College Basketball - Mid American Conference

Ball State Cardinals

Location: Muncie, IN University Founded: 1918 Enrollment: 20,113 Nickname: Cardinals Mascot: Charlie Cardinal School Colors: Cardinal and white Joined the MAC: 1973 Varsity Teams: 19 U. President: Jo Ann M. Gora Director of Athletics: Tom Collins Basketball Head Coach: Billy Taylor Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1981,'82, '89, '90, '93, '98, 2000, '02 Tournament: 1981, '86, '89, '90, '93, '95, 2000 Basketball Arena: John E. Worthen Arena Current Capacity: 11,500 First Year of Basketball: 1920

The Ball State university athletics program is known as the Cardinals and the men's basketball team has been one of the most successful ones in the MAC.

The Cardinals have been members of the MAC since 1973 and until now they have accomplished 8 regular season conference titles and 7 post-season conference tournament titles.

Their combined record is 3-7 and their most successful year was in 1990, when they made the Sweet Sixteen.

Billy Taylor, the two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, enters his second
season as head coach of the Ball State men’s basketball team this 2008-09 period.

Taylor wants to improve the 6-24 record from last 2007-08 campaign.

 

Ball State 2009/10 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
13-Nov	Valparaiso	W 88-78
21-Nov	SIU-Edwardsville	W 57-47
24-Nov	at Temple	L 66-46
28-Nov	UC Davis	L 60-58
2-Dec	No. 20 Butler	L 59-38
9-Dec	at Indiana State	W 68-63
12-Dec	at Tennessee Tech	L 86-81
19-Dec	vs. No. 4 Purdue*	L 69-49
21-Dec	North Carolina Central	W 59-45
28-Dec	Maryland-Eastern Shore	W 56-47
31-Dec	Manchester	W 69-55
5-Jan	at Dayton	L 59-35
9-Jan	Northern Illinois	L 62-48
13-Jan	at Central Michigan	L 53-38
17-Jan	Toledo	W 71-43
20-Jan	Western Michigan	W 75-68
23-Jan	at Eastern Michigan	L 57-53
26-Jan	Miami (OH)	W 65-59
28-Jan	at Buffalo	7:00 PM ET
31-Jan	at Ohio	2:00 PM ET
4-Feb	Bowling Green	7:00 PM ET
6-Feb	Akron	12:00 PM ET
10-Feb	at Kent State	7:00 PM ET
13-Feb	at Northern Illinois	4:00 PM ET
17-Feb	Central Michigan	7:00 PM ET
24-Feb	Eastern Michigan	7:00 PM ET
27-Feb	at Toledo	7:00 PM ET
4-Mar	at Western Michigan	7:00 PM ET

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