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At Southern Miss, the col-lege experience is about

top-flight educational opportuni-ties where ambitious students, outstanding scholars, world-class researchers and creative art-ists thrive in an environment of exploration and discovery.

The only dual campus uni-versity in Mississippi, Southern Miss provides educational opportunities in Hattiesburg, Long Beach and six teach-ing and research sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is enriched by the diverse perspectives of 15,000-plus stu-dents and faculty from all 50 states and 70 countries.

Across the university, faculty and students are engaged in scholarly pursuits and relevant research which impacts the community and addresses challenges affecting education, the environment, health and security.

Recognized as a Carnegie RU/H: Research University (high research activity), Southern Miss

offers undergraduate and gradu-ate degree programs to students through the Colleges of Arts and Letters, Business, Education and Psychology, Health and Science and Technology.

As the premier research university of the Gulf South, Southern Miss prepares stu-dents for leadership roles in an interdependent global society.

Armed with a vision to transform its world in service to the greater good, Southern Miss is preparing graduates to make a difference wherever they are.

For nearly 100 years, The University of Southern Mississippi has been educating students to become suc-

cessful and productive citizens. In 2010, the univer-sity will celebrate its Centennial – A Treasured Past and A Golden Future – while preparing to launch its second century of service to the state, nation and world.

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Gulf Park campus

Hattiesburg campus

• The Southern Miss School of Nursing provides the best instruction and clinical application for students who continue to rank above their peers nationwide. Last year the School of Nursing produced a 95 percent graduation rate, while the national average was 86 percent and the state average 87 percent.

• Southern Miss student-athletes graduate at a high rate of 77 per-cent for men and 78 percent for women. The men’s rate is the high-est among Mississippi universities.

• The only program of its kind in the nation, the Sports and High Performance Materials major is designed for students interested in creating the next generation of sport-ing equipment, including football helmets and running shoes.

• Southern Miss has taken a leader-ship role in safety and security aware-ness at major sporting events with ongoing work at the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security. The first of its kind nationwide, the Center has received more than $7.8 million in fund-ing for security management processes, risk management curriculum, Web-based sports venue training curriculum and evacuation simulation systems.

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• Ocean research by scientists in

the Department of Marine Science

is focused on collecting data to help

improve weather forecasting models

and developing the next generation

of airborne coastal mapping and

charting systems.

• Southern Miss is one of 25 universi-ties in the United States that is nationally accredited in all four arts disciplines; the-ater, dance, art and music.

• The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra received the 2009 Governor’s Award for Leadership from the Mississippi Arts Commission and will debut the university’s Centennial cel-ebration in January with a concert featur-ing international opera star Renee Fleming and the Mississippi Opera.

• The Southern Miss Honors College, one of America’s oldest among public universities, offers special academic opportunities for ambitious undergradu-ates, regardless of their fields of study. Graduates go on to be successful as lead-ers in fields such as medicine, law, sci-ence, education and government, among others.

• The Healthcare Marketing and Sales degree program in the College of Business combines science with a solid foundation in marketing and business to prepare stu-dents for careers in the industry. It is the only program of its kind in Mississippi.

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• The Southern Miss

baseball team scored

a monumental victory

by reaching the 2009

College World Series for

the first time in school

history.

• Southern Miss has had 17 students named as prestigious Goldwater Scholars, the most of any other university in Mississippi. The scholarship is considered the most prestigious U.S. award for under-graduates studying the sciences.

• International Education at Southern Miss is extending its outreach by forg-ing new partnerships with universities in Panama to support student exchanges and research collaborations in conjunction with the new Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation.

• One of the key research thrusts for the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials is developing, testing and formu-lating new composites for aerospace and marine applications. A new partnership between GE Aviation and the School is focused on composites development pro-cessing for the GEnx aircraft engine.

• Research and development in marine aquaculture at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is focused on creating new technology to meet the global demand for seafood.

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• Reaching out to those in need

remains a key component of the

Southern Miss experience. In the past

year students and faculty members

contributed 42,673 hours of volunteer

service. Of that number, 3,200 hours

were logged by student-athletes.

Hattiesburg Today

Positioned at the fork of the Leaf and Bouie Rivers - the heart of

south Mississippi’s rolling piney woods - Hattiesburg, Mississippi, provides a unique blend of affordability and high standard of living for nearly 50,000 residents.

Hattiesburg is the educational, retail and medical center for more than a quarter of a million people who live throughout the southeast Mississippi region and is also the home of the University of Southern Mississippi, William Carey College, and Camp Shelby.

Hattiesburg is known as the “Hub City” because it is located at the intersections of Interstate 59 and U.S. Highways 49, 98 and 11. Hattiesburg is centrally located less than 100 miles from the state capital of Jackson as well as the Gulf Coast, New Orleans and Mobile.

This growing micropolitan area that includes Hattiesburg, Forrest and Lamar Counties, was designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1994 with a combined population of more than 100,000 residents.

LivabilityDuring the last several years, Hattiesburg

has been recognized nationally for its liv-ability including the following areas:

• Healthcare • Most Popular Destinations • Retirement Communities • Business Relocation Continued economic expansion during

the past few years has made Hattiesburg one of the most dynamic and fastest growing areas in the Southeast.

With its economic beginnings in the timber industry of the late 1800s, to the mobilization of the military in 1915 and World War II at Camp Shelby, to the prosperous growth of the 1990s, Hattiesburg stands ready to move into the 21st century as a progressive, eco-nomically healthy community that nur-tures a quality of life second to none.

Our City’s HistoryHattiesburg was founded in 1882 by

Captain William H. Hardy, pioneer lum-berman and civil engineer. Early settlers to the area were of Scottish, Irish, and English desent who came from Georgia and the Carolinas, attracted by the vast acreage of virgin pine timberlands. This was an area of rich promise at a time when renewed development of the South was getting under way.

The City of Hattiesburg was incor-porated in 1884 with a population of

approximately 400. Originally called Twin Forks and later Gordonville, Hardy gave the city its final name of Hattiesburg, in honor of his wife Hattie.

Also in 1884, the railroad, known as the Southern Railway System, was built from Meridian through Hattiesburg to New Orleans. The commercial value of the great virgin timber stands was quickly recognized and, for a time, timberland was available for as little as 50 cents to $1.50 an acre. Mills sprang up; naval store plants came on the heels of the timber industry, and turpentine stills became as numerous as the sawmills.

The completion of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad from Gulfport to Jackson, now part of the Illinois Central System, ran through Hattiesburg and ushered in the real lumber boom in 1897. Though it was 20 years in the building, the railroad more than fulfilled its promise. It gave the state a deep water harbor, more than doubled the population of towns along its route, built the City of Gulfport and made Hattiesburg a railroad center.

After World War I, Hattiesburg found a new way of life became necessary. The people of the region were able to adjust themselves and proved willing find new and diverse ways of making a living bringing with them further population booms.

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Golden Eagle student-athletes under-stand that achieving a quality edu-

cation is the most important thing in their collegiate life. However, with the demands of each athlete’s athletic pur-suits, balancing both is, at times, difficult to achieve. Thankfully, the Southern Miss Student Academic Enhancement Program (SAEP) helps its student-athletes attain and maintain that balance by providing quali-ty academic support services. The mission of the SAEP is designed to give Golden Eagle athletes needed support to assure that academic success is realistic, not only during the athlete’s playing days, but also after his or her eligibility has expired.

• The SAEP emphasizes making the aca-demic career at the university one of pro-duction, by counseling student-athletes in a variety of areas, including course selection and degree plans.

• The SAEP also focuses on preparing the student-athlete for life beyond graduation.

• Aided with the help of tutors, the SAEP offers individualized tutoring in all courses and an academic center that includes a study hall and full access computer lab.

• In addition, the SAEP also monitors NCAA eligibility requirements for the stu-dent-athletes, ensuring participation in their respective sports.

• Golden Eagle student-athletes also are involved in a variety of individual and group community service projects, along with life skills programs that further develop the over-all person.

