COUGARS • UPDATE 10:10 A.M.; 3:45 P.M. The Pac-10 men's basketball tournament begins today at the Staples Center, but not for Washington State. No, the Cougars get another day of practice and another day of rest for point guard Reggie Moore's ankle. Read on. •…
The Spokane Chiefs used a dominating first period - a 22-5 shot advantage, goals by Brenden Kichton, Steve Kuhn and Anthony Bardaro - to jump start a 4-2 win over the Everett Silvertips at the Arena Tuesday night. It was the first of a five-game…
The Vandals await the winner of tomorrow's San Jose State-Hawaii game to see who their opponent will be in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament. Idaho is set to meet the winner on Thursday at noon on ESPNU. For now, here's a link to my…
Only 6-foot tall, Yinka Olorunnife (UI/Spencer Ferrin photo) is a great rebounder, which her recent records prove. She is also traveled an interesting path to get to Idaho and into the record books. She is the subject of this week's women's basketball notebook. ... Gonzaga…
I figured those of you who read this women's basketball blog were up on the news of yesterday, Gonzaga's shocking upset to win the WCC Tournament and senior guard Courtney Vandersloot someone winning a national award ... OK, maybe we weren't completely sure Vandersloot would…
I'm linking to John Blanchette's column last week about the WIAA's new state basketball tournament format. I was in Tacoma when this was published, and I was in a fog fighting a cold and severe cough and didn't see this posted on our website. This…
Good morning from Las Vegas. One tourney down (WCC), one to go (WAC). We've got a ton of reading material from GU's men's and women's sweeps of Saint Mary's in the WCC title games. Ladies first: Here's my game story, Chris Anderson's photos and a…
The only Tuesday night home game of the season awaits the Spokane Chiefs, which probably means there will be a sparse crowd on hand to give Tyler Johnson a hand for his big news, signing with the Tampa Bay Lightning over the weekend. Everett will…
COUGARS We're in SeaTac watching the departure board diligently as our flight to Los Angeles has already changed gate and time more than once. But while we have a few minutes, we're trying to get our post finished. ... Sorry, didn't get it done. Most…
Back with my game story and Chris Anderson's photos from Gonzaga's 75-63 victory over Saint Mary's on Monday night. GU earns the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Zags will be making their 13th straight trip to the NCAAs.
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga is going to the NCAA Tournament for the 13th straight season. The second-seeded Bulldogs broke from a 53-tie with an eight-point spurt, then added another 6-0 run to finish off a 75-63 victory over top-seeded Saint Mary’s in the WCC Tournament…
COUGARS It was hard to get into football mode this afternoon. Hard? Crud, it was darn near impossible. The snow helped, as it gave practice a November feel. But otherwise, we were still in our basketball state of mind. No matter what, though, we have…
COUGARS Just got done talking with Washington State coach Ken Bone and Klay Thompson's suspension lasted one game. The junior was reinstated Monday after practice and will start Thursday night against Washington. Read on for more.
As promised, we've got an update on the firing of Eastern Washington men's basketball coach Kirk Earlywine. You can read the latest version of the story -- complete with comments from Eagles atheltic director Bill Chaves -- that is scheduled to run in Tuesday morning…
Back with the game story from GU's 72-46 victory over Saint Mary's in the WCC tournament women's title game. It's been quite a week for Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves. He started it by traveling to Tacoma to watch his son, Max, a reserve on Gonzaga…
LAS VEGAS – Courtney Vandersloot scored 18 points and handed out a WCC Tournament-record 16 assists, breaking the record of 14 she set 24 hours earlier, and Gonzaga overcame a sluggish first half to throttle Saint Mary’s 72-46 in the championship game Monday at the…
Kirk Earlywine was fired Monday morning as the head men's basketaball coach at Eastern Washington University. You can read an early story on the matter here, but be sure to check back later for updates. I am currently trying to contact Eagles athletic director Bill…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1:20 P.M. We were on the drive down to Pullman for Ken Bone's teleconference when the Pac-10 released the all-conference teams. Real quick, Klay Thompson was first team, DeAngelo Casto was second team and all-defensive team member and that's it. UPDATE: We…
Eastern Washington University men's basketball coach Kirk Earlywine was fired Monday. Read more here with updates to come.
Did you ever have one of those days, where you wanted to get everything done in a timely fashion so you cal steal away a little time for yourself to do something, like maybe watch the WCC women's championship game at noon on ESPNU, but…
COUGARS Monday mornings are usually good for a excellent cup of coffee – like everything, my wife Kim is so much better at making coffee than I am – and a few links. Today is different. No, the coffee is more than excellent, sublimely smooth…
Good morning from Las Vegas. Hope you like to read because we have plenty of links for you. It'll be Gonzaga-Saint Mary's in the men's and women's WCC title games today to determine the conference's automatic bids into the NCAA tournaments. Start with the women:…
Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga's record-breaking senior point guard, was named the 2011 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner. The award, named after James Naismith's daughter-in-law, is presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame through the voting of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to the nation's…
Back with my game story from Gonzaga's hard-fought 71-67 victory over San Francisco. Crazy game, wild conclusion. The unedited version is below. Check back in the morning for John Blanchette's column and Chris Anderson's photo gallery.
Quick game story and gotta run for quotes. By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7131 LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga set up a third showdown with Saint Mary’s, but it wasn’t easy. The second-seeded Bulldogs built a 10-point halftime lead, then repelled numerous second-half comebacks by No.…
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