Dave Boling: For now, WSU faithful should embrace the Kyle Smith wins rather...
<p><p>OMAHA, Neb. – Gobble this up, Cougar fans.</p></p><p><p>Embrace every minute of it.</p></p><p><p>Because in the impermanent, turbulent...
View ArticleTicket tricks: Spokane-area NCAA fans spend – or make – big bucks on Cougs,...
<p><p>For basketball fans in Spokane, that one shining moment might be when you turned a profit on NCAA Tournament tickets.</p></p><p><p>Excitement is building for...
View ArticleFirst look: UC Irvine, Gonzaga women's first-round NCAA opponent, has a...
<p><p>Like all teams preparing for NCAA Tournament openers, Gonzaga’s initial knowledge of UC Irvine was limited.</p></p><p><p>No recent postseason history exists...
View ArticleGonzaga-McNeese State key matchup: Shahada Wells does it all for Cowboys
<p><p>SALT LAKE CITY – McNeese State do-everything guard Shahada Wells, who likely occupies the first line on Gonzaga’s scouting report, has played a lot of college basketball at several...
View ArticleFormer Gonzaga assistant Donny Daniels catches up with old friends in Salt...
<p><p>SALT LAKE CITY – Donny Daniels hadn’t seen Przemek Karnowski since Gonzaga’s run to the national championship game at the 2017 Final Four in Glendale,...
View ArticleSurprise! Lower seeds may produce high drama during NCAA Tournament games at...
<p><p>What’s wrong, Spokane basketball fans – worried that you’re not getting enough bang for the 450 bucks you paid for a seat at this week’s NCAA Tournament games at the...
View ArticleDave Boling: Hard-working Isaac Jones has gone from pipe-supply company to...
<p><p>OMAHA, Neb. – Isaac Jones’ whole life has been navigating through portals.</p></p><p><p>Not just the one that accommodated last year’s transfer from Idaho to...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament: Analysis and predictions for upcoming games at the Spokane...
<p><h3>(5) San Diego State vs. (12) UAB</h3></p><p><p><strong>Gametime:</strong> The Blazers (23-11) and Aztecs (24-10) tip off at 10:45...
View ArticleSan Diego State, Auburn arrive at Spokane Arena is raised expectations
<p><p>Respect is earned, they say. But in college basketball, it must be earned every day.</p></p><p><p>Make that every...
View ArticleMarch Madness in Spokane: Gonzaga rival St. Mary's looking for love in...
<p><p>The Saint Mary’s Gaels are in town searching for a little bit of support from Spokane. They will be lucky to find any.</p></p><p><p>They’re also looking to win...
View ArticleSouthern hostility? March Madness brings Alabama rivalries, comaraderie to...
<p><p>The arrival of the Auburn University Tigers and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in the Lilac City played out like something out of an old...
View ArticleSan Diego State opens NCAA Tournament at the Arena with narrow 69-65 win over...
<p><p>The experience of last year’s deep run in the NCAA Tournament might just help the San Diego State Aztecs make another one this season.</p></p><p><p>Trailing...
View ArticleNo. 13 seed Yale stuns Auburn 78-76 in epic NCAA Tournament game at the Arena
<p><p>The NCAA Tournament has three more weekends to run, but it will be hard to top Friday’s epic encounter between Yale and Auburn at the Arena.</p></p><p><p>In a...
View ArticleGrand Canyon rides Arena crowd to upset against Saint Mary's
<p><p>Grand Canyon University introduced itself to a national audience and etched its name in March Madness lore.</p></p><p><p>The 12th-seeded Antelopes scored their...
View ArticleFrenzied fans drive Grand Canyon at NCAA Tournament
<p><p>For three hours on Friday the Spokane Arena was filled with walls of purple and roars of, “Let’s go Lopes!”</p></p><p><p>The matchup between Grand Canyon and...
View ArticlePac-12 power plays: Inside a wild and lucrative eight days for Washington...
<p><p>The past seven months have produced a barrage of highs and lows for Washington State and Oregon State, the schools left behind in the realignment...
View ArticleIowa Hawkeyes 'knock the rust off' in NCAA tournament opener, knock...
<p><p>IOWA CITY, Iowa – Of course, they wouldn’t want to tempt fate with this for an extended period of time.</p></p><p><p>But for two magic minutes – One Shining...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament in Spokane: Previewing Sunday's games at the Arena
<p><h3>(12) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Alabama</h3></p><p><p><strong>Gametime:</strong> The Antelopes (30-4), coming off their first NCAA Tournament win in...
View ArticleArizona Wildcats reach NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 with 78-68 win over Dayton...
<p><p>SALT LAKE CITY – The Arizona Wildcats reached the Sweet 16 on Saturday in a manner that suggests they just might keep going.</p></p><p><p>Despite a rough day...
View ArticleAlabama scrapes past Grand Canyon 72-61 in frantic NCAA Tournament game at...
<p><p>With exhaustion painted on his face, Alabama guard Mark Sears breathed a sigh of relief, then grinned as he made a shushing motion and waved goodbye to a large contingent of Grand...
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