• The graduation rates of all student-ath-letes at Southern Miss are higher than those of non-athletes.

• Golden Eagle athletes are consistent members on the President’s and Dean’s Lists, as well as among the leaders in Conference USA scholars.

• During the 2008-09 academic year, Southern Miss had one student-athlete win ESPN Academic All-American accolades. There were 19 student-athletes to make the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for a grade point average of 3.75 or better, while 113 made the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

• Six different Southern Miss student-athletes captured C-USA All-Academic Team honors for their respective pro-grams during 2008-09.

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Strength and Conditioning

The Golden Eagle men’s basketball team strives to play at its peak level during

each of its games during the season. To do that, much preparation, hard work and dedication is needed, to attain the high per-formance that is associated with Southern Miss Basketball each year. Physical prepara-tion and conditioning is the foundation to that success. Each player understands that offseason work is the stepping stone to the next season, and without hard work, dedica-tion and many hours of training, becoming a champion is impossible.• The Southern Miss strength and condition-

ing program has two main goals – help-ing athletes to enhance their individual performance potential and aiding in the prevention of injuries through training.

• The strength and conditioning program

builds a workout plan that will enhance the weakest phase of each individual’s ability. If each person is only as strong as their weakest link, the program strives to make that weak link strong.

• In every offseason or preseason train-ing cycle, the strength and conditioning program strives to improve all areas of training (strength, fitness, conditioning, flexibility, etc.) the equivalent of one let-ter grade in each area.

• The athletes receive a specialized workout that concentrates on improving their per-formance levels geared to sport specific training acumens.

• The program has been enhanced with the recent addition of the strength and condi-tioning facility.

• Within the athletic center, student-athletes

enjoy the benefits of a spacious, state-of-the-art workout area.

• A maximum of 48 athletes can be safely trained in the workout area.

• The spacious floor area features 4,300 square feet of workable space, more than doubling the size of the previous weight room.

• The workout area features equipment from some of the leading manufacturers of training equipment in the nation, includ-ing Power Lift, Hammer Strength and Life Fitness.

• There are 12 training platforms and 12 racks, as well as six “jammer” machines.

• There are also a number of workout machines that target each of the major muscle groups in the body, along with dumbbells and cardiovascular equipment.

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Athletic Training

Bumps, bruises, aches and pains are all common when playing a varsity sport,

especially with practices, games, weight training and conditioning drills, which are all parts of a student-athlete’s collegiate life. But thanks to the hard work and devotion of Southern Miss’ Certified Athletic Trainers and Student Athletic Trainers, Golden Eagle athletes receive proper treatment and care to keep their performance at the highest level in order to remain on the field of competi-tion. Southern Miss also has a quality group of physicians who meet the medical needs of the 16 athletic teams at the University. The physicians are mostly specialists who are skilled in the various types of injuries that can occur in athletic competition.• The program revolves around three major

aspects – prevention of athletic injuries, treatment and rehabilitation of those injuries and recognition of injuries that require referral to appropriate medical personnel.

• The program is accredited nationally by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) stan-dards. In the program’s last review, the Southern Miss Athletic Training Program surpassed CAATE standards, allowing the program continue with its certification.

• The direct involvement of the student athletic trainers helps make the program a success. The students are enrolled in an accredited five-semester curriculum in the athletic training program at the University and are the core foundation of the athletic training department.

• The athletic training program has seen a

huge influx of students in recent years, and the program’s numbers increase each year. Over the last 16 years, the athletic training programs’ student staff has grown, from 25 students in 1989 to more than 40 in 2007.

• The athletic center also has resulted in more space for the athletic training pro-gram. The staff is now able to utilize a much larger athletic training room with state-of-the-art equipment able to handle the care for more than 300 athletes.

• The athletic training room is an open area where Assistant Athletic Director/Sports Medicine Todd McCall and his staff can view all the aspects of sports medicine. There are 11 examination tables in the 4,000-square-foot room, 10 of which are housed in the main training room. The other table exists in a private examination room that team physi-cians utilize.

