Matt Varney speaks with John A. Logan College Basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters ahead of the NJCAA Tournament about their potential opponents, having to wait over a week until playing again, Jay Scrubb, and how COVID-19 is affecting the NJCAA Tournament.

"Everything is, obviously, still on and a-go," says Smithpeters. "They're gonna limit contact amongst the teams and the players from the standpoints of post-game interviews, pregame banquets, things like that."

 

Pinckneyville's Bob Waggoner spoke with Matt Varney before practice on Thursday to discuss the state of basketball in Illinois, some key players on the Panthers roster, and Coach had a message of hope for Southern Illinois

 
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Matt Varney met with new John A. Logan College women's basketball coach Charlie Jones Wednesday morning and discussed with Coach Jones his journey to becoming Logan's women's basketball head coach, breaking barriers at JALC, what he thinks he has in the current roster, and more:

 
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Mike Murphy and Matt Varney talked plenty of John A. Logan College Athletics Tuesday night, chatting with women's basketball assistant coach Matt Crain, softball coach Taylor Siefert, baseball coach Kyle Surprenant, and men's basketball coach Tyler Smithpeters!

 
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