Women's Basketball

University of Montana-Missoula

32 Campus Dr - Missoula, MT - 59812
Team Office: Tel: (406) 243-5412 Fax: (406) 243-2265
Team website: www.montanagrizzlies.com/

Founded in 1893, the University of Montana is a member of the state university system. Montana ranks 17th in the nation among public universities in producing Rhodes Scholars. It has seven professional schools: business, education, fine arts, forestry, journalism, law, pharmacy and health sciences. Montana offers over 50 Bachelor and Master degree programs and 10 doctroral degrees including those in forestry, education, and psychology. Other majors offered include Drawing, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. US News 2008 report on Amercia's Best Colleges ranked Montana in the third tier among national institutions.

The campus is located in Missoula (pop. 57k) which is situated in western Montana, 100 miles east of the state capitol, Helena.

School website
www.umt.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

13,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-25

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$22,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Natural Resources - Education

Misc. Information

Rolling Stone magazine once voted the campus the most picturesque in the nation.

Head coach Robin Selvig enters his 30th season at Montana in 2007-08. Among active D1 coaches, he ranks 6th in winning percentage. Montana's all-time winningest coach, Selvig picked up his 600th win in 2003-04. Selvig played at Montana in the early 70's and won the most outstanding defensive player award. Upon graduation, Selvig coached at the high school level before coming to Montana in 1978. During the 1990's, Selvig teams placed first in the conference and made an NCAA appearance every year except for two. Montana has dominated the Big Sky Conference since its inception in 1982 and consistently ranks among the highest in attendance among D1 women's programs. In the past 24 years, he has made 20 post season appearances. Selvig has been named conference coach-of-the-year fourteen times. In 2006-07, the Lady Grizzlies finished at 27-4 but had to settle for a WNIT bid where they lost in the first round to Utah.

Team Name	Lady Grizzlies
Colors	Maroon and Silver
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	704-240 (.745)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-4	21-7	22-8	109-42 (.722)
Conference	15-1	10-4	13-1	58-16 (.783)
Conf. Finish	1	2	1	1, 3, 3, 2, 1
Post Appear.	WNIT	n/a	1st Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	n/a

Coaches

Head Coach	Robin Selvig
	Birthday: 1952-08-21
Started at Montana	1978-79
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	672-191 (.778)
Record at Montana	672-191 (.778)
Coaching Awards	Big Sky/Mountain West COTY 14x, NCAA District COTY

Asst. Coaches	Annette Rocheleau, Shannon Schweyen, Trish Duce

Recruiting Coordinator

Annette Rocheleau, Ph. (406) 243-5941, rocheleaua@mso.umt.edu

Conference and Schedule

Montana belongs to the Big Sky conference (www.bigskyconf.com) which is comprised of nine teams from eight western states. The women's program is the most successful in the Big Sky. Currently, Montana plays a 16 game schedule with league play starting in early January with games often played on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Montana will play each team twice, home and away. The farthest conference away game is at Northern Arizona, some 800 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Big Sky tourney which takes the top six teams with the top two receiving first round byes. Tourney winner is an automatic qualifier for the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Cal State-Sacramento, Eastern Washington, Idaho St, Montana St, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland St, and Weber St.

Facilities

Dahlberg Arena
Capacity 7,500 Average attendance: 3,500

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Montana was ranked 7th in scoring offense, averaging 77.5 ppg.