Women's Basketball

Southern Connecticut State University

125 Wintergreen - New Haven, CT - 06515
Team Office: Tel: (203) 392-6002 Fax: (203) 392-6006
Team website: www.southernowls.com/

Founded as a teachers college in 1893, Southern Connecticut has evolved into a comprehensive university offering 115 graduate and undergraduate programs. Degrees offered include Media Studies, Criminal Justice, Business, Journalism, Education, and Nursing. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Southern Connecticut State in the fourth tier among universities in the north offreing a Master's degree.

The 168 acre campus is located less than three miles from downtown New Haven (pop.125k) near the artsy and historic Westville Village section of the city.

School website
www.southernct.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Public co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

12,000

Getting In:

Not Difficult. SAT 25/75: 840-1030

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$24,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - Liberal Arts/SciencesCommunications -

Misc. Information

Head coach Meghan Burke Brown enters her first season in 2007-08 and first as a head coach. Brown replaces Joe Frager who led the Owls to the national championship in 2007. Brown has big shoes to fill considering Frager's success, especially in the last three years, winning 25, 29 and 34 games respectively. Most recently, Brown spent two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Yale University. Prior to Yale, she was an assistant coach at Miami, Eastern Kentucky and Kentucky. Burke Brown had a stellar four-year playing career at St. John’s University, where she served as team captain of the Red Storm as a senior. In 2006-07, the Owls went 34-2 and won the NCAA II National Championship by beating Florida Gulf Coast.

Team Name	Owls
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	34-2	29-4	25-6	83-60 (.580)
Conference	20-2	19-3	18-4	53-51 (.510)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	7, 5, 7, 12, 8
Post Appear.	Final 4	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#8	#18	#22	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Meghan Burke Brown
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Southern Connecticut St	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Southern Connecticut St	0-0
Coaching Awards	N/A

Asst. Coaches	Candice Finley, JD Sand

Recruiting Coordinator

Meghan Burke Brown, (203) 392-6002, brownm37@southernct.edu

Conference and Schedule

AIC plays in the Northeast-10 which is actually comprised on 16 schools from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is generally regarded as one of the more competitive D2 conferences. The preseason is very short with teams commencing league play in late November or early December. The 22 game league games are often played on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Many of the games are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the Northeast 10 Tourney which includes 12 teams with first round byes for the top four teams. The winner receives an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Southern New Hampshire, American International, UMass-Lowell, Pace, LeMoyne, Saint Rose, Saint Michael's, Bryant, Stonehill, Assumption, Bentley, Saint Anselm, Franklin Pierce, and Merrimack

Facilities

J.W Moore Field House
Capacity: 3,000

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Southern Connecticut was ranked #1 in defense, limting the opposition to 44.1 ppg.