Since taking over the Eastern Washington University men's basketball program almost three years ago, Kirk Earlywine has labeled several of the Eagles' victories "huge," or "big."And considering the state of EWU basketball when he took over, he was spot on with his assessments.But on Sunday…
COUGARS For once this season, the Washington State Cougars played their age. And an experienced Arizona State team did as well. It all added up to a 71-46 beating for the Cougars, snapping a six-game winning streak against the Devils. You can read the unedited…
COUGARS The poor early stretch – a 16-0 ASU run – was too much for WSU to overcome. The Cougars got as close as six at one point in the first half but could get no closer. The second half was a series of poor…
COUGARS Some of the WSU players were late to team events on the trip, so they either were not in the starting lineup (Marcus Capers and DeAngelo Casto) or have yet to come off the bench (James Watson). Add to that Klay Thompson picked up…
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:20 A.M. As I walked into the Wells Fargo Arena, the Sun Devils were running through a pretty spirited workout. It was what most coaches call a walk-through, but I didn't want to label it that because ASU was going too hard.…
Back at it after Gonzaga's entertaining 81-78 win over Portland on Saturday. It didn't seem like this one was going to be quite so close at the end, but the Pilots refused to crumble and gave themselves one shot, albeit a tough one, to tie…
COUGARS One thing about traveling to the Phoenix area for a Washington State basketball game, you run into a lot of people with Northwest ties. This trip was no different, with time spent talking with former coaches and area residents. With the weather as nice…
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