COUGARSWhen I was young, and that, my friends, was a long time ago, my dad used to constantly throw out platitudes that must have been handed down from Roman times.Things like "it's time to fish or cut bait," or "people in hell want ice water."And…
QUESTION OF THE DAYWashington State’s men’s basketball team is enjoying a rebirth. Washington is talented, but struggling. Who will prevail in Saturday’s sold-out game in Pullman? Just click on the comment link and let us know. We'll discuss your answers Thursday.
PIRATES, BULLDOGSThe Pirates, now ranked 10th in the latest NCAA Division III poll, upped their record to 14-1 Tuesday night with a 62-59 win over Whitman.But it wasn't easy, as Whitworth had to survive a possible game-tying 3-point attempt from one of the Northwest Conference's…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL, CHIEFS, NEWSThe Whitworth Pirates men lost their first game of the year Friday night, but bounced back with a win Saturday.The Pirates' offensive attack has been driven by former Mead High star Bryan Williams, and has been for the past four years.Correspondent Jason…
GAELS, 80-75The streak is over, thanks to GU loss Monday night in Moraga, Calif. For the first time in 26 regular season games and 30 overall, Gonzaga has lost to a West Coast Conference opponent.And it is in second place in the conference.The Zags' 3-1…
BULLDOGS, 41-37Mark Few likes to say starting doesn't matter. All that matters is who is on the court at the end of the game. But ask a basketball player and pretty much all of them will tell you they would rather start.If performance is any…
BULLDOGS PREGAMEThis is a West Coast Conference road game in which Gonzaga should be heavily favored. The Bulldogs are. But they could lose. How?• The Santa Clara hangover. You know the Zags were pointing toward the USC game. The Broncos had a pretty darn good…
BULLDOGS, COLLEGE BASKETBALL, PREPSBecause today is a holiday and there is a Zags' game tonight (vs. St. Mary's at 9; ESPN; 1510-AM), we're going to call it good for this morning after a couple of links.First the Gonzaga game advance from Steve Bergum. It has…
BEARS, 24-21Are you as depressed as I am?I'm always wrong. I haven't picked an NFL score right since going with Sid Luckman's Bears over Sammy Baugh's Redskins and giving the 72 points in the 1940 title game.And now I get it right? If you scroll…
CHIEFS, WHLLast post for this morning. Can't move on to the frozen tundra in Chicago until we examine what happened last night on the frozen water of the Arena.The Chiefs win. Though, according to Jeff Bunch's story and blog entry, the Americans still aren't too…
COLLEGE BASKETBALLHey, I want to watch football just like everyone else.I want to watch the wind blow off Lake Michigan and bat down Rex Grossman's passes like the hand of God. I want to yell at the TV, rant about missed holding calls and pace…
BULLDOGS, 57-51 One of these days, every GU player will have a hot shooting night at the same time.Take tonight for instance. Derek Raivio is having a good night (8 of 16 thus far) and Josh Heytvelt has had a great second half (he's now…
BRONCOS, 24-22 We have a Micah Downs sighting. And a rebound. And an assist. And probably a few butterflies.The Kansas transfer made his first appearance in a Gonzaga uniform at the 12:50 mark of the first half. He made his presence felt right away.The highlight…
MORRISON WATCHI think this is a first for this year. On the read full entry link, I've posted the Associated Press story on the Bobcats' win over the 76ers tonight.The first? The story leads with Adam Morrison's name. And Morrison picked up a T.Anyhow, here's…
CARDINAL, 50-46 Why does size give WSU trouble? Well, besides the obvious that the Cougars aren't huge inside, so the big guys can operate inside without worrying about being pushed around, there is another reason.When WSU has to be so inside-centric, the wing defenders are…
COUGARS, 27-26 A one-point lead at halftime isn't perfect, if you are WSU fan, but it's better than the alternative.Especially considering some of the statistics.The Cardinal, led by he Lopez twins, have out-rebounded WSU 23-13. But the Cougars are balancing that with a 9-2 turnover…
EAGLESRodney Stuckey took care of the offense and the rest of the Eagles took care of the defense, as EWU turned up the pressure in the second half to defeat host Portland State.Stuckey had 24 points and seven assists and Eastern held the Vikings to…
PREPSWith the Greater Spokane League off – saw many of the league's coaches and players at Whitworth on Friday night – and the Puget Sound in the grip of a winter storm, there wasn't a lot of prep action last night.Which doesn't mean it wasn't…
PIRATES, 31-26Just a quick halftime note.The Loggers had no clue how to attack Whitworth's 1-3-1 zone early on, with UPS scoring just four points in the first 11 minutes, 58 seconds. Usually by then it would have scored about 28 points.The Pirates led at that…
SEAHAWKSWe should be looking forward to Sunday NFC playoff game with the Bears, but before we do I have a question.How many of you are planning on attending the Hawks' training camp this August in Cheney? Just show your hands. You, you, you, wow, that's…
VANDALS, EAGLES, PIRATES, HUSKIES, COLLEGE BASKETBALLIt looked like Idaho was going to pull its biggest upset of the season, especially when the Vandals built a double-digit lead in the second half.Then it all fell apart.Idaho went through a scoring drought, New Mexico State caught fire…
COUGARS, 73-56Well, the ranking didn't jinx them. Neither did playing on the road. Nor the Cal Bears.The Cougars took control of Thursday's Pac-10 game early and never gave any indication they would ever lose it, methodically building an insurmountable lead and breezing to their fourth…
COUGARS, 40-28The first half couldn't have gone too much better for WSU, other than a couple of fouls apiece on Robbie Cowgill and Ivory Clark.Looking at the statistics, the Cougs dominate in almost every category. WSU is shooting 55 percent from the floor, Cal 40…
COUGARS PREGAMEAs the Cougars prepare to take the floor as a ranked team – something that hasn't happened in any of their player's lifetimes – we'll see if there is any extra pressure.I don't see why. Do the players really think about their team's ranking…
MORRISON WATCHAdam Morrison was on the Dan Patrick show today, with very little of the conversation expressly about basketball.There was the usual hair and moustache questions (which come up again in this Jack McCallum piece on SI.com), the typical diabetes questions, you know, all the…
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