Mike Waldo is a special assistant to coach Brian Barone and the SIUE Cougars in Madison County IL for the NCAA Tournament ...

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, ...

EDWARDSVILLE - With SIUE hanging on to a single-digit lead against Southeast Missouri State midway through the second half of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship game, a media timeout ...

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 ...

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

SIUE Cougars earn their first NCAA Tournament berth by defeating SEMO Redhawks 69-48 in the OVC championship.

Here are SIU-Edwardsville men's basketball bracketology projections for the 2025 NCAA Tournament from ESPN, CBS and FOX.

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 ...