Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball

Southern Illinois Salukis
2016–17 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team
University Southern Illinois University
Head coach Cindy Stein (4th season)
Conference Missouri Valley
Location Carbondale, Illinois
Arena SIU Arena
(Capacity: 9,328)
Nickname Salukis
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1987
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1987, 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances
1986, 1987, 1990, 1992
Conference tournament champions
1987, 1990
Conference regular season champions
1986, 1987, 1990, 2007

The Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. [2]

History

Southern Illinois began play in 1959. The Salukis have won four regular season titles (1986, 1987, 1990, 2007) and two conference tournament titles (1987, 1990). They did not lose a conference game in two consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1987. they have made the NCAA Tournament in 1986, 1987, 1990, and 1992, making the Sweet Sixteen in 1987 (they gained a bye into the Second Round and beat LSU 70-56) before losing to Louisiana Tech 66-53. They made the Second Round in 1992 after beating Colorado 84-82, but they were beaten by Ole Miss 72-56. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, they have an all-time record of 663-641. They have made the WNIT four times, thrice in the first edition of the tournament (1969, 1970, 1983), and once in its second version (2007). They have also made the Women's Basketball Invitational once, in 2016. [3][4]

References

  1. "Brand Colors | The Brand | SIU". Brand.siu.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  2. "Southern Illinois Athletics". Siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  3. "Southern Illinois Athletics" (PDF). Admin.siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. "Southern Illinois Athletics" (PDF). Siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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