The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles women's basketball team represents the
University of Southern Indiana
The University of Southern Indiana (USI) is a public university just outside of Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1965, USI enrolls 9,750 dual credit, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in more than 130 areas of study. USI offers program ...
in
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
, United States. The Screaming Eagles currently compete in the
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division I Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...
, having started a transition from
Division II on July 1, 2022. Under NCAA rules for reclassifying programs, the Screaming Eagles will not be eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2026–27 season. The Screaming Eagles will be eligible to play in the
WNIT, which unlike
its men's counterpart is not operated by the NCAA.
The team is currently led by twenty-three-year head coach
Rick Stein
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*Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
and play their home games at
Screaming Eagles Arena Screaming Eagles Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Evansville, Indiana. It opened in 2019 and seats 4,800 people for basketball games. It is the home arena of the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles at the University of Southern Indiana
The Univer ...
.
See also
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Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (colloquially known as Screagles) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Southern Indiana, located outside Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports ...
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Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles men's basketball
The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles men's basketball team, also previously known as the Indiana State University-Evansville Screaming Eagles, represents the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana, United States. The Screaming Eagl ...
References
External links
Website
College women's basketball teams in the United States
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