Men's Basketball

Mississippi College

P.O. Box 4001 - Clinton, MS - 39058
Team Office: Tel: (601) 925-3819 Fax: (601) 925-3344
Team website: athletics.mc.edu/

Mississippi College was founded in 1826 and is the oldest college in the state. The private christian school is predominantly a liberal arts institution serving Education majors, MC offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs and 14 at the graduate level. Its paralegal program is especially noteworthy. Other majors offered include Political Science, International Business, Fashion Merchandising, Criminal Justice, and Computer Science. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Mississippi College #20 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Clinton (pop.24k) located right outside Jackson.

School website
www.mc.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Southern Baptist

Enrollment:

2,800

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$18,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Nursing - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Mike Jones completed his second season in 2007-08. Jones took over from Don Lofton. (Lofton, who coached for four seasons, became associate head coach and chief recruiter.) Jones is not new to the program having coached the Choctaws from 1988-2002 while producing a 288-96 record. Jones led the Choctaws to 14 consecutive winning seasons, five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament and three American Southwest Conference championships. Since its move to D3 in 1996-97, the Choctaws have averaged 22 wins per year. In 2006-07, Jones inaugural season, the Choctaws went 27-3 and advanced to the Sweet 16 - for the third consecutive year - before being upended by Virginia Wesleyan. In 2007-08, the Choctaws went 19-6 but did not receive an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Choctaws
Colors	Navy Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	635-367 (.633)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-6	27-3	29-2	106-29 (.785)
Conference	16-4	19-1	20-1	55-13 (.808)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	Swt 16	Swt 16	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#3	#10	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mike Jones
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Mississippi College	1987-88
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	334-105 (.760)
Record at Mississippi College	334-105 (.760)
Coaching Awards	N/A

Asst. Coaches	Don Lofton

Recruiting Coordinator

Don Lofton, (601) 925-3819, dlofton@mc.edu

Conference and Schedule

Mississippi College 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. Mississipi plays in the Eastern division. The Choctaws will play a 22 game league schedule, playing each team in the East twice and each school from the West once. League play can start in late November or early December though non-league opponents are scheduled in until January. Conference games are often piggyback with the women's and played on Thursdays and Saturdays. The season concludes with the ASC tourney which takes the top four teams from each division. Initial bracketing pitts east v. west. The eventual winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

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

Facilities

Wood Coliseum
Capacity 3,500 Average attendance: 450

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Mississippi College was ranked #1 in scoring defense, holding opponents to 57 ppg.