Program history

Southern Illinois
in the tournament.

10 appearances · 6–10 all-time · 1977–2007

Southern Illinois appears in 10 tournaments in this archive, between 1977 and 2007, with an all-time record of 6–10.

1 of its 4 games decided by three points or fewer went its way.

Its biggest upset as the underdog came in 2002, when an 11th seed beat the 3rd-seeded Georgia 77–75.

Its longest run of consecutive appearances is 6, from 2002 to 2007. Its longest absence ran 16 years, between 1977 and 1993.

This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Since then it has entered as high as a 4th seed and as low as a 14th.

Season by season

Every tournament appearance by Southern Illinois in the archive. This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Season records and coaches come from the sourced season shards.
Year	Seed	Record	Coach	Conference	Finish
1977	—	22–7	Paul Lambert	Missouri Valley Conference	Round of 16
1993	14	23–10	Rich Herrin	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round 1 to Duke, 70–105
1994	11	23–7	Rich Herrin	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round 1 to Minnesota, 60–74
1995	10	23–9	Rich Herrin	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round 1 to Syracuse, 92–96
2002	11	28–8	Bruce Weber	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Regional Semifinal to Connecticut, 59–71
2003	11	24–7	Bruce Weber	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round of 64 to Missouri, 71–72
2004	9	25–5	Matt Painter	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round of 64 to Alabama, 64–65
2005	7	27–8	Chris Lowery	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round of 32 to Oklahoma State, 77–85
2006	11	22–11	Chris Lowery	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Round of 64 to West Virginia, 46–64
2007	4	29–7	Chris Lowery	Missouri Valley Conference	lost in the Regional Semifinal to Kansas, 58–61

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