Women's Basketball

Millikin University

1184 West Main St - Decatur, IL - 62522
Team Office: Tel: (217) 424-6344 Fax: (217) 362-6414
Team website: www.mubigblue.com

Founded in 1901, Millikin (or MU) is a small comprehensive university that has three professional schools and one for the liberal arts and sciences, where programs in classical music vie in excellence with those in accounting and the health sciences. The school offers more than 50 majors, minors and special programs and is ranked by U.S. News among the best undergraduate degree, comprehensive universities in Illinois. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Millikin in the third tier among liberal arts institutions.

The campus is located in Decatur (pop 81k) about 120 miles north of St. Louis. The city was ranked #1 among Best Smaller Places by Forbes magazine, May 2000

School website
www.millikin.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Presbyterian

Enrollment:

2,400

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-25

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Visual and Performing Arts - Education

Misc. Information

Head Coach Lori Kerans completed her 22nd season at Millikin in 2007-08. In her 22 years, Keran's teams have come in first or tied for the conference title eleven times and made eleven NCAA appearances. Kerans has won 20 or more games in 12 of the last 15 seasons. Her 2004-05 team captured the national D3 championship. Millikin's all-time winningest coach, Lori has had only one losing season and her winning percentage of .753 ranks her among the top 25 active D3 coaches. A 1985 graduate of Millikin, Kerans was a four-year basketball player and was voted team MVP her senior year. The Big Blue went 20-7 in 2007-08 but did not earn an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Big Blue
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	617-246 (.714)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	20-7	20-6	15-10	106-29 (.785)
Conference	11-3	11-3	7-7	56-14 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	2	4	1, 1, 6, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Lori Kerans
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Millikin University	1985-86
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	437-143 (.753)
Record at Millikin University	437-143 (.753)
Coaching Awards	CCIW COTY 7x, IBCA COTY D3 10x, WBCA COTY

Asst. Coaches	Dick Marshall

Recruiting Coordinator

Lori Kerans, (217) 424-6344, lkerans@mail.millikin.edu

Conference and Schedule

Millikin plays in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (www.cciw.org.index) which is comprised of eight schools. The CCIW is generally considered one of the more competitive D3 conferences. League plays commences in early January. Millikin will play each team twice, home and away. Games are often played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest confernce game is at Carthage, some 230 miles from campus. The conference winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The season concludes with the CCIW tourament with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Wheaton, Illinois Wesleyan, North Park, North Central, Augustana, Carthage, and Elmhurst.

Facilities

Griswold Gym
Capacity 4,000 Average attendance ?