Hoops takes the stage at WSU

COUGARS

Transition time. And by that, I mean it’s time to start the gradual transition from football news to basketball news dominating the morning posts. Like the slow transition from fall to winter – except this year when Mother N. decided to dump a foot of snow on the Inland Northwest in November. Thanks you old biddy. Anyhow, read on.
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• Washington State: The Cougars will get another shot at another nice home win Wednesday night when Gonzaga comes to town. We will have something for you this afternoon on the game, but for now this GU notebook from Jim Meehan will have to suffice. … As for the Cougars on this Pearl Harbor Day, Nick Daschel has this look at the week ahead on Cougfan. … ESPN.com’s Ted Miller looks back at WSU’s football season. … A blast from the recent past. Sam Smith writes about the D-League success of former Cougar Kyle Weaver.

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• Around the Pac-10: It’s a little early but, with Arizona’s Derrick Williams winning player of the week honors this week, the Register-Guard’s Bob Clark declares him the player of the year frontrunner. There are a couple of guard in the state of Washington that might have something to say about that. … Conference commissioner Larry Scott doesn’t see much change coming in out of conference football scheduling. … Washington: What does heading to a bowl game mean to Steve Sarkisian? That his program is headed in the right direction . … Portland came to town and UW sent the Pilots back down I-5 with a 94-72 defeat . … Oregon State: Nothing here. … Oregon: Mike Belloti is sort of a forgotten man in Eugene as Chip Kelly and others win awards . Cal: Season complete. … California: Nothing here. … Stanford: Andrew Luck is a Heisman finalist . This is a year want to finish second to Cam Newton because after the organization has to pull another Reggie Bush down the road, maybe you will get the trophy. … USC: Nothing here. … UCLA: A lot of consternation over the home loss to Montana. … Arizona State: Nothing here. … Arizona: The Wildcats have a bunch of Texans on their roster . They will serve as the team’s Zagat when they get to San Antonio.

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• That’s it for this morning. We’ll be back this evening with our advance of the Gonzaga game. Until then …