Men's Basketball

Catholic University of America

3606 John McCormack Road - Washington, DC - 20064
Team Office: Tel: (202) 319-6046 Fax: (202) 319-6199
Team website: www.cuacardinals.com/landing/index

Established in 1887, Catholic University has the distinction as serving as the national university of the Catholic Church. The university offers over 80 Bachelor degree programs, over 90 master's and nearly 50 PhDs. Due to the number of advanced degrees offered, there are more graduate students than undergraduates. Majors offered include Architecture, Civil Engineering, Conducting, Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, International Finance, and Voice and Opera. Its music program is particularly strong. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Catholic University #122 among the nation's best colleges.

Catholic University is located in Washington D.C. (pop. 575k)

School website
www.cua.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

3,100

Getting In:

Moderately difficult.SAT 25/75: 1040-1250

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$37,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Architecture -Communication- Political Science

Misc. Information

Head coach Steve Howes completed his fifth season at Catholic University in 2007-08. Howes took over from his mentor, Mike Lonergran, Catholic's all-time winningest coach. Lonergran left CUA to become an assistant at Maryland. Howes was Lonergran's top assistant for seven years during which time the Cardinals amassed a 121-26 record and advanced to the NCAA tourney each year. Prior to coming to Catholic as an assistant coach, Howes was head JV and assistant varsity coach at Good Counsel HS in Wheaton (MD). In 2007-08, the Cardinals posted a 10-15 record - breaking a string of nine consecutive 20+ winning seasons.

Team Name	Cardinals
Colors	Cardinal Red and Black
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	1077-1009 (.516)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	10-15	23-6	21-7	122-29 (.807)
Conference	?	11-5	10-4	58-12 (.828)
Conf. Finish	?	2	2	2, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	n/a	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Steve Howes
	Birthday: 1973-10-07
Started at Catholic University	2004-05
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	74-38 (.660)
Record at Catholic University	74-38 (.660)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Justin Kamm, Damon Pigromr, Harvey Powell

Recruiting Coordinator

Steve Howes, (202) 319-6046, howes@cua.edu

Conference and Schedule

Catholic moves over to the Landmark Conference (www.landmarkconference.org) in 2007-08. It is comprised of eight teams from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. More often than not, league games are played on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings beginning in January. Catholic will play each team twice, home and away. The season concludes with the conference tourney which takes all teams with the tourney winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Drew, Goucher, Juinata, Moravian, Susquehanna, Scranton, and Merchant Marine Academy

Facilities

Dufour Center
Capacity 2000, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Catholic was ranked #20 in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 62.1 ppg.