Billikens Snap Three-Game Losing Skid

ST. LOUIS — Chaifetz Arena has served as a significant advantage for the Saint Louis University basketball team since it opened before last season. The Billikens returned home on Saturday night and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 71-61 victory over visiting Southern Illinois.   Full Story

Video from the post-game press conferences after Saint Louis University defeated visiting Southern Illinois 71-61 on Wednesday night at Chaifetz Arena.   Full Story

Previewing the Blue Devils and Salukies who tip off on Thursday night in New York City's Madison Square Garden in the semi-final round of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament. The game will be broadcast live by ESPN2 beginning at 7:00 PM.   Full Story

At 26, Joel Cornette is not that far removed from his senior season at Butler University. The Iowa Assistant understands that it's not always easy for players in Division I basketball and felt bad about how things went down with former Hawkeye guard Tony Freeman leaving the program recently. Cornette shares his feelings on the transfer and also lends keen insight from a coach/player standpoint.   Full Story

The four top teams at the beginning of the season are also the quartet that's left standing. For the first time in the history of the NCAA tournament, the four No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four.   Full Story

The Saint Louis University basketball team’s nonconference matchup against Southern Illinois on Saturday night had a little more meaning for Femi John.   Full Story

The Saint Louis University basketball team has come up short a couple times already this season with its late-game comeback attempts. On Saturday night, Kevin Lisch and the Billikens pulled out a much-needed home victory.   Full Story

Over the past year Lenzelle Smith Jr. has become one of the top sophomore basketball players in Illinois. Smith, a 6’3” 190 lb wing plays his high school basketball for Zion-Benton High School but saw his stock really rise this summer while playing on the AAU circuit for the Illinois Stars.   Full Story

We still don't know which players are departing early for the NBA. And we don't know if one coach of note is leaving his current place of employment. But what we do know better than anyone else is the impact that the young kids coming into the programs will have.   Full Story

ATLANTA - Chris Lowery is staying home. The Southern Illinois coach, who also played in Carbondale, said that he has signed a seven-year deal to remain the Salukis head coach.   Full Story

It was almost an-all Tennessee battle with an Final Four berth on the line except for one big problem. Greg Oden.    Full Story

San Jose, Calif. — Minutes before tipoff in Thursday night’s Sweet 16 matchup between KU and Southern Illinois at HP Pavilion, the SIU faithful were primed for an upset.  “SIU, SIU,” the Saluki crowd chanted as both teams warmed up.   Full Story

SAN JOSE, Calif. - All the pre-game talk centered on the Southern Illinois defense. Well, Bill Self's team can defend, too.    Full Story

LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Kansas men's basketball team (33-4) rumbled its way into the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament Thursday night, defeating Southern Illinois, 61-58, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The Jayhawks now await the winner of the Pittsburgh-UCLA game for a Saturday showdown for a ticket to the Final Four in Atlanta.   Full Story

Southern Illinois junior forward Matt Shaw, who missed the second-round game against Virginia Tech, practiced on Wednesday and is planning to play in Thursday's regional semifinal game against Kansas.   Full Story

San Jose, Calif. — Kansas just left Illinois (Chicago) last weekend with two victories and a berth in the Sweet 16. But now comes a team from the state named Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley Conference which hopes to end KU’s dreams of a national championship and shake its Rodney Dangerfield image and earn some more national respect.   Full Story

You remember the call, Gus Johnson during Gonzaga’s magical NCAA Tournament run – “the slipper still fits”. Don’t tell that to this Southern Illinois team. Phog.net looks at the reasons you can’t call this team a “Cinderella”.   Full Story

In part one of Bracket Building, Kyle Lamb introduces a six-year mock committee to replicate the NCAA Tournament selection process. In part two, the mock committee discloses the results of the first ballots and also find out some interesting numbers at how the AP poll correlates more closely to seeding in the NCAA Tournament than you probably imagined.   Full Story

One of the top players in the state of Missouri made his collegiate decision Tuesday night. Torres Roundtree, a junior, picked one of the hottest programs in the Midwest.   Full Story

After 16 games are played on Thursday, 32 other teams will hook up Friday to complete the first round of NCAA Tournament action. Among them are No. 1 seeds Villanova, Connecticut and Memphis. And the first two of them will be playing in Philadelphia.   Full Story