Men's Basketball

Washburn University of Topeka

1700 Southwest College Ave - Topeka, KS - 66621
Team Office: Tel: (785) 231-1134 Fax: Fax: tbp
Team website: www.washburn.edu/athletics/

Washburn University was founded in 1865 and was originally known as Lincoln College. It offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs and seven Master's. Majors offered include Criminal Justice, Computer and Information Sciences, Gerontology, Nursing, and Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Washburn #33 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in the state capital of Topeka (pop. 122k).

School website
www.washburn.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

6,500

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-25

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$18,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Health Sciences- Criminal Justice

Misc. Information

Head coach Bob Chipman enters his 29th season at Washburn in 2007-08. Overall, Chipman is 6th among active D2 coaches in winning percentage and 5th in victories. During his long tenure at Washburn, Chipman has produced twenty-two 20+ winning seasons and 13 national tournament appearances including a Final championship appearance in 2001. Chipman has had just two losing seasons in 28 years (ironically, both of those were in 2006 and 2007) and has averaged nearly 22 wins per season during that span. Chipman joined Washburn in 1976 as an assistant and then took over head coaching duties in 1979. In 2006-07, Chipman suffered his second losing season of his career, going 8-19.

Team Name	Ichabods
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	1336-925 (.591)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	8-19	10-16	24-8	117-30 (.796)
Conference	4-14	4-12	14-4	71-19 (.790)
Conf. Finish	7	7	2	1, 1, 3, 1, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	1st Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Bob Chipman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Washburn University	1979-80
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	628-240 (.724)
Record at Washburn University	628-240 (.724)
Coaching Awards	MIAA COTY 2x, NABC COTY, KBCA COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Ewan Auguste

Recruiting Coordinator

Ewan Auguste (785) 231-1881, ewan.auguste@washburn.edu

Conference and Schedule

Washburn plays in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Conference (www.themiaa.com) which is comprised of ten teams from Missouri and Kansas. Washburn begins league play after January 1 and will play each conference member twice, home and away. The 18 league games are often played on Wednesdays and Saturdays and are frequently piggybacked with the women's. The farthest conference away game is at Truman State, about a four hour drive from campus. The season concludes with the MIAA tourney which takes the top eight teams with the eventual winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Central Misouri State, Emporia State, Missouri Southern State, Southwest Baptist, Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri, Truman State, Fort Hays, and Pittsburg State.

Facilities

Lee Arena
Capacity 4,300, Average attendance: 2,600