WSU at home in Hardwood Classic
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1 P.M.
When I awoke this morning and looked out the window I thought I was still in Pullman. There was quite a bit of ice on the car, something I wasn’t expecting in Bellevue. Talk about feeling at home. Read on.
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• Washington State: The Cougars should feel at home inside KeyArena tonight when they host Pepperdine. This is a perfect matchup for the final game before conference, a team that is competitive – but still a 13-point underdog – at a venue that should be hopping. We have an advance in today’s S-R as does Bud Withers of the Seattle Times and freelancer Howie Stalwick in the News Tribune . If you are coming to tonight’s game, WSU and Pepperdine alumni will be collecting Toys for Tots donations as you enter. … There is some football news, with new WSU coach Mike Leach reeling in three recruiting commitments, one each from Florida , Texas and California . There have been a handful of players who were committed to WSU change their minds as well. … We also covered the details from the agreement he signed with WSU, the forerunner to his contract. We had a link in yesterday’s post to the letter. … There is some movement in Texas concerning Leach’s legal battle over his dismissal.
• UPDATE: This would have been up a bit sooner but I was doing some Christmas shopping. Anyhow, WSU has a bit more money to spend on the football stadium after getting this $3 million gift . How about a little something for the retiring Cougar beat writer, huh?
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• Around the Pac-12: There is another Pac-12 team in action today in Seattle, with Washington hosting Cal State Northridge, hoping the return of big man Aziz N’Diaye will help the defense . … There were a couple conference games last night, headlined by Arizona State blowing a second-half lead and losing at home to Fresno State, 68-65. … Also, Oregon State will take a 10-2 record into conference play after defeating winless Chicago State, 92-66, in the Windy City. … And Oregon barely got past Prairie View A&M at home, 74-66. … USC will host Kansas tonight, hoping to give the conference a rare win over a ranked team this season. … Arizona State’s football team will try to send coach Dennis Erickson out with a win tonight against Boise State in Las Vegas. … Oregon State is still dealing with the sorrow of Fred Thompson’s death. … Utah loses offensive coordinator Norm Chow after just one year. … Oregon will give its football players time off until after Christmas. … Jim Mora says he’ll change the UCLA practice of skipping a practice. … Big day for USC. Matt Barkley is going to announce his NFL decision. Safety T.J. McDonald said yesterday he’s coming back .
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• That’s it for this morning. We’ll be back before tonight’s game with some thoughts. Until then …
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