Men's Basketball

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Kolf Sports Center - Oshkosh, WI - 54901
Team Office: Tel: (920) 424-2211 Fax: (920) 424-7445
Team website: www.titans.uwosh.edu/

Founded in 1871, UW-Oshkosh is the largest of the state's 13 schools in the state university system. It was orginally established as a teacher's college. Not surprisingly, 60% of the those enrolled are women. UW-Oshkosh offers nearly 50 Bachelor degree programs plus graduate degrees in Nursing, Education, Business and Information Services. The college is widely known to be strong in nursing, business, teaching, and fine arts. Other majors offered include Radio and Television, Urban Studies/Affairs, and Journalism. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked UW-Oshkosh in the third tier among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Oshkosh (pop. 62k) about 75 miles north of Milwaukee.

School website
www.uwosh.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

11,500

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$19,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Ted Van Dellen completed his 18th season at Oshkosh in 2007-08. Van Dellen, the third winningest coach in the 104 year history of the school, served as an assistant from 1985-90 before assuming head duties in 1990-91. Van Dellen, a former player at Oshkosh that earned three varsity letters in basketball, struggled his first five seasons at the helm but has found his groove since the mid-90's. Over the last eight years, Van Dellen has won 153 games against just 68 losses. During that span he has made four NCAA appearances and averaged 19 wins per season. In 2007-08, the Titans finished with a 17-9 record but did not make the NCAA tourney.

Team Name	Titans
Colors	Black, Gold and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-9	21-6	17-9	100-43 (.699)
Conference	11-5	12-4	10-6	47-33 (.587)
Conf. Finish	4	2	4	3, 6, 3, 1, 5
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#9	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Ted Van Dellen
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Wisconsin-Oshkosh	1990-91
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	317-164 (.659)
Record at Wisconsin-Oshkosh	317-164 (.659)
Coaching Awards	College Sports Magazine D3 COTY

Asst. Coaches	Tim Gaubatz

Recruiting Coordinator

Tim Gaubatz, Ph. (920) 424-1225, gaubatz@uwosh.edu

Conference and Schedule

UW-Oshkosh plays in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.uwsa.edu/wiac/) which is comprised nine teams all from Wisconsin. All are sister campuses within the U. of Wisconsin system. (In terms of enrollment, Oshkosh is the largest school in the conference.) League play can commence in early December though non-league opponents are mixed in until January. Oshkosh will play each team twice, home and away, and league games are currently played on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the WIAC tourney which includes the top eight teams. Higher seeds host. Winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crose, UW-Stout, UW-Plattevillle, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior, and UW-Whitewater.

Facilities

Kolf Sports Center
Capacity 5,800, Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Wisconsin-Oshkosh was ranked #15 in scoring defense, holding opponents to 61.3 ppg.