In the early afternoon yesterday the Washington State players and coaches found out that they will be without their starting center for the rest of the season.

We have a blog post about Shalie Dheensaw's career-ending knee injury and Thomas Clouse has more in his notebook.

We've got some good news for WSU women's basketball fans, however. Lia Galdeira's sick tip-in at Oregon made the Pac-12's highlight reel of the week's top plays. Today the men face the daunting task of trying to beat Utah on its home court. Here's our advance of that game. The football team received a verbal commitment from a Texas recruit yesterday.

Here's an article about WSU's apparent turnaround under Ernie Kent.

-- The Utes are focused on stopping DaVonte Lacy in tonight's game.

-- Washington's Lorenzo Romar gave some very frank answers about modern recruiting in this interview.

-- It's about time Arizona showed some consistency.

-- Some things to take away from Arizona State's win over Stanford in women's hoops.

-- Two California reporters break down the upcoming games.

-- Colorado's players are still motivated despite their discouraging record.

-- Marcus Mariota could be reunited with former Oregon coach Chip Kelly in the NFL.

-- The best stretch of Tony Parker's career could be halted by back spasms.

-- A former USC football star has joined the strength and conditioning staff.

*I will be traveling to all day so no live chat today.

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