Every week, my friends and I watch college basketball games on television and dream of the time when the SIU Arena erupts like Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke), the Carrier Dome (Syracuse), the Hearns Center (Missouri), Bud Walton Arena (Arkansas) or the Pit in New Mexico, to name very few. These programs are nearly invin-cible on their home floors due to massive student support and in-tense crowds, which could explain why they get so much television coverage. We, the students, have done everything in our power to make the Arena as exorbitant a college basketball atmosphere as possible, from the organization of the Dawg Pound to the recruitment of numerous fans. However, this is just the beginning.

Coach Herrin and his crew have done a wonderful job building one of the most up-and-coming and respected basketball programs in the country. I believe it’s time to show our respect for not only their hard work, but for our players’ ded-ication and perseverance through-out this grueling ’94-’95 basketball season. So when ESPN and Evans-ville come calling on February 25, let’s show up in numbers, get ex-cited, and most of all be loud! Lets show the national television audi-ence what Saluki basketball is all about.

Go Dawgs! We’ll see you in the Big Dance!

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