2026–27 season
Southern Illinois
Salukis · MVC
- Record
- 1–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +2.8
- No. 121 in Division I
- Head coach
- Scott Nagy
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Carbondale, IL
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthReliable at the lineFree throw %: 80.6%94th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 13.0%90th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 37.2%15th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who S Illinois beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was S Illinois's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
6
Record
5–6
Sweet 16s
2
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 20074Sweet 16Beat 13 Holy Cross, 5 Virginia Tech. Lost to 1 Kansas 61–58. Bracket
- 200611Round of 64Lost to 6 West Virginia 64–46. Bracket
- 20057Round of 32Beat 10 Saint Mary's. Lost to 2 Oklahoma St 85–77. Bracket
- 20049Round of 64Lost to 8 Alabama 65–64. Bracket
- 200311Round of 64Lost to 6 missouri 72–71. Bracket
- 200211Sweet 16Beat 6 Texas Tech, 3 Georgia. Lost to 2 UConn 71–59. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jalen Haynes
- 26.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Max Pikaar
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Damien Mayo Jr.
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Damien Mayo Jr.Guard · St. Louis, MO | 6′3″ | 205 | 3 | 1 | 31.0 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| 1Jalen HaynesGuard · Lewisville, TX | 6′4″ | 190 | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 38.5 | 91.7 | 37.3 |
| 0Jeremiah Jackson · Louisville, KY | 6′4″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 28.5 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| 35Max PikaarForward · Leiden, Netherlands | 7′0″ | 220 | 2 | 2 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| 14Luke WalshGuard · St. Louis, MO | 6′3″ | 195 | 2 | 2 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 14.2 |
| 33Jaheem WebberCenter · Normal, IL | 6′10″ | 255 | 3 | 2 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 22.8 |
| 23Jaxson Fugate · Fort Wayne, IN | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 19.0 |
| 24Luke Susko · Flower Mound, TX | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.5 |
| 5Pietro Ranieri · Fidenza, Italy | 6′10″ | 220 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| 21Caden HawkinsGuard · Carterville, IL | 6′0″ | 185 | 2 | 2 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 12.5 |
| 88Brock McClureGuard · Lumberton, TX | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.8 |
| 4Daniel PauliukonisForward · Chicago, IL | 6′9″ | 215 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| 50Ty Laur · Pinckneyville, IL | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| 30Donovan HillForward · Harrisburg, PA | 6′8″ | 225 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–1
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–0
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsmaryville-university-mo | W82–40 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 6 | @KANKansas City | L93–100 | -1.5 | 143.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 12 | vsRICRichmond | Scheduled | +3.5 | 154.5 | — | — |
| Nov 17 | NLIBLiberty | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | NUT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | vsPORPortland State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | vsWASWashington State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | vsSE Southeast Missouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @LITLittle Rock | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsUNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @DRADrake | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 29 | @ARIArizona State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @VALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | @UICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsBRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vsMURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @BELBelmont | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vsEVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @INDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 24 | vsVALValparaiso | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @ILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsBELBelmont | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsINDIndiana State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @UNINorthern Iowa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsDRADrake | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 15 | @MURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsILLIllinois State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | @BRABradley | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsUICUIC | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | @EVAEvansville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |