Women's Basketball

Bentley College

175 Forest Street - Waltham, MA - 02452
Team Office: Tel: (781) 891-2996 Fax: (781) 891-2282
Team website: www.bentley.edu/athletics/index.cfm

Bentley College, founded in 1917, is a business university with nearly 90% of its student body having Business related major. Bentley offers 13 Bachelor degree programs and a dozen Master's -- all business related. Its Information Systems and Accounting programs are especially strong. Every graduate is issued a computer. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Bentley #6 among schools in the north offering a Master's degree.

The college is located in Waltham (pop. 60k) just 10 miles outside of Boston.

School website
www.bentley.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

5,000

Getting In:

Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1120-1300

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$42,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Finance - Business - Marketing

Misc. Information

There are few programs that have never had a losing season. Bentley is among them. Barbara Stevens, Bentley's winningest coach, gets much of the credit entering her 22nd season in 2007-08. Steven's 743 career wins (becoming only the sixth coach in NCAA women's basketball history to reach the 700-win plateau) is the most among active D2 coaches and her winning percentage currently puts her 4th. Only five coaches in the history of women's college basketball, in any division, have more victories! Averaging 28 wins per season since heading up the program in 1986-87, it's no wonder Stevens has captured 11 conference COTY honors and made 19 NCAA post season tournament appearances. During the 90s, Bentley posted an unbelievable 285-42 record while finishing 1st in the conference nine times and only losing 14 conference games over the entire decade! Stevens came to Bentley after three years as a head coach at UMASS (D1). In 2006-07, Bentley finished at 23-7 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 before falling to Southern Connecticut State.

Team Name	Falcons
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	783-191 (.803)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-7	20-13	28-8	134-27 (.832)
Conference	16-6	14-8	17-5	94-12 (.887)
Conf. Finish	2	4	3	2, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Swt 16	n/a	Swt 16	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#12	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Barbara Stevens
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Bentley College	1986-87
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	743-200 (.785)
Record at Bentley College	573-109 (.840)
Coaching Awards	WBCA Nat'l COTY 2x, Northeast COTY 10x, New Englan

Asst. Coaches	C. White, Bill Gould

Recruiting Coordinator

Barbara Stevens, (781) 891-2996, bstevens@bentley.edu

Conference and Schedule

Bentley plays in the Northeast 10 (www.northeast10.org) which has established itself as the premier D2 conference. It is the second largest conference made up of 15 schools from six New England States. The 22 game league schedule starts in late November or early December though non-conference opponents are scheduled up until January 1. League games are usually played on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon and are piggybacked with the men's. Because the league is so large, not every team is played the customary 2x. The season concludes with the Northeast 10 Tourney which includes 12 teams with first round byes for the top four teams. The winner receives an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

St. Rose, Pace, American Inter., Assumption, Le Moyne, Stonehill, St. Anselm, Bryant, Merrimack, UMASS-Lowell, Southern Connecticut St., St. Michaels, Franklin Pierce, and Southern New Hampshire.

Facilities

Dana Center
Capacity 2,600. Average attendance (???)

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Bentley was ranked #11 in defense, limiting opponents to 54.8 ppg.