2006-07, the Bulldogs went 31-5, beating the former D2 national champion Winona State - who held a D2 record 57 game winning streak at the time - for the national championship. In perhaps the most thrilling D2 championship game ever played, Barton came back being down by 7 points with 45 seconds to play. In 2007-08, Barton went 19-10.

Team Name	Bulldogs
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-10	31-5	28-4	89-50 (.640)
Conference	14-6	19-1	18-2	66-36 (.600)
Conf. Finish	3	1	1	3, 4, 2, 4, 7
Post Appear.	n/a	Nat'l Ch	Elite 8	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	n/a	#20	#12	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Ron Lievense
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Barton	1996-97
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach
Record at Barton	228-113 (.669)
Coaching Awards	NABC Region COTY (07), CVAC COTY 4x

Asst. Coaches	Joel Zimmerman, John Skinner

Recruiting Coordinator

Joel Zimmerman, (252) 399-6511, jdzimmerman@barton.edu

Conference and Schedule

Barton plays in the Carolinas-Virginia Conference (www.cvac.net) which is comprised of 12 teams from South Carolina and North Carolina. Barton will play each team twice, home and away, and most games are piggybacked with the women's. Games are often played on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The season concludes with the CVAC which includes all teams with first round byes for the top five. The winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Pfeiffer, Anderson, Belmont Abbey, Coker, Erskine, Lees-McRae, St. Andrews, Mount Olive, Belmont-Abbey, Queens, and Limestone.

Facilities

Wilson Gym
Capacity: 2,500

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Barton was ranked #7 in offense at 85.8 ppg.