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College Basketball -
Ohio Valley
Conference
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Location: Richmond, KY
University Founded: 1874
Enrollment: 16,183
Nickname: Colonels
Mascot:
The Colonel
School Colors: Maroon and white
Joined the OVC: 1948
Varsity Teams: 15
U. President:
Dr. Charles Douglas Whitlock
Director of Athletics:
Mark Sandy
Basketball Head Coach:
Jeff Neubauer
Conference Titles:
Reg. Sea: 1950, '55, '79, 2005, '07
Basketball Arena:
McBrayer Arena (Alumni Coliseum)
Current Capacity: 6,300
First Year of Basketball: 1950 |
Eastern Kentucky athletics program is known as the Colonels. The men’s basketball team has been a very successful sport throughout its history.
They have achieved six regular conference championships and another set of post season tournament titles during the mid 1950’s,late 1970’s and more recently in 2005 and 2007.
Since 2005 the team’s Head Coach has been Jeff Neubauer who has taken the Colonels to two NCAA tournament first rounders.
Some of the Colonels most outstanding players – Hall of Famers are: Jack Adams, who established 13 school records during his career used the No. 40 jersey which has been retired in his honor. |
Eddie Bodkin the only men’s basketball student-athlete to accumulate more than 1,500 points and 800 rebounds. He presently stands in sixth position on the all-time list averaging 21.1 points per game during his short term career (1963-66). And a two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection - Carl Cole who won the 1958-1959 league title.
Eastern Kentucky 2007-08 Schedule
| Date |
Opponent |
Time/Result |
Record |
| November 10 |
West Virginia Wesleyan |
W 78-45 |
1-0 |
| November 13 |
Thomas More |
W 56-38 |
2-0 |
| November 17 |
at East Tennessee State |
L 76-56 |
2-1 |
| November 21 |
at UAB |
L 64-50 |
2-2 |
| November 25 |
at No. 10 Duke |
L 78-43 |
2-3 |
| November 28 |
James Madison |
L 82-71 |
2-4 |
| December 1 |
Youngstown State |
W 61-50 |
3-4 |
| December 5 |
at Murray State |
W 59-58 |
4-4 (1-0) |
| December 8 |
Western Kentucky |
L 77-60 |
4-5 |
| December 17 |
Eastern Illinois |
W 72-69 |
5-5 (2-0) |
| December 19 |
Tennessee-Martin |
W 70-51 |
6-5 (3-0) |
| December 22 |
at Austin Peay |
L 75-67 |
6-6 (3-1) |
| January 2 |
at Southeast Missouri State |
L 66-55 |
6-7 (3-2) |
| January 5 |
Tennessee Tech |
L 75-64 |
6-8 (3-3) |
| January 10 |
at Morehead State |
L 62-53 |
6-9 (3-4) |
| January 12 |
at Eastern Illinois |
W 67-56 |
7-9 (4-4) |
| January 17 |
Jacksonville State |
W 71-55 |
8-9 (5-4) |
| January 19 |
Samford |
L 64-57 |
8-10 (5-5) |
| January 24 |
at Tennessee State |
W 65-63 |
9-10 (6-5) |
| January 29 |
at Tennessee-Martin |
W 74-60 |
10-10 (7-5) |
| February 2 |
at Tennessee Tech |
W 87-77 |
11-10 (8-5) |
| February 7 |
Murray State |
W 60-47 |
12-10 (9-5) |
| February 9 |
Southeast Missouri State |
W 80-69 |
13-10 (10-5) |
| February 14 |
at Jacksonville State |
L 73-61 |
13-11 (10-6) |
| February 16 |
at Samford |
L 74-73 |
13-12 (10-7) |
| February 20 |
Morehead State |
L 51-49 |
13-13 (10-8) |
| February 23 |
Ball State |
W 51-48 |
14-13 |
| February 28 |
Austin Peay |
L 65-59 |
14-14 (10-9) |
| March 1 |
Tennessee State |
L 89-70 |
14-15 (10-10) |
| March 4 |
at Austin Peay |
L 76-51 |
14-16 (10-10) |
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