Men's Basketball

Northern Kentucky University

Nunn Drive - Highland Heights, KY - 41099
Team Office: Tel: (859) 572-5192 Fax: (859) 572-5427
Team website: www.nku.edu/~athletics/

Northern Kentucky is the youngest of Kentucky's eight state universities. Founded in 1968, NKU is now the second largest university in the Cincinnati area. NKU offers a broad range of programs emphasizing the traditional liberal arts, professional, and career studies. Nearly 50 Bachelor degrees and seven Master degree programs are offered as well as a JD in law. Other majors offered include Aviation, Commercial and Advertising Art, Criminal Justice, Journalism, Nursing, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Radio and Television, and Respiratory Therapy. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Northern Kentucky in the third tier among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Highland Heights (pop. 7k) just minutes from the Ohio border and the city of Cincinnati.

School website
www.nku.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

14,000

Getting In:

Not difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$15,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Dave Bezold completed his 4th year at Northern Kentucky in 2007-08. Bezold took over for Ken Shields who guided the Norse for the previous 16 seasons and brought the program great success. Bezold, who served under Shields for 14 seasons, gets a lot of the credit. In the mid-90's the men's program caught fire, and through 2003-04, the Norse averaged 23 wins per year and made six NCAA appearances including two appearances in the championship finals. Bezold is a 1984 graduate of Covington Holy Cross High School where he earned three letters in basketball. In 2004-05, Bezold's inaugural season, the Norse finished at 14-15, the program's first losing season since 1994. Things turned around for Bezold in 2005-06 and even more in 2006-07 with the Norse going 24-9. In 2007-08, the Norse went 21-8 and made a second round appearance in the NCAA tourney, losing to Grand Valley.

Team Name	Norse
Colors	Gold, White and Black
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	606-418 (.592)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	21-8	24-9	17-11	101-51 (.664)
Conference	14-5	13-6	12-7	63-37 (.600)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	7, 7, 3, 2, 3
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#1	NR	NR	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Dave Bezold
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Northern Kentucky	2004-05
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	76-43 (.639)
Record at Northern Kentucky	76-43 (.639)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	David Marshall, Matt Elrod, Pat Ryan, Donnie McFarland

Recruiting Coordinator

Dave Bezold, (859) 572-5192, bezoldd@nku.edu

Conference and Schedule

Northern Kentucky plays in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (www.glvcsports.com). The GLVC is one of the premier D2 conferences. The GLVC is comprised of 14 teams in five states. The league is split into two divisions. NKU competes in the east. The Norse will play each team in its division twice and each team from the other division once for a total of 19 games. NKU may begin playing conference opponents in late November or early December but only consistently after January 1. Each opponent is played twice, home and away, with games often played on Thursdays and Saturdays. It is common for league games to be piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the GLVC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

West: Rockhurst, Drury, Southern Indiana, Missouri-St. Louis, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Quincy and Missouri-Rolla. East: Kentucky Wesleyan, Saint Joseph's, Bellarmine, Lewis, Indianapolis, U. of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Facilities

Regents Hall
Capacity: 1,685. Average attendance: 1,090