Women's Basketball

Xavier University of Louisiana

1 Drexel Dr - New Orleans, LA - 70125
Team Office: Tel: (504) 520-7333 Fax: (504) 485-7934
Team website: www.xula.edu/athletics/index.html

Founded in 1915, Xavier is the nation's only institution of higher education that is Black and Catholic. Xavier offers nearly 40 Bachelor degrees as well as almost a dozen graduate degrees. A Pharm D is also available. Xavier ranks first nationally in the number of African Americans earning undergraduate degrees in biology, physics, and the physical sciences and its College of Pharmacy is first in the nation in the number of Doctor of Pharmacy degrees awarded to African-Americans. Other majors offered include Microbiology, Computer and Information Sciences, and Marketing. Xavier's student body is largely female. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Xavier #36 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The urban 23 acre campus is located in New Orleans (pop.500k).

School website
www.xula.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational, 71% women

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

3,900

Getting In:

Moderatley Difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$20,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Biology (41%) - Psychology - Physical Sciences

Misc. Information

Robert Bo Browder completed his 10th year as head coach at Xavier in 2007-08. Browder inherited a team that had already placed itself among the NAIA I elite programs. During the 1990's, Xavier posted eight 20+ winning seasons while averaging nearly 23 wins per year. In his ten years, Browder has nine 20+ winning seasons and won the conference championship and advanced to the NAIA National tourney eight times. Browder, who joined Xavier in 1998-99, had successful coaching stints at all levels: high school, junior college, NAIA, and NCAA Division I. Immediately prior to coming to Xavier, Browder was selected as the Golden Valley Conference COTY at Lassen Junior College in California. Following that achievement, Browder served as interim head coach at Evansville (D1). (Note: In 2005-06, the Gold Nuggets did not compete due to Hurricane Katrina.) In 2007-08, the Nuggets went 27-7 but lost in the first round of the NAIA tourney to Lambuth.

Team Name	Gold Nuggets
Colors	White and Gold
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-7	23-12	n/a	127-32 (.798)
Conference	14-4	13-5	n/a	47-5 (.903)
Conf. Finish	2	2	n/a	1, 1, 1, 3, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	n/a	NAIA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#24	NR	NR	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Bo Browder
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Xavier (LA)	1998-99
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	238-79 (.750)
Record at Xavier (LA)	238-79 (.750)
Coaching Awards	Golden Valley COTY (96)

Asst. Coaches	Darrilyn Broussard

Recruiting Coordinator

Darrilyn Broussard, Ph. (504) 520-7513, dbroussl@xula.edu

Conference and Schedule

Xavier plays in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (www.gcacconf.com) which is comprised of ten schools, most in Louisiana. Conference play starts in January with most games played on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Xavier will play each team twice, home and away. The season concludes with the GCAC tourney which . . . (describe seeding)

Conference Opponents

William Carey, Dillard, Tougaloo, Mobile, Southern-New Orleans, Loyola-New Orleans, LSU-Shreveport, Spring Hill, and Belhaven.

Facilities

The Barn
Capacity 1,500, Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Xavier was ranked #18 in defense, limiting opponents to 60 ppg.