Women's Basketball

Purdue University

Mackey Arena, 900 N. University Dr. - West Lafayette, IN - 47907
Team Office: Tel: (765) 494-5853 Fax: (765) 496-1923
Team website: purduesports.collegesports.com/

Once known primarily as an engineering and agricultural school, Purdue now offers over 100 BA degree programs, over 70 Master's, and doctorates in nearly 50 areas. The university is ranked among the 25 largest universities in the U.S. Majors offered include Wildlands Science and Management, Surveying, Photography, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Film/Cinema Studies, and Athletic Training and Sports Medicine. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Purdue #64 among national universities.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette (pop.30k) about 120 miles south of Chicago.

School website
www.purdue.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

37,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1020-1250

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$15,000
Out-of-State: ~$30,000

Most Popular Majors

Engineering - Liberal Arts - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Sharon Versyp enters her second year at Purdue in 2007-08. Versyp had big shoes to fill; taking over from Kristy Curry who through seven seasons produced a 179-51 mark. Versyp came to Purdue following a one year head coaching stint at Indiana and, before that, was head coach at Maine where she went 98-51 over five seasons. For her six years as a head coach, Versyp sports a 147-71 record (.674). Versyp started her coaching career at the prep level (Lawrence North HS in Indianapolis) and later assisted at Louisville and James Madison. Versyp was a high school standout - 1984 Indiana Miss Basketball - and played college ball at Purdue, starting all four years. In her inaugural season, Versyp showed she was up to the challenge; taking the Boilermakers to 31-6 mark in 2006-07 and an Elite 8 appearance before falling to North Carolina - the same team that knocked them out the year before.

Team Name	Boilermakers
Colors	Old Gold and Black
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	31-6	26-7	17-13	136-31 (.814)
Conference	14-2	13-3	9-7	64-16 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	2	5	2, 2, 1, 1, 3
Post Appear.	Elite 8	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#11	#11	n/a	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Sharon Versyp
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Purdue	2006-07
Contract Expires	2012
Record as Head Coach	147-71 (.674)
Record at Purdue	31-6
Coaching Awards	?

Asst. Coaches	Jody Benner, Martin Clapp, Nadine Morgan

Recruiting Coordinator

Jody Benner (765) 494-5853, jbenner@purdue.edu

Conference and Schedule

Purdue plays in the Big Ten (www.bigten.org) which is comprised of 11 schools from eight states. The Big 10 is ranked among the top three D1 conferences in the nation. Purdue plays a 16 game schedule and will play six teams twice, and four once. Conference play starts in January with most games played on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big 10 tournament. All 11 teams participate. The bracket will be seeded according to the final regular-season standings with the League champion earning the top seed and the top five finishers receiving first-round byes. Tourney winner is an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and Indiana.

Facilities

Mackey Arena
Capacity 14,123, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Purdue was ranked #17 in defense, limiting the opposition to 55.8 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #12 at 54.6.