Harding Bisons
| Harding Bisons | |
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| University | Harding University |
| Conference |
Great American Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (men's soccer) Lone Star Conference (track & field) |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Greg Harnden |
| Location | Searcy, Arkansas |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | First Security Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Rhodes Field House |
| Baseball stadium | Jerry Moore Field |
| Nickname | Bisons |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Website | www |
The Harding Bisons are the athletic teams that represent Harding University, located in Searcy, Arkansas, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Bisons compete as members of the Great American Conference for all 16 varsity sports except men's soccer, which competes as an associate member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and the track & field programs, which are associate members of the Lone Star Conference. Harding began in the Gulf South Conference in 2000 before moving to the newly formed Great American Conference (GAC) in 2011.
In the GAC's first season, Harding won conference championships in women's cross country and women's golf and placed second in the conference's all-sports trophy standings.
Men's sports
Women's sports
Harding's baseball team qualified its first NCAA Tournament in 2011. The Bisons won a school-record 42 games, won the Gulf South Conference West Division, and finished the season ranked 11th in Division II.
In his 20th season as head coach of the Harding men's basketball team, Jeff Morgan has led the Bisons to 15 postseason appearances, including three trips to the national tournament. In 2010-11, Morgan led the Bisons to a 25-5 record, a Gulf South Conference Tournament championship, its third berth in the NCAA Tournament, and a No. 11 national ranking.
In February 2013, the Rhodes Field House was named the Best Road Trip Destination in College Basketball by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and GEICO in an online fan poll, receiving more votes than nine Division I institutions, such as Indiana University, the University of Arizona, West Virginia University, and others.
Harding women's basketball has had six straight winning seasons under eighth-year head coach Tim Kirby. In 2011-12, the Lady Bisons advanced to the finals of the GAC Tournament in Bartlesville, Okla.
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