Men's Basketball

Bellevue University

1000 Galvin Rd - Bellevue, NE - 68005
Team Office: Tel: (402) 293-2024 Fax: (402) 293-2086
Team website: www.bellevue.edu/bruins/

Founded in 1966, Bellvue University is a medium size institution offering 45 undergraduate and six graduate majors. Among the diverse majors offered: Art Management, Computer Graphic Design, Environmental Services, Security Management, and Health Care Management. Nearly two-thirds, however, choose a Business majors. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges did not rank Bellevue. Previously, they were in the fourth tier.

The campus is located in Bellevue (pop.45k) which is situtated on the Missouri River.

School website
www.bellevue.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

5,500

Getting In:

Not Difficult. Neither ACT or SAT required.

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Social Sciences- Management

Misc. Information

Head coach Todd Eisner completed his eighth year at Bellevue in 2007-08. Eisner took over the program in 2000-01 and has since produced eight consecutive 20+ winning seasons, averaged 28 wins per year, captured seven conference championships, and made seven NAIA II tournament appearances! His 2004 squad went 33-6 and was NAIA II national runner-up. Prior coming to Bellevue, Eisner coached at Viterbo for five seasons and assisted at Eastern Illinois and Creighton. In 2007-08, Eisner led the Bruins to a 33-4 mark and beat Oregon Tech for the NAIA II National Championship.

Team Name	Bruins
Colors	Purple and Gold
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	33-4	32-2	24-8	137-42 (.765)
Conference	11-1	12-0	12-3	n/a
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	2, 2, 1, 2, 1
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	NAIA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#3	#1	#18	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Todd Eisner
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Bellevue University	2000-01
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	305-110 (.734)
Record at Bellevue University	226-56 (.801)
Coaching Awards	MCAC COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Bion Flint, Terrence O'Donnel, Brent Heller, Tom Casart

Recruiting Coordinator

Todd Eisner, (402) 293-2024, eisner@bellevue.edu

Conference and Schedule

Bellevue plays in the Midlands Collegiate Conference (www.mcac-naia.org) which is comprised of nine teams from Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Conference play starts in January after a three week break at Xmas. League games are typically on Friday and Saturday evenings and are piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the Midland Tournament which . . .(tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Oklahoma Wesleyan, Central Christian, Saint Mary, Haskell, Newman, Park, Peru St, and York

Facilities

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Bellevue was ranked #5 in defense among NAIA II programs, limiting opponents to 63.6 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #2 at 58.8.