Last season, the women’s basketball team accomplished something unprecedented at USI: Winning not one but two Division I trophies in their second season in the top tier of collegiate sports. That team...
The USI men’s basketball team took on Tiffin University in an anticipated match in search of their first victory Tuesday night. The game was a thrilling spectacle, featuring high-flying displays by USI’s...
The university’s first year of NCAA Division I athletics is coming to an end. Students, student-athletes and athletic administration report higher student attendance at sporting events, more school spirit...
Athletes have more freedom over their own experience than ever due to the introduction of the transfer portal. Since 2018, the NCAA has had the transfer portal as a compliance tool to help student-athletes...
The first Division I men’s basketball season came to an end following losses in both the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and the College Basketball Invitational.
The Screaming Eagles came into...
The NCAA men’s basketball season has ended, so it is time for the March Madness tournament. The March Madness tournament is one of the most significant events of the sports year. While USI cannot compete...
The university’s basketball season is ending, and it’s time for The Shield’s awards for the first Division I basketball season.
Women’s MVP: Hannah Haithcock
The women’s basketball’s...
USI is in its first athletic year of being Division I, making USI athletics ineligible for postseason tournaments due to NCAA bylaw 20.7.3.5. This bylaw makes it so universities transitioning from DII...
I wrote an article Nov. 10 about my overreactions to the first men’s and women’s basketball games of the season. Let’s take a look back at these games to see if both teams are still playing as they...
The USI athletics teams made some noise over Winter Break. Below is a summary of how the men’s and women’s basketball teams and swimming and diving competed.
Women’s basketball:
The women’s...
Chris Moore joined the men's basketball team coaching staff as a new assistant coach for the 2022-2023 season. This season will be Moore’s 23rd season coaching basketball, including seven years at former...
