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The Saluki men's basketball team garnered national attention by advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 2002 and 2007. In the 2006–2007 season, the Salukis, coached by Chris Lowery , reached their highest ranking in the AP Coaches Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Poll with a position of #11, before dropping to #14 after losing the MVC to Creighton prior ...
The 2024–25 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by first-year head coach Scott Nagy, play their home games at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
The Southern Illinois Salukis are the varsity athletic teams representing Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The nickname comes from the Saluki , the Royal Dog of Egypt and the Persian greyhound, which ties into the fact that southern Illinois has had the nickname " Little Egypt " for just under 200 years.
The 2023–24 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by fifth-year head coach Bryan Mullins , played their home games at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley ...
Southern Illinois University's intercollegiate athletic teams are collectively known as the Southern Illinois Salukis. The university first sponsored athletic teams during the 1913–14 school year, when they were informally known as the Maroons. Students and faculty began lobbying for a new name and mascot during the late 1940s.
The Salukis represent Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the NCAA's Missouri Valley Conference. Southern Illinois began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1913. [ 1 ] However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.
The 2020–21 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis were led by second-year head coach Bryan Mullins and played their home games at the Banterra Center (formerly SIU Arena) in Carbondale, Illinois as members of ...
In the 2006–07 season, the Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team played in the Missouri Valley Conference and took part in the Missouri Valley tournament (reaching the West Regional semifinal) and the NCAA tournament. The team won 29 of its matches and lost 7.