John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters joined the first Talkin Vols show of the year Tuesday night.  Mike Murphy and he discussed the big news of the day - Logan's #1 ranking in the NJCAA preseason poll - as well as some of the new arrivals on the team and dealing with a strange upcoming season.

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Saluki safety Qua Brown was the Dawgs' leading tackler in their 31-28 homecoming win over North Dakota. We talked to him about what bye week is like, why he decided to stay at SIU after entering the transfer portal last fall, and what NFL great he used to imitate in the back yard...

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Thanks to Saluki guard Makenzie Silvey for joining us (after the team Christmas party no less!). The MVC named Makenzie their Player Of The Week after she averaged just over 21 points the last three games, including 19 in Sunday's big win over Illinois.