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{{LogoX|Chicago, Illinois|I|{{wac}}|Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center}}
The '''Chicago State University''' Cougars compete as members of the [[{{wac}}]] in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  The school does not sponsor football.  Chicago State is a public institution located on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 5,000.

The campus is on the south side of Chicago, bordered by Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, US 20 (95th Street), Cottage Grove Avenue and the southbound rail complex, and I-90/94. Westbound on I-90/94, exit 65 (Stony Island Avenue) connects to US 20 a half-mile east of campus; eastbound, exit 62 is the US 20 exit, a quarter-mil west of campus. Northbound on I-57, which ends at I-90/94 near the southwest corner of campus, the closest access is via exit 357 (IL-1/Halstead Street), about a mile west of campus. Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (7,000) sits in the southeast quarter of the property, off 99th Place.

Chicago State's only real rival is [[Illinois-Chicago]], dating back to the days when both schools were in the NAIA.

Obviously, the Cougars have never sent a player to the NFL, and no former Cougar has seen playing time in the NBA either (although Sherrod Arnold was drafted by Dallas in 1984).
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Basketball===
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|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I
|2013-present
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|[[{{greatw}}|Great West Conference]]
|NCAA I
|2008-2013
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|2006-2008
|-
|[[{{midcon}}]]
|NCAA I
|1994-2006
|-
|[[{{eccold}}|East Coast Conference]]
|NCAA I
|1993-1994
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|1984-1993
|-
|[[{{chicac}}]]
|NAIA
|1973-1984
|-
|[[NAIA Basketball Independents]]
|NAIA
|1966-1973
|}
=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[CollegeInsider.com Tournament]]
|[[2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|2013]]
|-
|[[NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament]]
|[[1981 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1981]], [[1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1983]], [[1984 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1984]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{greatw}}|Great West Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[2013 Great West Conference Men's Basketball|2013]]
|-
|[[NAIA District 20 Men's Basketball]] Champions
|[[1981 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals#District 20|1981]], [[1983 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals#District 20|1983]], [[1984 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals#District 20|1984]]
|}

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[NAIA Division I Men's Basketball First-Team All-Americans|NAIA First-Team All-Americans]]
|1983: Sherrod Arnold (G)
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.gocsucougars.com/ Chicago State University Athletics]
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