The Saluki Royalty Podcast

As we get closer to the start of Saluki Football and Fall Camp opening up at the end of July, we decided to check in with Head Coach Nick Hill! We spend time talking about what is important about the current time they get with the team, what type of year can we expect from DJ Williams, the return of Vinson Davis and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Associate Head Coach Steve Hawkins is next up in our Summer Access series! He takes us through the offseason in helping construct this roster, lessons learned from last year, and how this team is trending in the direction of having the right culture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The landscape in college athletics is continuing to evolve and change, and recently the House vs NCAA Settlement has been in the news. We catch up with Athletic Director Tim Leonard to discuss what this means for Saluki Athletics and why SIU is making the decision to "opt in" to this Settlement. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

Week three is officially underway in Carbondale for Summer Access and we catch up with Rolyns Aligbe! Rolyns is returning for his second season at SIU and he tells us what he has worked on most this offseason and why he is excited to have his brother, Prince, with him on the team. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...

We close out the second week of Summer Access with incoming transfer Prince Aligbe! Prince joins his brother Rolyns Aligbe on the roster and shares the story of how he told Rolyns when he was committing to SIU. Prince has experience with two seasons at Boston College and his most recent at Seton Hall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...

He is back for his second year in Carbondale on Scott Nagy's staff and it is Tae Gibbs! He shares about what he thinks about most coming into Banterra Center everyday and what drives him to help lead the Salukis to a better season in 2025-26. We also dive into where the 6 returners to the program have improved and what they needed to add to this program in the offseason. See Privacy Policy at http...

We continue our Summer Access series with incoming transfer Max Pikaar! Pikaar played in 26 games as a true freshman at Saint Louis. He scored 23 points, grabbed 26 rebounds, and blocked 11 shots in limited minutes with the Billikens. He shares why he picked Southern Illinois and what stood out about Coach Nagy and his staff. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N...

We continue our Summer Access series with Saluki Basketball, as we are in season for the upcoming 2025-26 year! We start our player spotlights with a returner from last year, 1 of 6 returning Salukis. Damien Mayo Jr. shares with us what he has focused on most this offseason, what this team needs to do to improve from last year, and what has him most optimistic heading into the Summer Access period...

SIU is officially beginning the second season under head coach Scott Nagy! As the Summer Access period begins, we sit down with Coach Nagy to recap the roster construction, what he valued in the process, and then looks ahead to what to expect for the rest of the summer! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We continue our series of introducing you to members of the Saluki Basketball team with Building The Salukis! Next up is a man who we saw play more towards the end of the season, Jorge Moreno! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We continue our Podcats series with Building The Salukis around the newest members of SIU Men's Basketball. Next up is incoming transfer Quel'Ron House, who is coming off a strong freshman year at Jacksonville State. Averaged 8.4 points, 3.0 assists, and 2.7 rebounds per game as a freshman at Jacksonville State. He made 22 starts at guard while shooting 40 percent from the field, 36 percent from b...

We continue our Building The Salukis Podcast series before Summer Access for SIU Basketball with incoming freshman Jalen Haynes! He Averaged 17.1 points, 5.0 rebounds assists, and 3.6 assists per game at Hebron HS, while also being named to the 6A All-Region Team, South Texas First Team All-District in 2023-24. In post grad, he helped lead Sunrise Christian Academy to the National Tournament and a...

We continue our series with introducing you to members of the Saluki Basketball team with another returner from last season! Jaheem Webber redshirted this past season for head coach Scott Nagy and he tells us what he took away from the last year, plus how hard it was to not play on a regular basis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

He had one of the biggest shots during the course of the season last year for SIU, which was the game winning bucket to send the Salukis past Indiana State at Arch Madness. Davion Sykes is back for his final season in college basketball and he tells us what he wants to build on from last season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

We continue our Building The Salukis Podcast series, brought to you by the SIU Alumni Association, with a returning Saluki in Drew Steffe! He is coming off his redshirt freshman season in Carbondale and made major improvement throughout the year. He tells us why he wanted to come back and didn't enter the transfer portal, plus what he is liking about the team that is taking shape. See Privacy Poli...

We continue our series of Building The Salukis for the upcoming season! This new Saluki has maroon in his bloodline, as Caden Hawkins is next up in our series! Hawkins in transfers in from nearby John A. Logan College. He averaged 7.9 points per game and 4.1 assists per game. His father, Shane Hawkins, played basketball for SIU from 1995 to 1998 and is the school's career record holder in 3-point...

Coming off winning his school's first ever state championship at Benet Academy, Daniel Pauliukonis is next up in our Building The Salukis podcast. We touch up on winning the state championship and what that accomplishment meant to Daniel. Plus, what gives him the confidence that his game can translate to the Missouri Valley Conference. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

We begin to introduce you to members of the 2025-26 Saluki Basketball roster and we begin with the freshman coming in! The Salukis hit the St. Louis pipeline once again with the signing of Walsh. The 6-foot-2 guard earned a bevy of accolades during his junior season including MCC Player of the Year and First Team St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro. Walsh is a 2,000-point scorer at St. John Vianney...

We continue our coverage of Saluki Spring Football here in 2025! Next up is a guy who missed the majority of last season but has played a huge role in Saluki Football success during his time wearing the maroon. Aidan Quinn tells us about his offseason of getting married and much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

We continue our Spring Football coverage here in 2025 with Paul Geelen! Geelen played a huge role in Special Teams for SIU last season in all aspects of the kicking game. He tells us what he has worked on this offseason and what he is ready to show more this year in 2025. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

He was a huge addition to the offensive line last season and now he is trying to build on to it here in 2025! Noah Fenske joins us to recap Spring Football practice to this point and what he likes about the offensive line room. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We continue our coverage of Spring Football 2025 for the Salukis! Next up is linebacker Shug Walker, who had a strong first year with the Dawgs last season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We continue our coverage of Saluki Spring Football with linebacker Ben Bogle! He had a strong 2024 season and is looking to build off of it as we head into the 2025 season! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We continue our coverage of Saluki Spring Football coverage in 2025 with quarterback DJ Williams! He is coming off a season where he suffered a season ending injury against UIW in only his third game at SIU. He tells us how he has come back stronger and what he is looking forward to this season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

With the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 this weekend, we thought we should continue to spotlight the last Sweet 16 team for SIU. Randal Falker and Tony Boyle were both big pieces to the Saluki Sweet 16 run in 2007 and both of them take us down memory lane on what they remember most from that magical season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....