Samford University fields 17 varsity teams (8 men`s and 9 women`s). The Bulldogs have done well in both football and men`s basketball, participating in the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament. The women`s basketball team made its initial NCAA tournament appearance in the 2011 NCAA Women`s Division I Basketball Tournament and made its second consecutive appearance in the tournament in 2012. The baseball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, reaching the finals of the Tallahassee Regional. The school is a member of the Southern Conference in Division I of the NCAA (FCS in football), after moving from the Ohio Valley…