By Joe Ragusa
March 27, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Barry Hinson will be announced as the new head coach of Saluki men's basketball today, Athletic Director Mario Moccia said Wednesday.Moccia tweeted about the hire Wednesday morning, saying the department will put all their efforts into ...
By Joe Ragusa
March 26, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The search for the new men's basketball coach is entering its fourth week, and there hasn't been any word from the SIU athletic department about how the search is going.Former Illinois and SIU coach Bruce Weber reportedly has an...
By Ben Conrady
March 20, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
A downtrodden and teary-eyed Bruce Weber stood at the podium of the postgame press conference Feb. 16 and took the blame for the demise of the Fighting Illini men’s basketball team. The team had just suffered a 67-62 home l...
By Joe Ragusa
March 19, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The two Missouri Valley Conference teams that expected to be in the NCAA tournament got in, but tough draws for Creighton and Wichita State put an end to their dreams of a Sweet 16.Wichita State received the five seed in the Sout...
By Joe Ragusa
March 19, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Travis Wilkins and Bobo Drummond, the last recruits of former basketball coach Chris Lowery, are still signed to their original letters of intent to play for the Salukis, Director of Media Services Tom Weber said.Reports stat...
By Akeem Glaspie
March 18, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Saluki men unaffected by coaching vacancyAs the SIU men’s basketball program enters its third week without a head coach, and as the search for Chris Lowery’s replacement continues, Saluki players say they remain committed to...
March 13, 2012
By Joe Ragusa
March 9, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
According to an anonymous source, members of the Saluki men's basketball team have been informed that SIU will contact former SIU and Illinois coach Bruce Weber for the head coaching vacancy.Weber was fired Friday after his Illini t...
March 8, 2012
By Joe Ragusa
March 5, 2012
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Chris Lowery’s firing brings an end to an era of Saluki basketball that most current students weren’t able to experience first-hand.The days of 'Floor Burn U,' when SIU would make regular appearances in the national media as one of ...
