Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball
| Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | Southern Illinois University | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Scott Nagy (1st season) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Missouri Valley | ||||||||||
| Location | Carbondale, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Arena | Banterra Center (capacity: 8,284) | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Salukis | ||||||||||
| Colors | Maroon and white | ||||||||||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
| 1965*, 1966* | |||||||||||
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| NAIA tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| MVC - 1977, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 IIAC - 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1962 | |||||||||||
| NIT champions | |||||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||||
* at Division II level | |||||||||||
The Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis compete in the NCAA Division 1, and they play their home games at Banterra Center. As of March 2024, former South Dakota State and Wright State coach, Scott Nagy, has become the newest head coach of the Southern Illinois basketball program. Southern Illinois has appeared 10 times in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, most recently in 2007.