Men's Basketball

University of Southern Indiana

8600 University Blvd. - Evansville, IN - 47712
Team Office: Tel: (812) 465-1639 Fax: (812) 465-7094
Team website: www.usi.edu/SPORTS/

A relatively new institution (founded in 1965), the University of Southern Indiana offers nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs in a liberal arts curriculum and graduate programs in Nursing, Business Administration, and Education. Other majors offered include Communications Studies, Dental Hygiene, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Management Information Systems. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked the University of Southern Indiana in the fourth tier among universities in the midwest.

The campus is located in Evansville (pop. 125k). Evansville, the largest city in the region and the third largest in the state, is located on the Ohio River, about 100 miles from Louisville.

School website
www.usi.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

9,000

Getting In:

Minimally Difficult. SAT 25/75: 840-1070

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$17,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Health Sciences- Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Rick Herdes completed his 7th season at Southern Indiana in 2007-08. Appointed in 2001-02 after serving nine seasons as associate head coach, Herdes inherited a program that had nine consecutive 20+ winning seasons and nine NCAA bids. As USI's recruiting coordinator, Herdes brought in nearly all the key players who contributed to USI becoming a national D2 power. Herdes came to USI from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (D2) where he served as an assistant coach for six seasons. In his nine seasons as an associate head coach, Herdes helped direct the Eagles to a 231-46 overall record (.833), the 1994 and 1995 NCAA II National Championships, three Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, nine consecutive NCAA II Tournament appearances, and nine straight 20-win seasons. USI has averaged over 23 victories a season over the last eight years. In 2007-08, the Screaming Eagles went 15-12.

Team Name	Screaming Eagles
Colors	Red, White and Blue
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	734-379 (.659)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	15-12	29-6	27-7	128-31 (.797)
Conference	14-5	14-5	18-2	80-18 (.805)
Conf. Finish	3	1	1	1, 2, 2, 4, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#14	#11	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Rick Herdes
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Southern Indiana	2001-02
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	173-52 (.769)
Record at Southern Indiana	173-52 (.769)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Marc Hostetter, Aaron Brothers

Recruiting Coordinator

Marc Hostetter, (812) 461-5279, mhostett@usi.edu

Conference and Schedule

Southern Indiana plays in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (www.glvcsports.com). The GLVC is one of the premier D2 conferences. In 2005-06, the GLVC expanded to 14 teams. The league is split into two divisions. SIU competes in the west. USI will play each team in its division twice and each team from the East Division once for a total of 19 games. SIU may begin playing conference opponents in late November or early December but only consistently after January 1. Each opponent is played twice, home and away, with games often played on Thursdays and Saturdays. It is common for league games to be piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the GLVC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

West: Rockhurst, Drury, Missouri-St. Louis, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Quincy and Missouri-Rolla. East: Kentucky Wesleyan, Northern Kentucky, Saint Joseph's, Bellarmine, Lewis, Indianapolis, U. of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Facilities

PE Center
Capacity 3,300, Average attendance:?

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Southern Indiana was ranked #14 in scoring offense, averaging 83.7 ppg.