Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball

Southern Illinois Salukis
Southern Illinois Salukis
	2018–19 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team
University	Southern Illinois University
Head coach	Cindy Stein (4th season)
Conference	Missouri Valley
Location	Carbondale, Illinois
Arena	Banterra Center ; (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 84-80, 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]

NCAA Tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	#6	Second Round	#3 Auburn	L 39−61
1987	#5	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#4 LSU #1 Louisiana Tech	W 70−56 L 53–66
1990	#11	First Round	#6 Ohio State	L 61−73
1992	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 Colorado #2 Ole Miss	W 84−80 (OT) L 56–72

References

"Primary & Supplementary Color Palette". Retrieved April 29, 2020.
"Southern Illinois Athletics". Siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
"Southern Illinois Athletics" (PDF). Admin.siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
"Southern Illinois Athletics" (PDF). Siusalukis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Primary & Supplementary Color Palette". Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[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.

Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball
Venues	Davies Gym (1959–1964) SIU Arena (1964–present)
Culture & lore	History Marching Salukis Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball
Teams	Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Loyola Ramblers Missouri State Lady Bears Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis Valparaiso Crusaders
Championships & awards	Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1983–84 1983–84 1984–84 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Southern Illinois University
Athletics	Missouri Valley Conference The Salukis Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Gymnastics Marching Band
Campus	Academic, Administration & Recreation Altgeld Hall (SIUC) Davies Gym McAndrew Stadium Morris Library Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Saluki Stadium Shryock Auditorium SIU Arena
Media	Daily Egyptian WSIU-TV WSIU (FM)
Student Life	Marching Salukis