Men's Basketball

Metropolitan State College

1201 Fifth Street - Denver, CO - 80217
Team Office: Tel: (303) 556-3309 Fax: (303) 556-2720
Team website: www.gometrostate.com

Founded in 1965, Metro State now ranks as the state's third largest university. Metro State offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs. Academic programs range from the traditional, such as English, Art, History, Biology and Psychology, to Surveying, Computer Information Systems, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Business, and Kinesiology and Exercise Science. It is one of the few colleges in the country that offers a degree in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot/Flight Crew. US News 2008 Report on America's Best colleges ranked Metro State in the 4th tier among liberal arts universities nationally.

The campus is located in Denver (pop. 600k)

School website
www.mscd.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

21,000

Getting In:

Minimally difficult. ACT 25/75: 17-22

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$10,000 (est)
Out-of-State: ~$18,000 (est)

Most Popular Majors

Business - Social Sciences/History - Protective Services/Public Administration

Misc. Information

Head coach Brannon Hays completed his second season in 2007-08. Hays took over from Mike Dunlap in 2006-07. Hays, who was an assistant under Dunlap has big shoes to fill. Among D2 programs profiled at CBSAguide, Metro sports the 6th best winning percentage over the last eight years -- all attributable to Dunlap. In fact, under Dunlap Metro State averaged nearly 28 wins per season, leading the Roadrunners to two national championships (2000 and 2002) four conference tourney titles, and ten straight NCAA appearances. Prior to his return to Metro State, Hays spent five seasons as the head coach at Colorado Christian and prior to that served three years as an assistant under Dunlap. Hays played college basketball at Cal Lutheran under Dunlap. In 2006-07, Hays' inaugural season, he led the Roadrunners to a 28-4 mark. In 2007-08 he went 19-12.

Team Name	Roadrunners
Colors	Navy Blue and Red
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	506-216 (.701)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-12	28-4	21-10	141-25 (.849)
Conference	12-7	17-2	13-6	81-14 (.900)
Conf. Finish	2	1	2	1, 1, 2, 2, 4
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#5	NR	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Brannon Hays
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Metro State	2006-07
Contract Expires	2011
Record as Head Coach	105-94 (.528)
Record at Metro State	47-16 (746)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Calvin Tang

Recruiting Coordinator

Brannon Hays, (303) 556-8300, haysb@mscd.edu

Conference and Schedule

Metro State plays in the highly regarded Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (www.rmacsports.org). Among schools in the RMAC, Metro is by far the biggest. The RMAC is comprised of 14 teams from Colorado, Nebraska, and New Mexico, It is split into two divisions, east and west. Metro State plays in the east. Metro will play each team in its own division twice, the other division once. Conference play can begin in December but same division games don't begin until January. Conference games are usually played on Saturdays plus one mid-week game (Wed or Friday) and are often piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the RMAC tourney which takes the top eight teams and the two division winners getting the top seeds. Tourney winner receives automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

East: Colorado State-Pueblo, U. Nebraska-Kearney, Chaldron St., Regis, Colorado Christian, and Colorado Mines. West: Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis, U. Colorado-Colorado Springs, New Mexico Highlands, Adams St., Mesa State and Western St.

Facilities

Auraria Events Center
Capacity 2,300 Average attendance: ?