SIUE Coach Talks About the Celebration
(St. Louis, MO) – Southern Illinois Edwardsville had a huge Selection Show Sunday party and head coach Brian Barone joined us Sunday night. The Cougars (22-11) faces Houston (30-4) Thursday in Wichita. Barone has turned the Cougars into an upper-level Ohio Valley Conference team and is the reigning OVC Tournament champions.
Sunday, First Community Bank Arena was filled with fans and supporters and when CBS announced the Cougars’ placement in the NCAA Tournament field, the crowd erupted and the reality of it all has become more and more real.
Barone turned SIUE from a program that had never achieved a winning season, to a program with 58 wins over the last three seasons. OVC ‘Player of the Year’ Ray’Sean Taylor is a huge part of that great success. Taylor was also the OVC Tournament MVP.
During our conversation, Barone talked about the celebration, his team’s determination to beat Houston and his long-standing relationship with Houston’s hall-of-fame coach Kelvin Sampson.
Enjoy our Selection Show Sunday conversation with Brian Barone.
We will be in Wichita this week to cover the Cougars and the Drake Bulldogs.
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