You sit there and you have these dreams and these goals, and it was kind of like, ‘wow, this is a culmination of quite ...

Brian Barone, who played two years for Marquette University, led SIU Edwardsville to its first NCAA Tournament berth.

SIUE's Ray'Sean Taylor cuts down a piece of the net against SEMO in the OVC Tournament championship game on March 8, 2025, ...

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood commends SIUE basketball and coach Brian Barone for their first NCAA Tournament ...

We're exactly one week away from Selection Sunday where college basketball fans will find out which 68 teams are going to ...

That led to a remarkable interview, featuring both players like Ray’Sean Taylor and framed scissors to cut down the nets, with Cougars’ head coach Brian Barone on the ESPN2 broadcast of their ...

The scene in Evansville, Indiana, was pure joy as the SIUE Cougars celebrated their OVC championship. Confetti rained down as players embraced, savoring their first NCAA tournament bid. The ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has earned the first automatic bid of the 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament, ...

Illinois is looking good heading into postseason play, Missouri is sinking and SIUE is enjoying its massive breakthrough at ...

Brian Barone had already done the office-supply shopping for the moment. The former player at Marquette from 1998 to 2001 and now an NCAA Division I head coach, Barone just led Southern Illinois ...