From
@daveboling
: Washington State waited a long time for this NCAA Tournament. The Cougs will be back again soon.
“I’m getting texts already about recruits,” Kyle Smith said.
“From scouts?”
“No, from players, they’re recruiting themselves.”
🏀 The West Coast Conference formalized Adam Morrison’s status as a league legend, inducting him into the WCC’s Hall of Honor with nine others in a ceremony in Las Vegas on Saturday
On a night Washington State paid tribute to former coach Mike Leach, maybe the most fitting was two of his recruits, Ron Stone Jr. and Brennan Jackson, combining for two critical turnovers.
🏀 Down the road, there figures to be an ESPN 30 for 30 on Gonzaga’s rise to national prominence and Mark Few’s probable Hall of Fame coaching career. For now, we offer Few’s 20 for 20.
From
@SRJimm
⬇️
WSU edges Brennan Jackson and Ron Stone Jr. played their last game for the Cougars on Saturday. They went out as they built their careers, wrecking the game in the backfield and swinging momentum by generating pressure.
Washington State women's basketball assistant Laurie Koehn hadn't heard of Hoopfest before arriving in Pullman. Now she says, “I hope that until I can’t walk anymore, I get to play in it from now on.”
Idaho's football team continued to raise the bar in its second season under Jason Eck.
“Our fans need to start training themselves for weekends in December. I plan on having a lot more playoff games in the Kibbie Dome over the next few years."
Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge gleaned talent from around the globe, building a championship roster and a family in the locker room along the way.
John Blanchette: Dickert won the news conference Thursday in the same fashion he steered Wazzu to victory in last Friday’s Apple Cup – not just convincingly, but to a degree beyond that of any Cougar football coach in memory.
🏀 Who makes up your
@ZagMBB
dream team? Quote tweet this with your lineup for a chance to be in Wednesday's Spokesman-Review.
Rules: Max spend of $15, must pick one player from each column.
Note: Only players from 21-year NCAA Tournament run are included.
🏈 ESPN's
@CollegeGameDay
announced Saturday night that the weekly college football program will make its first trip to Pullman for the Oct. 20 game between the 17th-ranked Oregon Ducks and
@WSUCougFB
"Not only are they talking about me, but they are getting into how many Kiwis there are here playing college basketball and highlighting that now."
WSU's Leger-Walker represents home country of New Zealand as rising collegiate star.
🏀 Despite the disruptions of COVID-19 and the graduation of two of the top players in program history, the
#WSU
women are off to a promising 4-1 start – and fulfilling some of the promises coach Kamie Ethridge made before it began.
Freshman Hunter Sallis is just three games into his Gonzaga career, but he’s already showing many of the qualities that made him a five-star recruit.
He had his most productive night of the early season with 16 points.
Wisconsin ran for over 300 yards in Week 1. On Saturday against Washington State, the Cougars held the Badgers to under 100 yards rushing.
“Any time we go into a game like this, (they) say, ‘They’re gonna run all over you,’ we say, ‘Prove it.’ ”
FINAL: WSU 77, Arizona 74
Jaylen Wells comes through in the clutch as the No. 21 Cougars upset the No. 4 Wildcats in a classic to take over first place in the Pac-12.
🏀
@ZagMBB
uses hot-shooting start, lock-down-defensive finish to down No. 1 Duke, win Maui Invitational title
📰 Analysis from
@SRJimm
of the Zags' 89-87 victory ➡️
🏈 Left guard Will Gram, who grew up in tiny Troy, Idaho – a 10-minute drive east of Moscow – is relishing the experience of playing on the
@EWUFootball
offensive line
One day after stunning Utah, the Cougars pulled off another unprecedented feat. WSU is headed to the Pac-12 tournament championship game for the first time in program history after being Colorado 61-49.
🏀 All those
@SpokaneHoopfest
games have paid off in a big way for Oti Gildon. After winning a national 3-on-3 title, the former
@g_prep
star and three of her
@OregonWBB
teammates will play next month in the
@FIBA3x3
World Cup
🏀 “I’m definitely ready to show the world all the work I’ve been doing in my year off.” --
@ZagMBB
’s
@brandonclarke23
ready to show off after year of hard work following transfer (by
@SRJimm
)
🏈 Tyler Hilinski’s parents and brothers took part in an emotionally-stirring moment before
@WSUCougFB
’s home opener, raising a crimson flag amid a chorus of cheers just minutes before the Cougars kicked off against San Jose State at Martin Stadium
🏀
#Gonzaga
coach Mark Few and Tennessee counterpart Rick Barnes are good friends and they aren’t afraid of good competition. The Zags and Volunteers will square off in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden.
Twenty-three years removed from the Rose Bowl, ex-Washington State CB Ray Jackson is now a dedicated police chief and proud father who still has the ultimate resentment for Michigan
Led by Charlisse Leger-Walker and Bella Murekatete, the Washington State women completed its cinderella run and captured its first Pac-12 tournament championship with win over UCLA on Sunday.
🏀 When
#Gonzaga
guard Jill Townsend steps on the basketball floor Monday for her first NCAA Tournament game in three years, there will be a pause, a big exhale. “I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be unreal”
🏀 “I’ve never been injured before, so it’s been sad,”
#Gonzaga
guard Katie Campbell said. “It’s hard to sit there and watch.” Since suffering a left knee injury on Feb. 1, she couldn’t be expected to offer much more. Yet somehow she does.
By
@srjimallen
:
‘Mom, if I have to lose my leg to live, that’s fine with me’: Central Valley linebacker Brandon Thomas staying positive after leg amputation (by
@SR_Collingwood
)
The Cougars will take on Mountain West Champion Fresno State in the L.A. Bowl on Dec. 17 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ABC.
‘One of the most underrated players’: Michael Roos will become the first football player from Eastern Washington inducted into the Big Sky Hall of Fame on Saturday.
🏈 After helping
@EWUFootball
reach the FCS National Title game earlier this month, defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding is making the move up to the FBS ranks
✍️ From
@JPBlanchette
: Dazzling as it was to see that Rui Hachimura smile up close again, he may well have been upstaged at
#Gonzaga
Senior Night. Because before he walked out, Mac Graff did.
NFL Locals: Minshew mania is back, at least for now.
Gardner Minshew led the Colts to victory after Anthony Richardson exited the game with a concussion.
“Every time I get to play football, that’s heaven for me,” Minshew said.
After many players left EWU with former coach Shantay Legans last year, Steele Venters has thrived by deciding to remain with the Eagles.
Starting for the first time in his college career, Venters leads the Eagles in scoring at 16.7 points per game.
Former West Valley football and basketball standout Collin Sather died early Tuesday morning, just weeks after he was diagnosed with advanced renal cancer
🏈 No. 9
@EWUFootball
scored on its first play from scrimmage, jumped out to a swift 20-point lead, and kept its foot on the throttle in a 58-13 rout of Central Washington on Saturday at Roos Field | by
@SR_Collingwood
🏀 “He scored 58 points on 23 shots. That’s pretty efficient, right? He’s just been really efficient.” Former
@EWUMBB
standout Tyler Harvey makes the most of his time in NBA G-League
2023 football preview: Entering the final season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, the Washington State Cougars have the pieces in place – and the motivation – to make this season one to remember.