Women's Basketball

DePauw University

702 S. College Ave - Greencastle, IN - 46135
Team Office: Tel: (765) 658-4960 Fax: (765) 658-4964
Team website: www.depauw.edu/ath/

Founded in 1837, DePauw is a selective liberal arts institution offering over 50 Bachelor degree programs. Its music program is highly regarded. Other majors offered include African-American/Black Studies, Environmental Science, Sports Medicine, East Asian Studies, and Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution. The student radio station (WGRE), which was ranked in 2006 as the #3 college radio station in the United States. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked DePauw #49 among liberal arts institutions.

DePauw is located in Greencastle (pop. 10k) located about 25 miles from Indianapolis.

School website
www.depauw.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

2,200

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1130-1320

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$38,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Mass Communication/Media Studies- Economics - English

Misc. Information

Head coach Kris Huffman completed her 15th season at DePauw in 2007-08. Huffman inherited a dead-on-arrival program that had losing seasons in 13 of 15 years prior to her taking the reins. DePauw's winningest coach, Huffman has taken the program to new heights since the mid-90's, capturing nine conference championships, and making nine NCAA tourney appearances, including a D3 national championship in 2007. Huffman, former D1 standout player at Northern Iowa, served as an assistant coach at Wartburg (D3) for four seasons before coming to DePauw in 1993-94. In 2007-08, Huffman led the Tigers to a 28-4 record and advanced to the Elite 8 before falling UW-Whitewater.

Team Name	Tigers
Colors	Old Gold and Black
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	454-286 (.613)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	28-4	31-3	29-2	116-25 (.822)
Conference	14-0	12-2	14-0	68-9 (.883)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Elite 8	Nat'l Ch	Elite 8	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	#5	#12	#5	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Kris Huffman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at DePauw	1993-94
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	332-86 (.794)
Record at DePauw	332-86 (.794)
Coaching Awards	SCAC COTY (00), South Region COTY (00), ICAC COTY

Asst. Coaches	Mary Smith, Dana Ferguson, Tria Yoder

Recruiting Coordinator

Mary Smith, (765) 658-6280, msmith@depauw.edu

Conference and Schedule

DePauw plays in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (www.scac-online.org) regarded as one of the most competitive D3 women's conferences in the nation. Currently, the SCAC is made up of 12 private liberal arts institutions from seven different states where the primary focus is on academics. League play comprises 18 games. Games are typically on Fridays and Sundays. The farthest conference game is at Trinity, some 1,100 miles from campus. The season concludes with the SCAC tourney which matches the top eight teams. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA National Tournament.

Conference Opponents

Austin, Centre, Hendrix, Millsaps, Ogelthorpe, Rhodes, Sewanee, Southwestern, and Trinity (Texas). Colorado College and Birmingham-Southern join in 2007-08.

Facilities

Neal Fieldhouse
Capacity: 2,800, Average attendance: 225

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Depauw was ranked #7 in offense, averaging 79.6 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #4 at 77.5.