2007-08 Season

(STERLING, Va.)--Capital University's men's basketball team finished the 2007-08 season ranked No. 21 in the nation in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 National Poll. The Crusaders won a school-record 24 games, won a second-straight Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. Click the link above for the complete poll.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University junior guard Nate Stahl was named a third team All-American by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and D-III News. Stahl is just the fourth All-American in school history and first since Tim Mueller in 1988.

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.)--Capital University junior Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) was named to the All-Great Lakes First Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

(STERLING, Va.)--Capital University junior Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) was named to the All-Great Lakes Region Second Team and senior Steve Kyser (Sylvania/Southview) was an All-Great Lakes Region Third Team selection by D3hoops.com.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio) - Junior guard Ryan Wood (Pickerington/Pickerington Central) and sophomore guard Kristen Richardson (Oxford/Talawanda) picked up Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors.

(HOLLAND, Mich.) – Capital University’s men’s basketball team saw its season end with a 92-72 loss to No. 1 Hope College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. The Crusaders, ranked No. 20 in the country, finished with a record of 24-6, while Hope advances to sectional play with a mark of 25-3.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) hit five three pointers and posted 15 of his game-high 25 points in the first half as Capital University posted a 92-70 win over Bethany (W.Va.) College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)—Capital University junior wing Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) and head coach Damon Goodwin head the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball selections. Stahl was named the Mike Gregory OAC Player of the Year, while Goodwin earned Coach of the Year honors. Senior forward Steve Kyser (Sylvania/Southview) and junior Ryan Wood (Pickerington/Pickerington Central) were other Crusaders honored as each were named to the All-OAC Second Team.

Webpage for news, scores, ticket information and links to LIVE video, audio and stats from the 2008 OAC Men's Basketball Tournament from Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Saturday, March 1. Friday's semifinals and Saturday's championship game will be held at The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Bouncing back from a first half in which it shot 22 percent and trailed by eight points at the half, No. 2 seed Heidelberg College defeated the No. 1 seed Capital University men's basketball team 83-75 in the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship game Saturday at The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) scored 18 points hit a three pointer to send the game to overtime but it was his steal with five seconds left in the game that handed top-seeded Capital University an 81-76 win over No. 4-seed Ohio Northern University in the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Friday at The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - An 18-0 first half run propelled Capital University's men's basketball team to a big lead, and the Crusaders survived a second half charge to secure a 67-54 victory over Mount Union College in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals Wednesday in The Capital Center.

(WESTERVILLE, Ohio)--Capital University's bench players combined to outscore Otterbein College's reserves 46-9 to lead the No. 8 ranked Crusaders to an 87-77 Ohio Athletic Conference win Saturday in Westerville. The Crusaders, 21-4 overall, finished the regular season as OAC Champions and as the top seed in next week's OAC Tournament will host eighth seeded Mount Union College Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at The Captial Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team dropped its regular season home finale, 80-74, to Heidelberg College Wednesday at The Capital Center. The No. 8 ranked Crusaders fall to 20-4 overall (15-2 OAC), while Heidelberg moves to 19-5 overall and at 13-4 in the OAC lock up second place and the No. 2 seed in next week's OAC Tournament.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team, ranked No. 11 in the nation, claimed the outright Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the OAC Tournament with an 83-75 win over Ohio Northern University Saturday at The Capital Center.

(ALLIANCE, Ohio)—Capital University’s men’s basketball team clinched at least a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 80-68 win Wednesday at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)---Capital University's men's basketball team survived several second-half scoring runs from visiting Muskingum College but was able to hold off the Muskies and win a 72-66 Ohio Athletic Conference match-up Saturday at The Capital Center.

(MARIETTA, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team scored the first 12 points of the game on their way to an 82-48 Ohio Athletic Conference victory Wednesday at Marietta College.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University junior Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) became the 27th player in school history to score over 1,000 career points as he matched his season-high with 21 points to lead the No. 6 ranked Crusaders to a 113-78 Ohio Athletic Conference win over John Carroll University at The Capital Center.

(WILMINGTON, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team dropped its first Ohio Athletic Conference contest of the season, 72-55, at Wilmington College. The Crusaders, 15-3 overall and 10-1 in the OAC, still keep their two-game lead in the OAC standings as Ohio Northern University knocked off second place Heidelberg College, 89-72.

