Men's Basketball

McMurry University

South 14th and Sayles Blvd - Abilene, TX - 79697
Team Office: Tel: (915) 793-4647 Fax: (915)793-4659
Team website: athletics.mcm.edu/

Founded in 1923, McMurry is a traditional comprehensive/liberal arts college. McMurry offers more than 50 Bachelor degree programs through four schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, Nursing, and Education. Other majors offered include Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Natural Sciences, Health Care Administration, Drama and Dance, and Commercial and Advertising Art. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked McMurry #12 among universities in the west offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Abilene (pop.115k) about 150 miles west of Ft. Worth/Dallas.

School website
www.mcm.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Methodist

Enrollment:

1,400

Getting In:

Not Difficult. SAT 25/75: 830-1090

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$22,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education - Business - Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Ron Holmes completed his 18th season at McMurry in 2007-08. Up until 2008, Holmes had put together fourteen winning seasons in a row, the longest in school history. Holmes replaced the legendary Hershel Kimbell and is just the second head coach since the program started. During his tenure, Holmes has led his teams to seven first place conference finishes and two NCAA appearances. Holmes played for McMurry from 1973-1977 and then coached at the high school level before coming to McMurry in 1990-91. McMurry went 20-7 in 2006-07 but did not receive an NCAA bid. It was the ninth time in school history that the program reached the 20-win plateau for a season, and it was the sixth time under Holmes. In 2007-08, McMurry had an uncharacteristic 12-13 season.

Team Name	N/A
Colors	Maroon and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	1010-927 (.521)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	12-13	20-7	18-9	94-38 (.712)
Conference	9-12	17-4	16-6	62-19 (.765)
Conf. Finish	5	1	2	1, 4, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Ron Holmes
	Birthday: 1955-01-26
Started at McMurry University	1990-91
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	311-167 (.650)
Record at McMurry University	311-167 (.650)
Coaching Awards	ASC West COTY (99)

Asst. Coaches	Gonzalo Garza , Elijah Bryant

Recruiting Coordinator

Ron Holmes, (915) 793-4647, holmessr@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu

Conference and Schedule

McMurry plays in the American Southwest Conference (www.americansouthwestconf.org) which is comprised of 15 schools from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. The ASC is split into two divisons. McMurry plays in the Western division. McMurry will play each team in the West twice and each school from the East once, however, only those games played against western division opponents count in the standings. League play can start in late Novemver or early December though non-league opponents are scheduled in until January. Conference games are usually piggyback with the women's and played on Thursdays and Saturdays. The farthest conference away game is at Mississippi College (Clinton, MS) some 550 miles from campus. The season concludes with the ASC tourney which includes the top four teams from each division with initial bracketing pitting east v. west. The eventual winner is an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

East: Mississippi College, Ozarks, Texas-Tyler, Texas-Dallas, East Texas Baptist, Le Tourneau, Louisina College. West: Mary Hardin Baylor, Texas Lutheran, Concordia-Austin, Howard Payne, Sul Ross St., Schreiner, and Hardin-Simmons.

Facilities

Kimbell Arena
Capacity 2,200 Average attendance ?

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, McMurry was ranked #6 in offense, averaging 97.2 ppg.