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FROM SEATTLE — The football team added a few new players yesterday, while the basketball team will practice today on the same court the Sonics used to practice on. Too soon? Read on.

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We’re heading down to Seattle Center later this afternoon for WSU’s media availability following its practice at KeyArena, and will have a feature on Mike Ladd in tomorrow’s newspaper. In today’s paper, we had a brief item about the football team’s signings — three JUCO transfers and two grayshirts — as well as a blog post with some more information. … Bud Withers expands on Ken Bone’s comments about the trouble WSU has had trying to get marquee opponents to visit the state, even in Seattle. … Mike Leach is apparently co-authoring a book about Geronimo with a WSU professor. Ho hum. … Scott Johnson of the Everett Herald wrote about Brett Kingma’s reinstatement.

In Pac-12 basketball news … Oregon lost a triple-overtime game at UTEP last night. … Oregon State is 8-2 after beating Howard 69-53. … Arizona wants some wins in Hawaii for Christmas. … USC hosts UC Irvine tonight (8 p.m., Pac-12 Network). Washington hosts Cal Poly at 6 p.m.

In Pac-12 football news … A highly touted offensive lineman will transfer to Arizona State. … Arizona’s backup running back will transfer from the school. … Washington’s quarterback is trying to quiet his critics in the Huskies’ bowl game. … David Shaw has agreed to a long-term contract extension at Stanford. … California will have open practices under new coach Sonny Dykes, who differs from a certain previous employer in that regard. … One of USC’s cornerbacks is awaiting a draft evaluation. … UCLA is trying to recruit depth on its offensive line. The Bruins must set the tempo against high-scoring Baylor. … Utah signed some junior college transfers. … Nothing is permanent in college football, not even at Oregon State. … Trouble could be coming for Oregon in the form of the NCAA infractions committee. … Colorado’s former coach generally did things the right way .

Christian Caple can be reached at christianc@spokesman.com . Twitter: @ChristianCaple