• The facility also houses a state-of-the-art hydro-therapeutic swimming pool, which provides athletes with water resistance to speed up the rehabilitation, while decreasing stress on the injured body parts.

• Along with the hydro-

therapeutic pool, the facility also benefits student-athletes with an in-house X-ray unit, which helps reduce the time the athlete is off the field. Instead of waiting a few days to get an X-ray appointment, the athletes can have their injuries evaluated in a much shorter amount of time.

• On top of the benefits the student-athletes receive from the facility, the athletic train-ing staff and the athletic training students also benefit. The facility allows for a learning-lab environment that helps in the educational aspects of the athletic train-ing education program. The facility gives the athletic training staff more room for storage, which helps to maintain a better inventory of supplies used on a daily basis.

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Reed Green Coliseum

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The Golden Eagles play home games in the beautiful and spa-cious 8,095 seat Reed Green Coliseum, named fittingly for a man who for 44 years was a player, coach and athletic direc-tor, served the cause of intercol-legiate athletics at his alma mater – Reed Green.

The HistoryThe first game played in

Green Coliseum was December 6, 1965, when the Golden Eagles defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 71-69. The building was formally dedicated on December 11, 1965, during a game against Alabama.

The Golden Eagles have been tough in their home arena, posting a 401-177 mark since the 1965-66 season for a .694 winning percentage. The longest home winning streak is 23 games, beginning with an 82-73 win over Mississippi on December 14, 1966, and ending January 7, 1969, in a 90-69 loss to West Florida.

The Golden Eagles’ first Metro Conference game and victory was in Reed Green

Coliseum against Tulane, when Southern Miss defeated the Green Wave 50-48 on December 6, 1982. The program’s first Conference USA game also was played at Reed Green Coliseum, a 75-70 loss to Cincinnati on Jan. 11, 1996. The first C-USA win at the arena occurred against USF, when the team won 59-51 on Feb. 24, 1996.

In 1967-68, the Golden Eagles were unde-feated at home, posting an 11-0 mark in the Coliseum. It was the only season in which a perfect mark was posted. The most victories to be posted in Green Coliseum were 16 dur-ing the 2006-07 campaign.

Green Coliseum is also the home of Lady Golden Eagle bas-ketball, and the facility is used for other campus functions such as graduation, concerts, and civic events.

The FutureThe Southern Miss Department

of Athletics unveiled a new vision a little more than four years ago. It’s a vision unlike any other that Golden Eagle followers have seen

in the history of the school. It’s a vision that will help move Southern Miss to the forefront of Conference USA and beyond.

When the grand-scale expansion and improvements plan was laid out in April 2003 by Director of Athletics, Richard Giannini, Southern Miss began to take its first steps in becoming one of the most competitive overall programs in the nation. The comprehensive facilities initiative seeks marked improvements in every sporting venue including Reed Green Coliseum.

Green Coliseum recently underwent an internal change, with the upgrade of the heat-

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ing and cooling systems. That phase of the comprehensive renovation plan was completed in the summer of 2004; with work on phase two of the project – which will include changesand updates to the coaches’ offices, player locker rooms and training areas – next on the construction schedule.

These changes are just the first steps in the overall master plan that will virtually transform the Golden Eagle sports programs by vastly improving the facilities that house each and every team, and in turn, trans-form the entire Department of Athletics. Coliseum’s improvements fall in a five-phase plan that includes the recently com-pleted first phase, and additional phases that will improve team and staff facilities, floor seating, auxiliary support facilities and improvements in concessions, restrooms and the concourse area, as well as the exte-rior facade of the building.

All of these changes will be done in an effort to improve every venue at Southern Miss, enabling each to become more fan-friendly and provide a better atmosphere and game day experience that is sure to increase excite-ment and support for the various sports teams.

