Men's Basketball

Saint Xavier University

3700 West 103rd - Chicago, IL - 60655
Team Office: Tel: (773) 298-3104 Fax: (773) 298-3127
Team website: www.sxu.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1846, St. Xavier is an independent Catholic institution that offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs and nearly 30 Master's. Nearly 3/4 of the student body is female. Majors offered include Speech-Language Pathology, Pre-Veterinary Studies, Music Management and Merchandising, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Computer and Information Sciences. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked St. Xavier #37 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Chicago (pop.3M).

School website
www.sxu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

5,200

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT: 25/75: 20-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$29,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education - Health Sciences - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Tom O'Malley completed his 11th year at Saint Xavier in 2007-08. O'Malley fine-tuned his coaching skills at the prep level before joining St. Xavier's in 1997-98. Amassing nearly 500 wins at several area high schools, O'Malley was inducted into the Illinois High School Assocation Hall of Fame. In just 11 years, O'Malley has recorded eleven straight 20+ winning seasons (two of which were 30 win seasons) and made seven NAIA national tournament appearances. For his efforts, O'Mally received the CCAC COTY award three times. In 2007-08, the Cougars went 24-8 but were eliminated in the first round of the NAIA tourney by Lambuth.

Team Name	Cougars
Colors	Scarlet and Gray
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	833-436 (.656)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-8	20-11	21-12	134-47 (.740)
Conference	7-3	5-5	8-4	38-14 (.730)
Conf. Finish	3	2	3	2, 3, 1, 3, ?
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	n/a	1st Rnd	NAIA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Tom O'Malley
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Saint Xavier	1997-98
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	277-104 (.727)
Record at Saint Xavier	277-104 (.727)
Coaching Awards	CCAC COTY 4x

Asst. Coaches	Tony Bates, Ed McQuillan

Recruiting Coordinator

Tom O'Malley, (773) 298-3104, omalley@sxu.edu

Conference and Schedule

St. Xavier plays in the Chicagoland Conference (www.ccacon.com). It is generally regarded among one of the nation's strongest NAIA conferences. The CCAC is comprised of 13 NAIA Division I and II schools; seven schools, however, comprise the NAIA Division I conference. The are located in Indiana and Illinois. The league schedule commences in January with games more often than not played on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The Cougars will play each team twice, home and away. The season concludes with the CCAC tourney which includes all teams, with the conference champion having home court advantage throughout and receives a first round bye. If the top seed is defeated before the championship game, the highest remaining seed hosts the final game.

Conference Opponents

Olivet Nazarene, Purdue-Calumet, U. of St. Francis, Indiana-South Bend, Illinois Tech, and Robert Morris.

Facilities

Athletic Center
Capacity 2,200, Average attendance (1,000)

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, St. Xavier was ranked #16 in offense, averaging 81.8 ppg.