COUGARS Though basketball season is in full swing, we're also in full football mode. That's because Christmas comes Wednesday, better known as letter-of-intent day. Yep, it's the first day of the signing period for football and WSU is looking forward to it. For a look…
Here's a link that shows Melvin Jones' 81-foot shot in North Idaho College's thrilling 69-66 win over College of Southern Idaho on Saturday at NIC. I paced off the shot - it was from 81 feet. The video isn't great, but you'll see the ball…
Gonzaga climbed a little in the A.P. poll and a lot in the ESPN/USA Today rankings. The Bulldogs (16-4, 7-0 WCC) are 18th in both polls -- up two in A.P. and seven in ESPN/USA Today.Saint Mary's dropped out of both polls. In fact, the…
Eastern Washington dropped another men's basketball game Saturday night, losing to Montana on the road.I tried to post information on the game last night, but couldn't. So I'm back this morning with this link to the game story that ran in Sunday morning's S-R, this…
It was apparent from the outset this one was going to lack style points. That was never more evident than seeing the scoreboard read Gonzaga 16, San Diego 9 -- with 4:15 left in the first half. Still, Gonzaga's 64-47 victory showed the Zags can…
COUGARS You would think a split in the desert would have made the Washington State basketball team happy. You would be wrong. "We're in a position where you can't split anymore," senior Daven Harmeling said. "We've dug ourself such a big hole, splits on the…
It was right there for the taking for the Idaho men, but Nevada and Luke Babbitt "outtoughed" the Vandals down the stretch to pull out a 69-65 win at the Cowan Spectrum on Saturday night.Keep reading for my game story, which will appear in the…
After some technical difficulties, I'm back with the game story from GU's 64-47 win over San Diego. Check back Sunday morning for a day-after post. Read on.
Austin Daye had 17 points, Josh Heytvelt 13 and Jeremy Pargo 10 as Gonzaga defeated San Diego 64-47 on Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.The Zags (16-4, 7-0 WCC) won their eighth straight and reached the halfway point of the conference season unbeaten. San Diego…
COUGARS There is no louder facility in the Pac-10 than McKale Center. And it was as loud as its been in a while midway through the second half today. We offer you the raw version of our game story and some web-only notes. Read on.
COUGARS When Tony Bennett put together his non-conference schedule with games on the road at LSU and against Pitt, it was for Pac-10 games like this. He wanted tough games against tough teams but most importantly, tough venues for his freshmen to get acclimated to.…
More from ex-Zag assistant Bill Grier and some notes and quotes as Gonzaga and Grier's San Diego Toreros await a 3 p.m. tip at the MAC. (The picture above is of Mark Few and Grier just before the start of last year's game in Spokane).
COUGARS It's halftime and for most of the first 20 minutes, the game has been played at WSU's pace. In fact, other than the three fouls on Klay Thompson – for the second consecutive game Tony Bennett gambled and put Thompson on the floor with…
COUGARS We here in McKale Center getting ready for the teams to take the floor. It's awful early, kinda like a summer tournament with kids. Had a nice chat with Bill Rafferty about Tony Bennett, Klay Thompson and DeAngelo Casto – plus the Cougars' postseason…
Bill Grier spent 16 years as a Gonzaga assistant coach and he helped recruit many of the current Gonzaga Bulldogs before moving on to San Diego two years ago. In his first trip back last year, USD fell behind 15-0 en route to losing 80-70…
COUGARS It's sometimes amazing how much a college basketball team can get through in an hour practice on the Friday between games on the road. From fundamentals to shooting to going over offenses to prepping for the opponent, there isn't much wasted time. Except beforehand…
UPDATED: Saint Mary's guard Patty Mills broke two bones in his right hand in Thursday's loss to Gonzaga and will be sidelined for about a month. More here and here.
Like Red Foxx on the old Sanford and Son television sitcom, I'm not sure my heart can take much more of the Greater Spokane League drama.First on Tuesday it was the Shadle Park-Gonzaga Prep basketball game that most in attendance agreed was one of the…
Let's begin the day-after Saint Mary's post in-house with John Blanchette's column, which neatly puts Gonzaga's 69-62 victory over the Gaels into perspective, and the S-R gamer. Here are additional links from the Contra Costa Times, Seattle Times and A.P.Here's a link to S-R photos…
COUGARS Nothing like an upset of No. 14 in the nation to get the comment section lighting up again. The one that read "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" was especially insightful. Just kidding. I understand the letting-off-steam aspect of this interactive media. Anyhow, let's move on to our usual…
COUGARS This is the final few days of football recruiting, the final few days of football recruiting in Paul Wulff's first full class at Washington State, as defined by the first time he had all year to recruit. As the crucial season outside the season…
The Vandals overcame a dreadful night at the free throw line (11 of 25) to pick up a 63-59 win over Boise State. It was Idaho's first win over BSU since 2001, and it came in front of the third-biggest crowd at Cowan Spectrum (4,731).If…
Back with the game story from GU's 69-62 win over Saint Mary's on Thursday. You can read an unedited version below and I'll have a day-after post in the morning.
Read on for an unedited game story that I filed for first edition, and check back later for an expanded game story.
COUGARS We're back with the unedited version of our game story, along with some web-only notes. We'll be back in the morning with our usual day-after post. Read on.
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