Dawgs vs. Dawgs?

At half-time of the SIU vs. Creighton game on WSIU-TV 8, the station ran Chancellor Walter Wendler's persuasive info-mercial about Saluki Way (also available online). The positive impact of the new signage around the campus was mentioned by Harold Bardo: the value to community pride is inestimable -- like a winning athletic tradition . . . which the Salukis continued today, defeating the Bluejays 74-67 in Omaha, led by 20 points by Centralia native Matt Shaw. As a high schooler, Shaw played against the Carbondale High School team that finished 4th in State a couple of years ago, when Justin Dentmon was still a Terrier. The two freshmen could conceivably meet again in an NCAA tournament game in the future, because . . .

Carbondale's Justin Dentmon has assumed an important role for the University of Washington Huskies, starting at point guard and seeing major minutes in his team's 67-64 victory over UCLA. (On Channel 3 right after the SIUC game). Here's Dentmon on the free throw line for his team's final possession, sporting a goatee, like his coach Lorenzo Romar (former NBA player and St. Louis University coach), who recruited him.

photo of Matt Shaw from Saluki web site Photo Gallery.