Matt Varney sat down with the new coach of the Pinckneyville Panthers, Matt Laur, on Friday - just days after the former Freeburg coach was hired by the Pinckneyville school board as their next Athletic Director, Dean of Students, and head boys' basketball coach.  They covered a variety of topics including the history of Pinckneyville basketball, how daunting is it to step in to the role of Panthers head coach, his son Ty who will join the team, how he plans to run the team, and a whole lot more:

John A. Logan women's basketball coach Charlie Jones met with Matt Varney on Friday morning and talked about the two new commitments to the Logan program.  He also updated Benton product Ensley Tedeschi's injury status and talked about moving practice to a new time in the day.

Saluki men's basketball coach Bryan Mullins discussed the team rebounding from their first conference loss, the game vs. Northern Iowa, and playing 3 games in the upcoming 5 days with Matt Varney Friday morning: