March of the Salukis

How 'bout them Dawgs, Bloggee -- winning the MVC championship tournament in St. Louis, powered by Tournament MVP Randal Falker's career-high 16 rebounds and injured SIU cheerleader Kristi Yamaoka, who continued the arm movements of the school's fight song to the beat of the music as they carried her off in a stretcher -- which beat even Bryan Mullins' clutch performance with a sprained ankle (or me, typing this with a cramped mousin' hand).

A Tampa Bay television station has a video showing prone Kristi's school spirit. She and teammate Taylor Baker were flown to New York last night to appear on the NBC Today Show this morning, along with the rest of the cheerleading squad via satellite from the SIU Arena.