Women's Basketball

Michigan State University

Berkowitz Complex - East Lansing, MI - 48824
Team Office: Tel: (517) 353-8613 Fax: (517) 432-4598
Team website: msuspartans.cstv.com

Michigan's largest university, MSU is ranked among the best research universities and is home to four national research facilties. The university boasts more than 110 Bachelor and Master degree programs and more than 80 Doctorates. Michigan State is the only school in the nation with three on-campus medical schools. Other majors offered include Wildlands Science and Management, Radio and Television, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, Hotel/Motel and Restaurant Management, Family Systems, and Regional Planning. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Michigan State #71 among national institutions.

MSU is located in the college town of East Lansing (pop.46k), about 75 miles from Detroit.

School website
www.msu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

43,000

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 22-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$28,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Communication - Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Suzy Merchant enters her first season in 2007-08. Merchant takes over from Joanne McCallie who led the Spartans to a 149-75 record in seven seasons, including four staight 20+ winning seasons. Merchant spent the past nine years as the head coach at Eastern Michigan and was the winningest coach in school history. During her tenure with the Eagles, Merchant guided Eastern Michigan to a record of 147-91 (.618), including three 20-win seasons. Before coaching at Eastern Michigan, Merchant spent three seasons at Saginaw Valley State. Merchant was a four-year starter and three-year captain at Central Michigan. In 2006-07, the Spartans had their fourth staight 20+ winning season - a program first - with a 24-9 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney before losing to Rutgers.

Team Name	Spartans
Colors	Green and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	563-393 (.588)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-9	24-10	33-4	87-64 (.576)
Conference	13-3	11-5	14-2	38-42 (.475)
Conf. Finish	3	3	1	4, 4, 9, 9, 6
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	Finals	n/a
Final 25 Rank	#23	#16	#2	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Suzy Merchant
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Michigan St	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	201-120 (626)
Record at Michigan St	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Shane Clipfell, Rick Albro, Evelyn Thompson

Recruiting Coordinator

Shane Clipfell, (517) 353-8478, msuwbbhoops@ath.msu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Michigan State plays in the Big 10 (www.big10.org) one of the most highly regarded D1 conferences in the nation. The conference includes 10 schools from seven states. Michigan State plays a 16 game schedule beginning in January with games typically played on Tuesday or Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. Michigan State will play six teams twice, home and away, and four teams once. The season concludes with the Big 10 tournament. All 11 teams participate. The bracket will be seeded according to the final regular-season standings with the league champion earning the top seed and the top five finishers receiving first-round byes. Tourney winner is an automatic NCAA qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Penn State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Michigan, Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Facilities

Breslin Center
Capacity 14,600 Average attendance: ?