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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012

More on tournament changes, Barham

Turned into a busy news day with Gonzaga. The WCC has voted to change its tournament format for men's and women's basketball, beginning with the 2014 events. That's the season Pacific joins to make the WCC a 10-team league. The double-byes for the top two…

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WCC changing double-bye tourney format

The West Coast Conference will change its men's and women's basketball tournaments when it becomes a 10-team league in 2014, scrapping the format that rewarded the top two teams with double-byes into the semifinals. The WCC, which welcomes Pacific in 2013-14, will adopt a traditional…

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Another nice Friday 

A GRIP ON SPORTS I really can't think of a better way to end the workweek. I warmed up a cup of Thursday's coffee, opened up the computer and began reading stories from Miami, San Francisco and Seattle about subjects as varied as the NBA…

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