When Ohio State upset Alabama in the semifinals of the first College Football Playoff on the way to the Buckeyes' last national title, it seemed like the start of budding postseason rivalry between the two traditional powers.

While GU was going back and forth in its WCC opener with Loyola Marymount Monday night, the Waves were locked in a battle of their own with Portland, leading by as much as 10 in the second quarter. 

Washington State football (1-2) heads into Salt Lake City to face off against a Utah (2-2) team that knocked off No. 25 Colorado 38-21 in Boulder during week six action. – Pac-12 Networks

For the Gonzaga women, Sunday promises a home opener like none before.

A weekend devoid of drama appears to be setting up in college football unless you’re Colorado.

Makeshift barricades erected by anti-gentrification protesters in Oregon's largest city were still up on Wednesday, a day after Portland police arrested about a dozen people amid clashes over the eviction of a family from a home.

Gonzaga doesn’t get much time to bask in a performance that had the college basketball world buzzing Thursday. The top-ranked Zags, who thumped No. 6 Kansas 102-90 on Thanksgiving, return to action Friday with a breakfast special against Auburn at 8 p.m. PT at the Fort Myers (Florida) Tip-Off.

The Big Ten's four unbeaten teams square off Saturday in two games that could go a long way toward settling the division races.

No ear-piercing crescendo of noise from 6,000 jammed inside the McCarthey Athletic Center after a highlight-reel dunk or clutch shot in the closing seconds. Gonzaga basketball won’t look the same at home games with fans expected to be benched by COVID-19 safety protocols. It sure as heck won’t sound the same.

Without playing a game, the numbers certainly are lining up for Gonzaga.

The Kennel Club, regarded as one of the best student sections in the country, is working with the athletic department to figure out ways to still have an impact despite not being allowed in the Kennel.

In early March, it looked as if 2020 was going to be a bounteous year for the West Coast Conference -- six different schools with 20 or more wins, three teams a lock for the NCAA Tournament and a national title contender in Gonzaga.

Moments after last week’s FanFest event, Gonzaga coach Lisa Fortier set the tone for the rest of the women’s basketball season.

The offseason came with mixed results for Kyle Smith.

The first two seasons went almost perfectly for Mike Hopkins. A season for building a foundation and trust was followed by a season where everything meshed and Washington won a Pac-12 regular-season title and made a return to the NCAA Tournament.

The Pac-12 expected to get six, maybe even a record-tying seven teams, into last season's NCAA Tournament.

In normal times, in the second year of a coaching regime, game philosophy and team personality could be expected to come into clearer focus.

If this season looks like the mother of all rebuilding projects at Washington State, Kamie Ethridge is quick to disagree.

Iowa forward Luka Garza could have heard his name called in Wednesday night’s NBA draft. Instead, he opted for the uncertainty of playing a final college basketball season amid a pandemic.