[caption id="attachment_41098" align="alignnone" width="612"] (Photo Credit: Saluki Athletics, siusalukis.com)[/caption]

Saluki women's basketball head coach Cindy Stein begins her 9th and final season Wednesday night at 15th-ranked Tennessee. We talked about her approach to this season, a tough non-conference schedule, and Makenzie Silvey on the verge of becoming the program's all-time leading scorer.

Matt Varney spoke with Cody Crider after Saturday's practice on Saluki Football's teleconference.  Hear what they talked about:

The Dawgs have dropped 4 of their last 5, and have two straight games against first-place Loyola. So we thought it would be the perfect opportunity for a pep talk from Saluki Radio analyst and former longtime Saluki assistant and Southern Indiana head coach Rodney Watson, and he delivered.