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SPOKANE — College football players love to bet on their final spring scrimmages. No money changes hands, of course — that is an NCAA no-no — and the players’ bets often consist of little more than the right to brag in the locker room for a week or two.
Assistant track coach Mark Macdonald thinks hurdler/sprinter Shaquana Logan deserves consideration as Washington State’s top student-athlete.
Washington State men’s basketball coach Ken Bone said athletic director Bill Moos issued no ultimatums this week when they talked about the Cougars. But Bone said no words were needed to get a key point across.
At various sites on the Internet I see that Gonzaga coach Mark Few should be considered as a candidate to replace fired coach Ben Howland at UCLA.
SALT LAKE CITY – There were tears. There were hugs. There were consoling pats on the back.
LAS VEGAS --— The silence was deafening in the Washington State locker room Wednesday evening, but Bill Moos was even quieter.
LAS VEGAS Scott Suggs scored 19 points, C.J. Wilcox added 11 and Washington held off a furious rally by rival Washington State for a 64-62 win in the first round of the Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tournament Wednesday night.
LAS VEGAS — Way in the rear of the MGM Grand Casino, past legions of pasty, sun-deprived folk in shorts and tank tops, is the MGM Grand Arena where the Pac-12 Conference tournament will take place for the first time.
Brock Motum scored 31 points and Royce Woolridge added 25 as Washington State closed out the regular season by crushing USC, 76-51, on Saturday.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Washington State waited until the last two games of the Pac-12 season to go on a win streak in conference play. Brock Motum scored 31 points and Royce Woolridge added 25 as Washington State closed out the regular season by crushing USC 76-51 on Saturday.