Saluki SIDs

@SIUSalukis sports info. No cheering in the press box.

[Saluki Basketball @SIU_Basketball]

Continuing our look back at 2021-22. Finished the season with our highest KenPom ranking since 2008.

#KeepYourChip

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

.@addi16baker is the first Saluki freshman since 2003, and fourth overall since 1980, to hit a homer in their first collegiate game.

Fewest ABs to hit 1st career 💣:
Julie Meier, 1998 (1st AB)
Addi Baker, 2022 (2nd AB)
Katie Louis, 2002 (2nd AB)
Maria Damico, 2002 (4th AB)

[Saluki Softball @SIU_Softball]

🔘Home run in her final high school at-bat
🔘Home run in final club game
🔘Home run in first fall ball game
🔘Home run in first official collegiate game.

@addi16baker �� The Natural

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

And she's one of us! Proud of you, @CassieBuchholz!

#NGWSD

[College Sports Communicators @CollSportsComm]

On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, we celebrate females participating/working in college sports! It's a good time for our Feb. @WoSIDA Women To Watch feature-hear from @CassieBuchholz, @SIUSalukis media services graduate assistant https://t.co/nCkUbEQOaR @MVCSports #NGWSD

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Only two MVC MBB players have averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as freshmen since 1992-93, per @sports_ref.

Shea Seals, Tulsa, 1993-94
Marcus Domask, SIU, 2019-20

#SalukiStats

[Mike Reis @MikeReisSIU]

Former Tulsa star Shea Seals is on @salukiradio before SIU-TU. Tulsa HOF'er, NBA alum, star overseas, championship high school coach, current Tulsa assistant, Seals remembers the games in the mid-90s vs. Carr, Timmons and SIU. Listen now by clicking here: https://t.co/iMyEayglYT

[Missouri Valley Conference @MVCsports]

To all of the SIDs around The Valley,

Thank you for the hard work, your long nights, weekends.

Thank you for the endless dedication to your teams, your student-athletes, your coaches, your administration and our league.

THANK YOU.

#ThankYourSID | @CoSIDAnews

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Best attendance at any home game in more than five years. (11,150 vs. Murray State on Sept. 17, 2016).

#Salukis are 6-1 at home since 2014 when attendance is 10,000+.

#SalukiStats

[Saluki Football @SIU_Football]

10,644 strong❗️ Best homecoming attendance since 2013. #SIUHomecoming

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Updated...

» 7-2 in its last 9 games vs. ranked opponents (wins over teams ranked #1, #2, #3, #4, #15, #22, and #25)
» 12-5 in its last 17 MVFC games (tied with SDSU for second-best record in the MVFC over last 17 conference games)
» 17-5 in last 22 games vs. FCS opponents

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

.@SIU_Football is...

» 6-2 in its last 8 games vs. ranked opponents (wins over teams ranked #1 #2, #3, #4, #15, and #25)
» 11-5 in its last 16 MVFC games (tied with SDSU for second-best record in MVFC over last 16 league games)
» 16-5 in its last 21 games vs. FCS opponents

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Sagarin Ratings: @SIU_Football is rated higher than six Power 5 programs (Duke, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas & Vanderbilt).

#Salukis ranked ahead of 39 FBS schools in total.

https://t.co/0FDwQ4Z82w

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

.@SIU_Football is...

» 6-2 in its last 8 games vs. ranked opponents (wins over teams ranked #1 #2, #3, #4, #15, and #25)
» 11-5 in its last 16 MVFC games (tied with SDSU for second-best record in MVFC over last 16 league games)
» 16-5 in its last 21 games vs. FCS opponents

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

#SalukiStats

» Tied for the second-largest comeback in school history.
» 7th comeback of 20+ point deficit in school history
» Biggest comeback since 2007 (trailed Northern Illinois 28-7, won 34-31, quarterbacked by @17NickHill)
» Third 17+ point comeback under Hill

[Saluki Football @SIU_Football]

WHAT. A. COMEBACK. #Salukis

We’re back in Carbondale next Saturday for Homecoming. See you there!

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Highest-ranked road wins in school history:

1 - at #1 Western Kentucky in 2005 (31-20)
t2 - at #2 Youngstown State in 2000 (21-20)
t2 - at #2 Western Illinois in 2003 (37-32)
t2 - at #2 UNI in 2009 (27-20)
t2 - at #2 SDSU in 2021 (42-41)
6 - at #3 Weber State in 2021 (34-31)

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

#Salukis have led at halftime in six of the last seven games against FBS opponents — Indiana (2015), Florida Atlantic (2016), Memphis (2017), Ole Miss (2018), UMass (2019), and Kansas State (2021).

More @SIU_Football vs. FBS opponents #SalukiStats ⬇️

[Saluki Football @SIU_Football]

#Salukis up at the half. Keep pushing forward.

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

@SIU_Baseball Winningest mid-majors over last two years:

1 - ECU (57)
2 - ODU (56)
3 - UC Santa Barbara (54)
4 - Central Michigan (53)
5 - @SIU_Baseball, DBU, and Southern Miss (52)

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

#Salukis t-15th winningest program in the nation over the last two years

1 - Tenn (63)
2 - Ark & Ole Miss (60)
4 - Tex (59)
5 - ECU (57)
6 - Miss St, ODU, Tx Tech & Vandy (56)
10 - Fla, Santa Barbara (54)
12 - Ariz, C Mich, La Tech (53)
15 - DBU, @SIU_Baseball, S. Miss, TCU (52)

[Saluki Baseball @SIU_Baseball]

An incredible season.

» Best start ever
» Longest winning streak since 1974
» First 40-win season since 1990
» Shattered the single-season home run record

Thanks for the memories.

[Ryan Tibbitts @ryantibbitts11]

Whoever is running @SIU_Softball is thriving with the spotlight on the team.

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Nine separate @SIU_Baseball players lead the @MVCsports in at least one statistical category.

Individually #Salukis rank 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th in the MVC in total bases and 1-2-3-4-5 in the league in RBIs.

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

A look at where @SIU_Baseball's 14-0 start and 19-game winning streak stacked up in program history.

#SalukiStats

[Taylor Eldridge @tayloreldridge]

With the regular season nearly complete, here's a look at how all 31 conferences fared this season in trying to get their conference games in. I'm impressed the national average was 85.9%.

@ValleyHoops was the only conference in the country to play 100% of its scheduled games.

[Saluki SIDs @SIU_SID]

Longest active winning streaks in the nation.

SOFTBALL
1 - @ArizonaSoftball (22G)
2 - @SIU_Softball (18G)

BASEBALL
1 - @NavyBaseball (18G)
2 - @SIU_Baseball (12G)

#Salukis #SalukiStats

[Opta FCS Football @OptaAnalystFCS]

Southern Illinois (2-1, 1-1) 38,
No. 1 North Dakota State (2-1, 1-1) 14

Salukis end NDSU's FCS-record 39-game win streak, 19-game MVFC run.

Largest NDSU losses in D-I era (since 2004):
31 – 37-6 at Cal Poly on 10-8-05
24 – 38-14 at So. Illinois today
20 – 23-3 at UNI on 11-8-14