COUGARS As I was looking back at the box scores from the past couple year's worth of WSU/UW basketball games yesterday, I was struck by how often Washington State had played 40 minutes of basketball against an aggressive, physical team without turning over the ball…
COUGARS There isn't a lot of margin of error available for the Washington State Cougars this Pac-10 basketball season. This isn't a group right now that's going to come roaring back from a big deficit to win a game. This isn't a group that can…
COUGARS Another quick burst by the opposition to open the second half. Another home loss. That's what happened again Saturday as UW scored nine consecutive points right after halftime and went on to defeat WSU, 68-48, in the Pac-10 opener for both. Yes, it seemed…
Tennessee got off to a slow start -- much like Gonzaga against UConn, Portland State and Utah -- and never fully recovered, falling to Kansas in Lawrence on Saturday. More here, here and here.Gonzaga visits Tennessee in Knoxville on Wednesday.
COUGARS WSU trails 30-28 at the half, with the Huskies dominating the boards and nailing just about every open look they have from 3. The Cougars are staying in the game because they are perfect from the line, hitting all seven they've taken. Both teams…
COUGARS The Washington Huskies walked onto Friel Court today and Beasley Coliseum was silent. Really. No boos, no catcalls, nothing. What a difference without a majority of the students. There are a few, about a couple hundred right by the court, but they didn't acknowledged…
COUGARS The Pac-10's first four games went pretty much as expected Friday night, with USC and UCLA winning easily in Oregon, Cal showing its nonconference record was for real and Stanford showing is wasn't. The first wave of conference games ends today with WSU hosting…
Gonzaga Prep romped over Ferris leaving four 4A boys teams in the race for post-season separated by a mere game with University falling two games further back.North Central continued its penchant for close results (but five of them victories) to remain a game behind fellow…
Eastern Washington's second-half scoring woes were a key factor in Friday night's lopsided Big Sky Conference road loss to Northern Arizona.As promised, I've included this link to the game story posted by EWU's sports information department and this link to what the folks at NAU…
Northern Arizona held Eastern Washington to just 17 second-half points in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Friday night and cruised to a 72-49 win over the Eagles, who lost for the fifth time in their last six games.You can get at early look at the final box…
COUGARS Washington State opens Pac-10 play tomorrow by hosting UW, as I'm sure everyone who is reading this knows. On the link we have the unedited version of our advance for you to peruse. Read on.
Congratulations to the Few family, which welcomed a new addition, son, Colt, who was born on New Year's Day.Mark was back in plenty of time from Gonzaga's trip to Utah. He returned Wednesday night with the team charter. Marcy went into the hospital on New…
Tonight's the night when Greater Spokane League girls basketball unbeatens Lewis and Clark and Mead go for undisputed first place. LC shook off Central Valley's upset bid with a 20-0 run in the second quarter Wednesday and Mead topped Gonzaga Prep to set up the…
The game wasn't an artistic success by any means, but a win's a win and Central Valley got a needed one over Lewis and Clark New Year's Eve day in Greater Spokane League boys basketball. There were too many unforced errors and wild shots for…
Eastern Washington's men's basketball team returns to Big Sky Conference play tonight against Northen Arizona in Flagstaff. You can access a Friday morning S-R story that includes comment's from Eagles coach Kirk Earlywine about the Lumberjacks and how he sees the conference race playing out…
COUGARS There's about the last of the football news. And there's basketball news. All can be found on the link. Read on.
COUGARS Here's a special treat just for New Year's Day and for you avid SportsLink readers. We've put together a team-by-team look at the Pac-10 basketball race. It's not going to be printed in the S-R, so this is the only place to see it.…
Gonzaga's slide continued Wednesday night as the Bulldogs missed two shots in the closing seconds and fell to Utah 66-65 in Salt Lake City. The Bulldogs have dropped three straight and four of five as they head into what could be their toughest matchup of…
COUGARS So it's New Year's Day, 2009. How many of you out there wondered if you would ever see this day? No, I don't mean at 11:23 last night when you couldn't remember if the person you were talking with through a self-induced haze was…
Gonzaga had two shots at the winning basket, but Matt Bouldin's bank shot from 10 feet was too hard and Austin Daye couldn't connect on the putback as the 16th-ranked Bulldogs lost 66-65 to Utah on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Gonzaga has lost three…
Kirk Earlywine, Eastern Washington University’s second-year men’s basketball coach, confirmed Wednesday afternoon that it was a legal issue that prevented him from attending his team’s non-conference game against Boise State University in Boise on Monday evening.According to police reports, Earlywine was arrested near Brown and…
COUGARS Let's see. It's only a couple days before the Pac-10 basketball season starts. We've got that covered on the link. Oregon State put up an offensive show en route to defeating Pitt. That's covered too. Anything else? Yes, there is. Read on.
Earlier this year Lakeside wrestling coach Troy Hughes said that Orting was favored to win state 1A this year. This week his Eagles finished a distant second to Orting at the Rock Island tournament on Vashon Island. Orting put nine wrestlers into the finals and…
A roundup of Gonzaga items, including a third member of the 2009 recruiting class. The Bulldogs bid goodbye to 2008 tonight against Utah in Salt Lake City. Read on.
COUGARS A quick post this morning, with a potpourri of links, including to UW's win last night through Oregon's football win and on to a new job for a former Cougar, though not in that order. Read on.
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