Morning links: College baseball returns to the PNW

Gonzaga and Washington State each begin their baseball seasons today, far from home.

GU is hoping to bounce back from a substandard season last year, while WSU fans will get their first look at Marty Lees, who will coach his first game today for the Cougars at Texas State.

In the paper today we preview both the Bulldogs and Cougars upcoming seasons on the Diamond, and have our usual coverage of last night’s WSU basketball game, a 72-56 Cougars loss to Stanford . On the blog we have postgame interviews with Ernie Kent , a couple players , and a box score .

Thursday was a great day for road teams in the Pac-12. California beat Washington in Seattle and Utah held off a late rally to beat UCLA in Los Angeles .