Men's Basketball

College of Wooster

1189 Beall Avenue - Wooster, OH - 44691
Team Office: Tel: (330) 263-2176 Fax: (330) 263-2537
Team website: www.wooster.edu/athletics/

The College of Wooster is regarded as one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the nation and is particularly noted for its music program. The college offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs. Majors offered include Russian Studies, International Relations, Theatre Arts, and Archeology. US News 2007 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Wooster #67 among liberal arts institutions in the U.S.

Wooster is located 55 miles southwest of Cleveland in suburban Wooster (pop. 20k).

School website
www.wooster.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes

Enrollment:

1,700

Getting In:

Very Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1110-1340

Tuition + Room & Board:

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

Most Popular Majors

History- English - Communication

Misc. Information

Head coach Steve Moore completed his 21st year at Wooster in 2007-08. Under Moore, the Scots have won 13 regular season NCAC championships, made 16 NCAA tournament appearances, and produced 21 consecutive winning seasons. Among active D3 coaches, Moore ranks 7th in winning percentage (.764) As an undergraduate at Wittenberg, Moore was team captain and later returned to Wittenburg as an assistant coach and then head coach at Mulenberg College before taking over head coaching duties at Wooster in 1987-88. During the 1990's, Moore's teams averaged 23 wins per season, finished either first or second in conference play seven times, and dominated league opposition with a 126-24 record over the decade. Wooster attendance is typically among the top ten D3 teams in the nation. Wooster went 23-5 in 2007-08 - their 12th straight 20+ win season - but was defeated in the first round of the NCAA tourney by Washington (St. Louis).

Team Name	Fighting Scots
Colors	Black and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	1473-749 (.663)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-5	29-5	26-4	128-21 (.859)
Conference	15-1	15-1	15-1	71-9 (.887)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 2, 1, 2, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	Final 4	2nd Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#19	#2	#3	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Steve Moore
	Birthday: 1952-05-06
Started at College of Wooster	1987-88
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	577-178 (.764)
Record at College of Wooster	490-113 (.812)
Coaching Awards	NCAC 6x, NABC District COTY 3x, Ohio COTY (03)

Asst. Coaches	Nate Gaubatz, Doug Cline, Bruce Martin, Erich Riebe

Recruiting Coordinator

Doug Cline, (330) 263-2176, dcline@wooster.edu

Conference and Schedule

Wooster plays in the North Coast Athletic Conference (www.northcoast.org) The NCAC is comprised of 10 schools from Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Conference play can commence in early December. The league schedule provides for each team being played twice except for two. Games are usually played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The farthest conference away game is at Wabash (Crawfordsville, IN) some 300 miles from Wooster. The season concludes with the NCAC tournament which takes the top eight teams with the tourney champion receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III Tournament.

Conference Opponents

Earlham, Oberlin, Hiram, Denison, Kenyon, Wabash, Wittenberg, Allegheny, and Ohio Wesleyn

Facilities

Timken Gym
Capacity 3,400, Average attendance: 1,300

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Wooster was ranked 5th in scoring, averaging 98.2 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #7 at 87.9 ppg.