The Southern Miss Department of Athletics

unveiled a new vision a little more than six years ago. It’s a vision unlike any other that Golden Eagle followers have seen in the history of the school. It’s a vision that helps continue to move Southern Miss to the forefront of Conference USA and beyond. When the grand-scale expansion and improvements plan was laid out in April 2003 by Director of Athletics Richard Giannini, Southern Miss began to take its first steps in becom-ing one of the most competitive overall programs in the nation. The comprehensive facilities initiative seeks marked improve-ments in every sporting venue, further ensur-ing Southern Miss’ place among the elite athletic programs in the nation.

• Reed Green Coliseum is the 8,095-seat on-campus venue for Southern Miss’ men’s and women’s basketball programs. The facil-ity, which was formally dedicated on Dec. 11, 1965, will celebrate its 44th anniversary during the 2009-10 basketball season. A num-ber of improvements have been made to the Coliseum in recent years, including the instal-lation of a new heating and cooling system in the summer of 2004 and the installation of a new floor in the spring of 2006. Work on phase two of the renovation project - which included changes and updates to the coaches’

offices, player locker rooms and training areas – was completed in the summer of 2008.

• Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field has been the home of Southern Miss baseball since 1985, and “The Pete” as it is nick-named, has seated more than a million fans who have entered its gates. The stadium features bleacher seating for 2,000 fans and chair back seating for 1,678. The stadium also has new media facilities and an increas-ingly popular right field lounge area known as the “Right Field Roost,” which has reserved parking for 40 vehicles and is equipped with barbeque grills. The construction of 12 private luxury suites and a new press box debuted during the 2008 season.

• The Southern Miss Softball Complex has been the home of Lady Eagle Softball since the spring of 2002. The facility is currently under construc-tion that will include a modern grandstand with press box, restroom facilities and team lockerrooms and is expected to be completed. An indoor hitting facility was installed in January 2005 and additional batting cages are located behind the first base dugout.

• The Southern Miss Track and Field and Soccer Complex is the home of the Golden Eagle track and field and soccer pro-grams. The complex, which consists of a track, soccer field,

press box and storage facilities, has bleacher seating for approximately 850. The com-plex also is equipped with a state-of-the-art Daktronics scoreboard.

• The Rogers, Thames and Welch Baseball Center at Pete Taylor Park, is a 6,000 square-foot facility, adjacent to the first-base side of the park, provides state-of-the art facilities, including a team locker room, training room, players’ lounge, an area for equipment storage and distribution, a laundry area, as well as coaches’ offices and dressing areas for coaches and umpires. There also is a large lobby area at the entrance of the building, displaying the his-tory and tradition of the baseball program.

Athletics Facilities

Pete Taylor Park

New Press Box and Luxury Suites at Pete Taylor Park

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Marshall Bell Track and Soccer Complex

Green Coliseum Addition

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Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium

Southern Miss Softball Complex

1987 NIT Champions

It is always a good thing to end the basketball season with a victory. That

means normally that something special has happened to that particular team.

For Southern Miss during the 1986-87 season, that is exactly what happened. The Golden Eagles won five games over a 14-day period to capture the 1987 Nation-al Invitation Tournament. The champion-ship game saw Southern Miss beat LaSalle, and their premier player Lionel “L-Train” Simmons, 84-80, in front of a capacity crowd of 12,742 at Madison Square Gar-den in New York City on Mar. 26.

That game capped a whirlwind tour that

began with a sold-out crowd of 8,095 at Reed Green Coliseum, seeing the Eagles defeat in-state rival Ole Miss 93-75 to open the postseason event.

Then, Southern Miss hit the road and beat two formidable foes in St. Louis, 83-78, in overtime and at Vanderbilt, 95-88.

The Golden Eagles then made their Madison Square Garden debut by defeat-ing Nebraska 82-75 in the semifinals, while LaSalle upended Arkansas-Little Rock, 92-73, to setup the title matchup.

Southern Miss ended the year with a 23-11 record, tying the fourth most victo-

ries in a season for the Golden Eagles. USM finished 6-6 in Metro Conference play, tying for third in the league.

Under the guid-ance of M.K. Turk, the explosive Gold-en Eagle offensive show averaged 82 points per game that year and paved the way for two NCAA tournament teams just three and four years later. The only two times the Gold-en Eagles reached “March Madness.”

