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Jim Crews Day set for Saturday against SIU

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Jim Crews Day will be held on Saturday afternoon as the University of Evansville men's basketball team takes on Southern Illinois at the Ford Center beginning at 1 p.m.

Crews coached at UE from 1985 through 2002 and accumulated 294 victories. A 4-time conference coach of the year earned the honor in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference three times and once in the MVC (1999). He led the Aces to four NCAA Tournament appearances and three NIT berths.