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		<title>WBB: The Good, The Bad &#038; The Ugly after No. 18 Vanderbilt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Good:
SIU came out with good intensity and for all purposes was in the game against a much more prominent opponent for nearly the entire first half. Katie Wagner&#8217;s reverse underhanded layup &#8211;which brought out some oohs and aahs from the crowd of 787 &#8212; cut the Commodores&#8217; lead to 39-34 with 3:10 left before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=182</link>
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		<title>WBB: News &#038; Notes from Tuesday (11/17) practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the final dust-up before facing No. 18 Vanderbilt at SIU Arena, the Salukis got down to the basics in practice before the SIU men hosted D-II Indianapolis.
SIU went through ball-handling drills and worked on its cuts to the basket, motion offense, press breaker and transition defense Wednesday, all things the Salukis will need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=174</link>
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		<title>MBB: Salukis lead Greyhounds 41-36</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indianapolis can&#8217;t keep up with Kevin Dillard, but the Salukis only lead the Division II Greyhounds by five at the break.
SIU led UI 41-36 behind Dillard&#8217;s seven points and five assists. The sophomore point guard still hasn&#8217;t turned it over in two games. Tony Freeman had eight points to lead SIU in the first half. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=172</link>
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		<title>MBB: Salukis try to keep momentum against Greyhounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While SIU&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team put up the most points in the Chris Lowery era against Tennessee-Martin, the Salukis will try to repeat their defensive efforts at SIU Arena.
Division II Indianapolis (1-0) gets its game of the year tonight in Carbondale, as the Greyhounds take on the Salukis (1-0) in a few seconds here.
SIU forced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=170</link>
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		<title>Live chat Wednesday on our Web site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will host a live chat about everything Salukis Wednesday afternoon for anyone who wants to check it out.
The chat will be on our Web site (www.thesouthern.com) between noon-1 p.m. Wednesday. Bring your questions.
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		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=167</link>
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		<title>FB: Dieker hasn&#8217;t given up on the season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SIU quarterback Chris Dieker is expected to get the sling on his left arm/shoulder off Wednesday or Thursday this week. He has not given up on playing again this season for the top-ranked team in the nation.
The Salukis (9-1, 8-0 Missouri Valley Football Conference) rose to the top of The Sports Network poll two weeks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=163</link>
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		<title>MBB: The next best thing to the first day of the tournament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ESPN&#8217;s 24-hour hoops marathon kicked off a few hours ago in California, as Cal State Fullerton is playing UCLA right now.
Great idea. I love the idea of throwing all these games together in a row, early, with various opponents and conferences (even two women&#8217;s games, and two potentially good women&#8217;s games) at all hours of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=161</link>
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		<title>MBB: Valley teams split, but earn first BCS victory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, that didn&#8217;t take long.
Two days after Creighton lost to the first ranked opponent for the Missouri Valley Conference&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball teams, Missouri State earned the league&#8217;s first marquee victory in its battle to redeem its reputation. The Bears clipped Auburn 73-62 at JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo., while LSU got by Indiana State in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=159</link>
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		<title>WBB: SIU announces rest of 2010 recruiting class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I already did a story on half of coach Missy Tiber&#8217;s recruits, which can be found here: SIU women&#8217;s hoops reveals part of recruiting class
The rest were revealed Monday in a press release:
Pete&#8217;s Analysis: Tiber&#8217;s 2010 class is ranked in the top 150 of the country, which bodes well for the future of the program. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=157</link>
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		<title>MBB: Valley goes 3-0, but Dunson may be done for Bradley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wichita State, Bradley and Illinois State had big victories Sunday, but the Braves took a blow in their win over Idaho State.
Senior guard Dodie Dunson, the Braves&#8217; third-leading scorer last year at 10.1 points per game, broke a pair of bones in his left forearm after crashing to the floor on a drive to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesouthern.com/app/blogs/dawgblog2/?p=155</link>
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