After winning the Ohio Valley Tournament championship for the first time in program history, SIUE was seeded 16 th in the ...

Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson defends automatic NCAA automatic bids, valuing the experience for SIUE despite its loss.

SIU Edwardsville guard Ray'Sean Taylor broke down in tears after his team was routed by Houston in the NCAA Tournament.

Check out the SIU-Edwardsville vs. Houston Cougars men's basketball postgame press conference after their NCAA Tournament ...

Thursday's first full NCAA Tournament day wasn't the most entertaining, but there are always plenty of intriguing happenings.

The Houston Cougars are going for their seventh straight first-round win in the NCAA Tournament. WICHITA, Kan. — Houston is taking on SIU-Edwardsville in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. It ...

His coach, Brian Barone, put his arm around him ... Barone had hoped for a better showing Thursday. Everyone from SIUE did, including the thousands of fans who made the drive across Missouri ...

When SIUE started its men’s basketball program in 1967-68, the Cougars didn’t know what to expect. “It was sort of a makeshift situation because everybody was living at home,” said Staunton’s Jack ...

Missouri did force some turnovers with its pressure defense. But the Tigers tried, and failed, to beat Bulldog defenders off ...

A dominant performance from Big 12 champion Houston and an upset of 11th-seeded Drake over No. 6 seed Missouri ended runs for a few Kansans who were playing in the Big Dance close to home.

“They were physical, made some shots early when we had a couple breakdowns, and then they hit some really hard shots as well,” SIUE coach Brian Barone said. “We weren't able to dig out of ...