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Middle Tennessee State University
1301 East Main Street - Murfreesboro, TN - 37132
Team Office: Tel: (615) 898-2968 Fax: (615) 898-5626
Team website: www.goblueraiders.com/
Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee was initially founded as a teacher's college. MTSU offers more than 140 undergraduate and 65 graduate programs. MTSU still educates more teachers than any other school in Tennessee. In recent years, MTSU has become known for its newer programs, including Aerospace, Journalism, Broadcasting, and Recording Industry. The university has one of the largest recording industry programs in the nation. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked MTSU #48 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.
The 466 acre campus is located about one mile from downtown Murfreesboro (pop. 80k).
School website
www.mtsu.edu
College Profile
Type:
Public, co-edReligious Affiliation:
NoneEnrollment:
22,000Getting In:
Moderately Selective. ACT 25/75: 19-24Tuition + Room & Board:
In-state: ~$10,000Out-of-State: ~$19,000
Most Popular Majors
Business - Visual and Performing Arts - Communications
Misc. Information
Head coach Rick Insell enters his 3rd year at Middle Tennessee in 2007-08. Normally, Insell's lack of collegiate head coaching experience would not allow his program to be ranked. His current performance at MTSU, howewer, combined with his phenomenal past success at Shelbyville Central HS (775-148) suggests otherwise. His 50-15 mark in his first two years has not gone unnoticed; earning COTY honors while attendance has soared. His current recruiting class was ranked 10th nationally. In 2006-07, Insell guided the Blue Raiders to their best record ever (30-4) going undefeated in conference play and ending the year ranked 17th nationally. They also advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney (the program's fourth consecutive showing) before being upended by Marist.
| Team Name | Blue Raiders |
| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
| Division | NCAA Division I |
| All-Time Record |
Recent Record (Last 8 Years)
| Last Yr |
Last Yr - 1 |
Last Yr - 2 |
Previous 5 Years |
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| Overall |
30-4
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20-11
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24-9
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93-57 (.620)
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| Conference |
18-0
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10-4
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11-3
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54-30 (.632)
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| Conf. Finish |
1
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2
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2
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1, 5, 5, 5, 2
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| Post Appear. |
2nd Rnd
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1st Rnd
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2nd Rnd
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NCAA 1x
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| Final 25 Rank |
#17
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Coaches
| Head Coach | Rick Insell |
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Birthday: 0000-00-00 |
| Started at Middle Tennessee St | 2005-06 |
| Contract Expires | |
| Record as Head Coach | 50-15 (769) |
| Record at Middle Tennessee St | 50-15 (769) |
| Coaching Awards | Sunbelt COTY (07), WBCA Region COTY (07) |
| Asst. Coaches | Khadija Head, Allison Clark, Eric White |
Recruiting Coordinator
Allison Clark, (615) 898-5356, aclark@mtsu.edu
Conference and Schedule
Middle Tennessee plays in the Sun Belt conference (www.sunbeltsports.org) which is comprised of 13 schools from eight states in two divisions. MTSU will play each team in its division twice, each team in the other division once and one team from the other division twice for a total of 18 games. League games are usually on Thursdays and Saturdays. The season concludes with the Sun Belt Conference tourney (provide more info).
Conference Opponents
East: Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, South Alabama, Troy West: New Orleans, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas State, Arkansas-Little Rock, North Texas, Denver
Facilities
Murphy Center
Capacity: 11,750
Style/Stats
In 2006-07, MTSU was ranked 4th in scoring offense, averaging 79.2 ppg.
Ver:2002-09-29