That offensive machine featured the Eagles version of their own Fab Four, juniors Randolph Keys, Derrek Hamilton, Casey Fisher and John White, along with senior Kenny Siler, which led the way for Southern Miss. All five players finished the year averaging in double figures and the foursome com-bined to become the first in NCAA history to have four players on the same team to score 1,000 points in their respective careers.

Southern Miss (23-11)Player FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MINDerrek Hamilton, F 6 16 3 4 2 4 4 8 12 4 17 1 5 0 2 30John White, F 3 9 1 5 3 4 2 2 4 4 10 5 0 0 1 21Randolph Keys, C 8 15 0 1 2 5 5 4 9 3 18 1 3 0 1 40Casey Fisher, G 6 14 6 11 0 0 2 3 5 1 18 7 3 0 2 37Kenny Siler, G 6 8 1 2 4 4 0 1 1 2 17 4 1 0 0 36Jurado Hinton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 17Randy Pettus 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 9Willie Brown 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 10Team 5Totals 31 65 11 24 11 18 15 22 42 21 84 23 13 0 7 200 .477 .458 .611 LaSalle (20-13)Player FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MINLarry Koretz, F 4 17 0 9 0 0 5 6 11 2 8 0 2 0 0 30Lionel Simmons, F 12 19 0 0 10 10 6 5 11 2 34 1 0 0 1 40Craig Conlin, C 4 9 0 0 2 2 5 2 7 4 10 3 5 0 1 31Tim Legler, G 4 14 2 8 2 6 1 3 4 3 12 1 1 0 2 40Rich Tarr, G 4 11 2 7 4 4 1 2 3 2 14 9 2 0 1 40Ron Barnes 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 12Gary Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7Team 5 2Totals 28 70 4 24 20 24 18 18 41 18 80 15 13 1 6 200 .400 .167 .833

Southern Miss 39 45 — 84LaSalle 34 46 — 80Attendance: 12,742

Southern Miss 84, LaSalle 80 • Mar. 26, 1987

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Former Golden Eagles in the NBA

Kelly McCarty1999 Denver Nuggets

Clarence Weatherspoon1992 Philadelphia 76ers 1st/9th

Randolph Keys1988 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st/22nd

Derrek Hamilton1988 New Jersey Jets 3rd Round

Curtis Green1984 New York Knicks 3rd Round

Wendell Ladner1970 New Orleans Bucs 2nd Round

Richie Goldberg1961 Philadelphia Warriors 6th Round

Micky Harrington1955 New York Knicks

Nick Revon1954 Minneapolis Lakers

Tom Bishop1953 New York Knicks

Jim Bishop1952 Minneapolis Lakers

Former Golden Eagles in the

NBA Clarence Weatherspoon

JoeCourtney

Randolph Keys

Kelly McCarty

Richie Goldberg

Wendell Ladner

Curtis Green

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Media Exposure

Since Southern Miss became a charter member of

Conference USA for the 1995-96 season, the Golden Eagles have seen a steady increase in national and regional exposure through greater visibility in print, radio and television expo-sure. With Southern Miss’ geo-graphical position strategically located among five sizeable markets, along with the other major markets in C-USA and the current growth of the league, the Golden Eagles’ exposure through visibility should easily continue to grow and become stronger, both regionally and nationally.• Through the league’s partnership

with national sports outlets over the years, including the ESPN family of networks and CBS College Sports (formerly CSTV), Southern Miss has continually been among the most visible basketball pro-grams in the southeast.

• The basketball program has been featured in national and regional publica-tions, including major national newspapers, web sites, including ESPN.com, SI.com and CBS.Sportsline.com.

• Fourteen daily newspapers and numerous other weekly publications cover Southern Miss basketball on a regular basis, as do eight television stations throughout south Mississippi.

• While television and print exposure have been on the rise, so too have broad-casts over the airwaves, thanks in part to Southern Miss’ official rights holder International Sports Properties, Inc.

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