Men's Basketball

Tarleton State University

Box T-0080 - Stephenville, TX - 76402
Team Office: Tel: (254) 968-9178 Fax: (254) 968-9674
Team website: www.tarletonsports.com/

Tarleton University, founded in 1899, is part of the Texas public university system. While its original focus was in teacher preparation, today Tarleton offers many programs in the agricultural area. It offers over 90 Bachelor degree programs and over 20 Master's. Majors offered include Animal Sciences, Aviation, Corrections and Criminal Justice, Family & Consumer Sciences, Hydrology and Water Resources, and Sports Medicine. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Tarleton State in the fourth tier among universities in the west offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in the college town of Stephensville (pop. 15k) about 50 miles from Ft. Worth/Dallas.

School website
www.tarleton.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

8,000

Getting In:

Not Difficult

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$7,000
Out-of-State: ~$16,000

Most Popular Majors

Health and PE - Multi-Disciplinary - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Lonn Reisman completed his 21st season at Tarleton in 2007-08. Also serving as Tarelton's athletic director, Reisman took over the program in 1988 after the Texans had gone 3-25 the previous year and had only one winning season in the previous 26 while averaging only 7 wins per season! Going 18-11 his first year, Reisman won the league championship his second year and had three 26 game winning seasons in a row. The move to D2 in 1994-95 produced two consecutive losing seasons but Reisman has since adjusted, turning the Texans into one of the most respected programs at the D2 level. Reisman's teams are usually noted for their stingy defense. Reisman, a former star athlete in high school, was an assistant coach at Arkansas State, Southeastern Oklahoma State, and head coach at Connors State (JC) before coming to Tareleton in 1987-88. In 2007-08, Reisman went 25-6 and advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to Central Oklahoma.

Team Name	Texans
Colors	Purple and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	597-683 (.466)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-6	18-10	27-7	120-38 (.759)
Conference	9-3	7-5	11-1	46-14 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	2	1	2, 1, 1, 1, 5
Post Appear.	Swt 16	n/a	Elite 8	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#16	NR	#13	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Lonn Reisman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Tarleton State	1987-88
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	438-195 (.692)
Record at Tarleton State	417-185 (.93)
Coaching Awards	TIAA COTY 3x, NABC Region COTY (04), LSC COTY (02)

Asst. Coaches	Ronnie Hamilton, Chris Reisman

Recruiting Coordinator

Chris Reisman, (254) 968-9527, creisman@tarleton.edu

Conference and Schedule

Tarleton plays in the Lone Star Conference (www.lonestarconference.org) which is comprised of 14 teams from Texas and Oklahoma. The conference has two divisions with Tarleton playing in the north. The LSC is considered on the nation's premier D2 conferences. While Tarleton often starts conference play in early December against the other divison, these games don't count in the conference standings. Inter-divison games start around mid-January with games often played on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Currently, Tarleton plays three teams twice and all other once. The season concludes with the LSC tourney which takes the top four teams in each division with the eventual winner receiving an NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

South: Angelo State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, Mid-Western State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Eastern New Mexico, Abilene Christian. North: Northeastern State, Central Oklahoma, East Central, Southwestern Oklahoma, Cameron, and Southeastern Oklahoma

Facilities

Wisdom Arena
Capacity 3,000, Average attendance ?

Style/Stats

In 2005-06 Tarleton State was ranked #8 in scoring defense, holding opponents to 60.5 ppg.