(BEREA, Ohio) - A 7-0 second half spurt sent the No. 9 Capital University men's basketball team to a 77-71 victory over Ohio Athletic Conference foe Baldwin-Wallace College on Saturday in Ursprung Gymnasium.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Capital University’s men’s basketball team jumped out to a 21-point halftime lead and cruised to a 79-53 victory over Marietta College in Ohio Athletic Conference play Wednesday in The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Capital University junior guard Ryan Wood (Pickerington/Pickerington Central) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference's Men's Basketball Player of the Week.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)---Capital University's men's basketball team scored the first 17 points and held visiting Ohio Athletic Conference rival Otterbein College scoreless in the opening 9:12 of play on its way to an 86-57 win Saturday at The Capital Center.

(TIFFIN, Ohio)--Junior Ryan Wood (Pickerington/Pickerington Central) scored 21 of his career-high 28 points in the second half to lead the No. 13 ranked Capital University men's basketball team to a 99-90 Ohio Athletic Conference victory Wednesday at Heidelberg College in Tiffin. The Crusaders are now a perfect 7-0 and in first place in the OAC and 12-2 overall.

(ADA, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team stayed in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 69-67 win at Ohio Northern University Saturday in Ada.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)---Capital University's No. 16 ranked men's basketball team used a 15-3 run midway through the second half to distance itself from visiting Mount Union College and come out on the winning end of an 83-67 Ohio Athletic Conference tilt Wednesday at The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)---Capital University's men's basketball team hit a school record 13 three pointers and scored a season-high 103 points in a 103-76 Ohio Athletic Conference victory over Baldwin-Wallace College Saturday at The Capital Center.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)---Capital University's men's basketball team saw its seven-game winning streak come to an end in a 71-65 defeat at the hands of Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) University in the Crusaders' non-conference finale Monday at The Capital Center.

(NEW CONCORD, Ohio)--No. 15 ranked Capital University's men's basketball team won its seventh straight game and is alone in first place in Ohio Athletic Conference with a 72-68 win at Muskingum College Saturday in New Concord, Ohio.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)---Capital University senior basketball player Steve Kyser (Sylvania/Southview) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference's Scholar Athlete-of-the-Month for the month of December. Click on the link to read the story, written by Capital Sports Information Assistant Mike Ott, that appears in the OAC Press Box, the conference's monthly newsletter.

(UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio)--Ross Niekamp (St. Henry/St. Henry) scored a career-high 21 points and hauled down a game-high 10 rebounds to lead the No. 15-ranked Capital University men's basketball team to an 87-72 win over John Carroll University in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup Saturday in University Heights, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team ran out to a 23-8 lead and never looked back in 89-68 win over Wilmington College in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener Wednesday at The Capital Center.

(DELAWARE, Ohio)--Steve Kyser (Sylvania/Southview) scored on a tip-in with 2.1 seconds remaining to lift the No. 18-ranked Capital University men's basketball team to a 70-68 win at Ohio Wesleyan University Saturday in Delaware, Ohio.

(GAMBIER, Ohio)--Capital University's men's basketball team rallied from seven points down with three minutes to go in regulation then went on to a 95-85 overtime win over Kenyon College Sunday at the NCAC-OAC Challenge in Gambier, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – A 12-0 first half run propelled the tenth-ranked Capital University’s men’s basketball team to 71-53 victory over Denison University Saturday in The Capital Center in the first round of the NCAC-OAC Challenge.

(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio)--Senior forward Steve Kyser (Sylvania/Southview) scored 13 of his team-best 17 points in the second half as the No. 10 ranked Capital University men's basketball team held on for a 79-75 win Tuesday at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio)--The College of Mt. St. Joseph converted 60-percent of its shots including 11 three-pointers in a 94-80 win over No. 10-ranked Capital University in the championship game of the Franklin Savings Tip-Off Tournament Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) -- Capital University’s men’s basketball team jumped out a 22-point halftime lead en route to a 76-53 win over Illinois College in the Franklin Savings Tip-off Tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)--Capital Univerity's men's basketball team was picked first the Ohio Athletic Conference coaches preseason poll.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first intercollegiate men’s basketball game at Capital University and the 2007-08 Crusaders are hoping to make some history of their own as all five starters and the top nine scorers return from a team that won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles while advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

(BEAVERTON, Ore.)--Capital University's men's basketball team was preseason ranked No. 18 in the nation by DIII News.

View Photos from Capital University's men's basketball trip to England and Ireland.