Cougs hope schedule yields

Getting ready to watch a pair of 8-3 women’s basketball teams with combined 11-game winning streak … right now it’s just a sometimes rival in the west but next year it’s going to be a WCC rivalry when Brigham Young joins Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference. … When that happens it’s likely to be the most important game. … Back with the game story later.

Also for tomorrow, a little peek at the Pac-10, which opens league play next week. In the weekly notebook , Washington State coach June Daugherty hopes the growing pains of her young team pay off in the next couple months.

And congratulations to UConn for winning 89 straight games, a NCAA Division I basketball record.