Women's Basketball

Iowa State University

1800 South Fourth - Ames, IA - 50011
Team Office: Tel: (515) 294-3436 Fax: (515) 294-0104
Team website: www.cyclones.com

Iowa State is a research institution with a Carnegie Level I designation. The university is considered a model farm and agricultural college. Iowa State offers over 100 Bachelor and Master degrees and nearly 70 doctoral programs. Majors offered include Advertising, Agriculture, Child Development, Farm and Ranch Management, and Natural Resources and Conservation. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Iowa State #85 among national institutions.

Iowa State is located in Ames (pop. 50k), 35 miles north of Des Moines, the state capital.

School website
www.iastate.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

27,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 22-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$13,000
Out-of-State: ~$23,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Engineering - Agriculture

Misc. Information

Head coach Bill Fennelly enters his 13th season in 2007-08. Prior to Fennelly's arrival in 1995-96, Iowa State's women's program had only five winning seasons in the previous 22 years and never participated in post-season play. Fennelly has orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in women's basketball. In his first year, he took the Cyclones to a 17-10 record and doubled home attendance. Over the past 11 years, Fennelly has guided the Cyclones to eight NCAA appearances and two conference championships. Attendance, which had dwindled to less than 1000 before he arrived, has increased 10x making the Cyclones among the top 10 teams in the nation in attendance. Prior to coming to Iowa State, Fennelly coached at Toledo where he complied a 166-53 record. In 2006-07, the Cyclones went 26-9 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney before falling to Georgia.

Team Name	Cyclones
Colors	Cardinal and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	496-472 (.512)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	26-9	18-13	23-7	108-52 (.675)
Conference	10-6	7-9	12-4	48-32 (.609)
Conf. Finish	3	7	4	9, 8, 6, 2, 1
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	WNIT	1st Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#24	NR	#25	n/a

Coaches

Head Coach	Bill Fennelly
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Iowa St	1995-96
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	425-172 (.711)
Record at Iowa St	259-119 (.685)
Coaching Awards	WBCA District COTY, AP Runner Up, Naismith Finalis

Asst. Coaches	Jack Easley, Latoja Harris, Jodi Steyer

Recruiting Coordinator

Jack Easley, Ph. (515) 294-3444, jeasley@iastate.edu

Conference and Schedule

Iowa State plays in the Big 12 (www.big12sports.com) which is regarded as one of the most difficult conferences in the nation. The Big 12 is comprised of 12 teams from seven different states. Currently, Iowa State schedules 16 league games, playing five teams twice and the six teams once. The farthest conference away game is at Texas Tech some 950 miles from campus. Conference play begins in late December/early January with games typically played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big 12 tourney which takes all teams with the top four receiving first round byes. Winner gets an automatic bid into NCAA Championships.

Conference Opponents

Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Baylor, Texas A&M, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas State.

Facilities

Hilton Coliseum
Capacity 14,092, Average attendance (____?)