College Basketball - Summit League

Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks

Location: Macomb, IL
University Founded: 1899
Enrollment: 13,602 Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks

Nickname: Fighting Leathernecks
Mascot: Colonel Rock (Bulldog)
School Colors:
Purple and gold
Joined the Summit L: 1982
Varsity Teams:
U. President: Alvin Goldfarb
Director of Athletics:
Tim Van Alstine
Basketball Head Coach:
Derek Thomas
Conference Titles:
Summit Reg. Sea: 1983
Summit Tournament: 1984
Basketball Arena: Western Hall
Current Capacity: 5,139

The Western Illinois men's basketball team is called the Fighting Leathernecks and they are members of the Summit League since 1982.

The team won the Summit regular season title in 1983 and the post-season tournament title in 1984.

Western Illinois has never appeared in a NCAA Tournament or a NIT Tournament.

The team play its home games at the Western Hall and their head coach is Derek Thomas who has been with the team for five seasons.

During the 2007-08 regular season, the team has an overall record of 12-18 and a conference record of 7-12.

Western Illinois 2009/10 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
13-Nov	at Arizona State	L 87-35
15-Nov	at Kansas State	L 82-50
18-Nov	Truman State	W 71-59
21-Nov	at Central Arkansas	W 56-46
24-Nov	at Savannah State	L 52-48
28-Nov	Greenville	W 84-46
3-Dec	North Dakota State	L 60-55
5-Dec	South Dakota State	L 80-74
9-Dec	Culver-Stockton	W 73-36
12-Dec	Eastern Illinois	L 44-41
22-Dec	Central Arkansas	W 55-44
31-Dec	at Oakland	L 75-63
2-Jan	at IPFW	L 53-49
4-Jan	Savannah State	W 55-51
9-Jan	at IUPUI	L 67-54
14-Jan	Centenary	W 70-51
16-Jan	Oral Roberts	L 74-62
21-Jan	at UMKC	L 61-57
23-Jan	at Southern Utah	W 67-54
28-Jan	IPFW	8:00 PM ET
30-Jan	Oakland	8:00 PM ET
2-Feb	at North Carolina Central	7:00 PM ET
6-Feb	IUPUI	7:00 PM ET
11-Feb	at Oral Roberts	8:05 PM ET
13-Feb	at Centenary	8:30 PM ET
18-Feb	Southern Utah	8:00 PM ET
20-Feb	UMKC	8:00 PM ET
25-Feb	at South Dakota State	8:00 PM ET
27-Feb	at North Dakota State	8:30 PM ET

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