Women's Basketball

Bates College

23 Campus Dr - Lewiston, ME - 04240
Team Office: Tel: (207) 786-6369 Fax: (207) 786-8232
Team website: www.bates.edu/sports.xml

Bates Collegs enjoys national distinction as being one of the finest, small prestiguous liberal arts colleges in the country. Bates is often described by New Englanders as one of the Little Ivies. Students must complete a senior thesis for most majors and the percentage of students that study abroad is among the highest in the nation. Bates offers nearly 30 Bachelor degree programs, including Neuroscience, Japanese, and Women''s Studies. US News 2008 report on America''s Best Colleges ranked Bates #24 among liberal arts institutions nationwide.

The 109 acre campus is located in Lewiston (pop.40k), Maine''s second largest city, about 125 miles from Boston.

School website
www.bates.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

1,800

Getting In:

Most Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1270-1400

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$44,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - English - Biology

Misc. Information

Jim Murphy completed his 14th season at Bates in 2007-08. Bate's women's basketball program was uninspiring until Murphy, a 1969 Bate's graduate and gridiron MVP, took over the reins in 1994-95. Bates inherited a team that had had losing seasons in four of the previous five years. Though Murphy endured a 7-15 season his first year, he has since found the winning formula and has had winning teams since, averaging nearly 20 wins per season since 1996. During that span, the Bobcats have made six NCAA appearances and produced five 20+ winning seasons. Besides basketball, Murphy also coaches women's soccer and has enjoyed similar success. In 2007-08, the Bobcats finished with a 15-10 record (the same as the year before) but did not make an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Bobcats
Colors	Garnet and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	458358 (.561)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	15-10	15-10	19-9	99-34 (.744)
Conference	5-4	6-3	8-1	35-11 (.760)
Conf. Finish	3	3	1	2, 2, 3, 2, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	1st Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jim Murphy
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Bates	1994-95
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	255-103 (.712)
Record at Bates	255-103 (.712)
Coaching Awards	NESCAC COTY (00), New England WBCA COTY (98), Main

Asst. Coaches	Carla Flaherty

Recruiting Coordinator

Jim Murphy, (207) 786-6369, jmurphy@bates.edu

Conference and Schedule

Bates plays in the New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference (NESCAC) consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges located in New England and New York. Several of the colleges in this conference are sometimes referred to as the Little Ivies. There is a 2-3 week winter break before league play starts in January with games typically played on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest conference away game is at Williams, some 560 miles from Lewiston, and games are usually piggybacked with the men's. Colby will play two teams twice and others just once for a total of 11 games. The top seven teams qualify for the NESCAC tourney; single elimination, top seed hosts, first place team receives first round bye, with the winner receiving an automatic bid the to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Amherst, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams

Facilities

Alumni Gym
Capacity 1,000. Average attendance (350)