Saint Louis

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri Division: NCAA Division I Conference (basketball): Atlantic 10 Conference Arena: Chaifetz Arena

The Saint Louis University Billikens compete as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference in NCAA Division I basketball. The school has not sponsored football since 1949. Saint Louis is a private Catholic (Jesuit) institution located in midtown Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 7,000.

The campus is located squarely in midtown, between Forest Park Avenue and Lindell Boulevard, and between Vandeventer Avenue and Compton Avenue. I-64 exits 37B (Grand Boulevard) and 38A (Forest Park Avenue) lead directly to campus, and Chaifetz Arena (10,600) sits just off the latter interchange.

Saint Louis doesn't have a main rival, per se. There are mild rivalries with most of the midwestern Catholic institutions, and North Carolina-Charlotte, as the team which joined the Billikens in moving from Conference USA to the Atlantic 10 Conference, can be seen as a rival. There are also mild rivalries with Southern Illinois and Missouri State. The real historical "rivalry" is with Washington University, located less than a mile to the west; however, as Washington is a Division III school and de-emphasized athletics after World War II, they no longer compete athletically.

Conference Affiliations

Football

no team		1974-present
club team	NCFA	1968-1973
no team		1950-1967
Missouri Valley Conference	NCAA University	1947-1949
Missouri Valley Conference	NCAA	1937-1946
NCAA Independents	NCAA	1910-1936
Pre-NCAA Independents	Independent	1899-1909

Basketball

Atlantic 10 Conference	NCAA I	2005-present
Conference USA	NCAA I	1995-2005
Great Midwest Conference	NCAA I	1991-1995
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	NCAA I	1985-1991
Midwestern City Conference	NCAA I	1982-1985
Metro Conference	NCAA I	1975-1982
NCAA Division I Independents	NCAA I	1974-1975
Missouri Valley Conference	NCAA I	1973-1974
Missouri Valley Conference	NCAA University	1947-1973
Missouri Valley Conference	NCAA	1937-1947
NCAA Independents	NCAA	1915-1937

Post-Season Appearances

Football

Saint Louis football never appeared in a post-season game.

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament	1952, 1957, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
National Invitation Tournament Championship Game	1948, 1961, 1989, 1990
National Invitation Tournament	1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2003, 2004

Championships

Football

Saint Louis never won a championship of any kind in football.

Basketball

National Invitation Tournament Champions	1948
Conference USA Tournament Champions	2000
Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Champions	1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1971

External Links

Saint Louis University Athletics