Men's Basketball

Washington University

1 Brookings Dr. - St. Louis, MO - 63130
Team Office: Tel: (314) 935-5168 Fax: (314) 935-5545
Team website: bearsports.wustl.edu/

Washington University offers over 100 Bachelor and Master degree programs and doctorates in more than 40 areas. Some of the majors offered include Drama, Dance, Sculpture, East Asian Studies, African-American/Black Studies, Architecture, Photography, Fashion/Apparel Design, and Film/Cinema Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Washington University #12 among national universities.

The main 169 acre campus lies at the western boundary of Forest Park, partially in the City of St. Louis (pop. 350k)

Washington plays in the University Athletic Conference (UAA), the only D3 conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the Association of American Universities, a prestigious collection of 60 research institutions. The UAA is sometimes referred to as the Nerdy Nine though there are only 8 schools in the league.

School website
www.wustl.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

10,000

Getting In:

Very Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1370-1530

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$46,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - Engineering - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Mark Edwards completed his 27th season at Washington University in 2007-08. Washington University's all-time winningest coach, Edwards returned to his alma mater in 1981-82 to restart a men's basketball program that had been dropped in 1971 for financial reasons. Today, Edwards has established the Bears as a perennial contender. Prior to his arrival, Edwards served as an assistant coach at Washington State (D1) under George Raveling. After losing records his first three seasons, Edwards has amassed 24 consecutive winning seasons, 12 NCAA appearances (including a national championship), and eight regular season titles. As a player at Washington, Edwards was team MVP and captain his senior year and still ranks seventh in career rebounds. The Bears stepped it up in 2007-08, going 25-6 and beat Amherst for the D3 national championship.

Team Name	Bears
Colors	Red and Green
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	1073-874 (.551)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-6	25-5	17-8	107-23 (.823)
Conference	10-4	11-3	9-5	59-15 (.797)
Conf. Finish	2	1	2	3, 2, 1, 1, 2
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	Final 4	n/a	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	#1	#8	NR	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mark Edwards
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Washington University	1981-82
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	476-234 (.670)
Record at Washington University	476-234 (.670)
Coaching Awards	NCAA Region COTY, UAA COTY 4x

Asst. Coaches	Tim Whittle

Recruiting Coordinator

Tim Whittle, Ph. (314) 935-4714, twhittle@athletics.wustl.edu

Conference and Schedule

Washington plays in the University Athletic Association (www.uaa.rochester.edu) which is comprised of nine schools from Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. Conference play usually begins in January after a two week winter break. Washington will play each team twice, home and away. Games are often played on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons and are piggybacked with the women's. The farthest conference away game is at Brandeis (Waltham, MA), about 1,000 miles from campus. The season concludes with the UAA tourney which includes all teams in a double round-robin format with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, U. of Chicago, Emory, U. of Rochester, and NYU.

Facilities

Field House
Capacity 3,000, Average attendance (?)