Best of the West for 2024-25: Gonzaga and Brigham Young will rule the region...
<p><p>The 2024-25 basketball season will pose next-level challenges for both the Mountain West and West Coast conferences, which won’t have the Pac-12 to kick around...
View ArticleMeet Cooper Flagg, the next ‘White Duke villain’ and a potential No. 1 pick
<p><p>PORTLAND, Ore. - Cooper Flagg, America’s most coveted teenage basketball player, faced the biggest decision of his decade-long ascent from central Maine to the top of NBA draft...
View ArticleWCC expansion: What Grand Canyon and Seattle mean for the conference — and...
<p><p>The process took longer than necessary – years longer, in fact – but the West Coast Conference presidents finally recognized what their peers in the Pac-12 failed to see: The forces...
View ArticleRadio host Doug Gottlieb hired to coach Green Bay men’s basketball
<p><p>The University of Wisconsin Green Bay on Tuesday hired Fox Sports Radio host Doug Gottlieb as its new men’s basketball coach.</p></p><p><p>Gottlieb, 48, does...
View ArticleMailbag: Why Utah is best positioned of Pac-12 schools to thrive in next era;...
<p><p><em>The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on Twitter/X:...
View ArticleMeet Cooper Flagg, the next ‘White Duke villain’ and a potential No. 1 pick
<p><p>PORTLAND, Ore. - Cooper Flagg, America’s most coveted teenage basketball player, faced the biggest decision of his decade-long ascent from central Maine to the top of NBA draft...
View Article10 key dates for college sports: From the House case and Pac-12 departures to...
<p><p>College sports have undergone a breathtaking transformation in recent years with conference realignment, playoff expansion, unlimited transfers and name, image and likeness...
View ArticleBill Walton, one of basketball's most eccentric characters, dies at 71
<p><p>Bill Walton, a Hall of Fame center who authored a career that was triumphant and tragic, as well as colorful and controversial, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was...
View ArticleDave Boling: Remember Bill Walton as one of basketball's great poets, on...
<p><p>Today’s column fulfills a promise I made to Bill Walton.</p></p><p><p>Not that we were buddies or anything, or that I have any extensive insights into his...
View ArticleRIP, Bill Walton: The Pac-12’s greatest supporter passes away
<p><p>Two days after the Pac-12 took its final competitive breath, the conference lost its soul.</p></p><p><p>Bill Walton passed away Monday after 71 years of a life...
View Article'Thank you for my life': Bill Walton's colleagues share their...
<p><p>The amazing thing about Bill Walton is that he led multiple lives.</p></p><p><p>Most of us lead only one.</p></p><p><p>Walton was an...
View ArticleThe 10 greatest athletes in Pac-12 history: Where does Bill Walton rank in...
<p><p>Bill Walton’s death last Monday sparked an endless outpouring of love for the UCLA legend and broadcasting icon. It also got the Hotline thinking: Where does Walton belong on the...
View ArticleMen's college basketball Top 15: Alabama, Gonzaga lead post-NBA...
<p><p>After the NBA draft withdrawal deadline passed on Wednesday night, we finally have a clearer picture of what college rosters will look like when the season starts in...
View ArticleMailbag: Pac-12 vs. Mountain West survival scenarios, House impact on Title...
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View ArticleAfter saying no to NBA draft, former Gonzaga guard Hunter Sallis excited...
<p><p>Hunter Sallis knew exactly what he was doing when it came time to make a decision about his future.</p></p><p><p>With the deadline looming to take himself out...
View ArticleIf Lakers land Dan Hurley, what happens to UConn? Why Huskies face potential...
<p><p>Less than two months ago, in a land that now seems far, far away, Dan Hurley grabbed a microphone and screamed to a throng of deliriously happy people that <a...
View ArticleMailbag: On-field logos (What's next, the Gesa Cougars?), ESPN night...
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View ArticleBig Mons and Little Mons: Basketball was front and center, but bond between...
<p><p>Maybe it goes back even further, but this legacy of Monson fathers passing basketballs down to their sons at least traces back to Oscar “Swede” Monson, who coached at Menahga (Minn.)...
View ArticleWCC basketball picks: Gonzaga on top in 2024-25 as Washington State, OSU...
<p><p>Washington State and Oregon State made all the right strategic decisions after the Pac-12 collapsed and they were left behind in the realignment game. The list of shrewd moves...
View ArticleDave Boling: Washington State coaching icon George Raveling continues to...
<p><p>College sports, having lost their way, need George Raveling more than ever.</p></p><p><p>It might require a visionary like Raveling to renew the conscience,...
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