‘Dogs Fall Short in Logan, 65-61

Fresno State bounced back from back-to-back home losses to push WAC-leading Utah Stat to the brink. However, it was not enough as the ‘Dogs fell 65-61 to Utah State on Thursday night in Logan. Bulldog forward Sylvester Seay scored a career-high 32 points, including 17 the first half, leading FS to a 32-28 lead at the break…    Full Story

James Ware, former director of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Gopher men's basketball program, has been named the top assistant at Santa Clara. Ware served the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Utah State.   Full Story

The four top teams at the beginning of the season are also the quartet that's left standing. For the first time in the history of the NCAA tournament, the four No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four.   Full Story

Utah State forward Stephen DuCharme has been named the Western Athletic Conference men’s basketball player of the week for November 19-25. This is the first career WAC Player of the Week honor for the senior.    Full Story

For years some have complained that the 19-foot, 9-inch 3-point shooting arc in college basketball is much too close. Those same folks could be a lot happier watching college hoops in a couple of seasons.   Full Story

The duo of Jerret Smith and Deshawn Sims provide Michigan with an unexpected scoring lift in its 68-58 victory over Utah State. Next up for the Wolverines is a second round match-up with the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee Thursday night.   Full Story

Utah State's head men's basketball coach Stew Morrill announced Wednesday the hiring of Tony Benford as an assistant coach for the Aggies. Benford replaces Don Holst who resigned following the 2005-06 season.   Full Story

Well, Thursday got off to a rocky start down here in San Diego. While listening to Jim Rome pontificate on Barry Bonds and the WBC, I got a call from a friend on layover on his way down to San Diego. "Are you at Cox Arena?" he asked? "No," I said, still wiping the sleep from my eyes. "So you don't know what's going on?" he queried? "Nope," I said. What was it?   Full Story

Both Lorenzo Romar of Washington and Stew Morrill of Utah State were playing it straight Wednesday afternoon as they went through their final press conferences and team workouts at Cox Arena in San Diego before their NCAA Men's basketball tournament first-round tilt. Who is the underdog in this 5-12 match-up, the Aggies or Huskies? It all depends on who you talk to.   Full Story

It's been a busy day down in San Diego, as both Washington and Utah State prepare for their Thursday matchup 7 p.m. at SDSU's Cox Arena. Sports Washington was there to get all the player quotes from both the Huskies and Aggies as they prepare for their NCAA Men's basketball tournament first-round game.   Full Story

Pac-10 runner-up and 17th-ranked Washington (24-6) begins its 13th foray into the NCAA Tournament this week in San Diego, Calif. The fifth-seeded Huskies meet No. 12 seed Utah State (23-8) on Thursday, Mar. 16. The first-round matchup takes place at Cox Arena on the San Diego State campus.   Full Story

Ryan Appleby still wasn't hearing it. Sure, Aaron Brooks apologized, via handwritten letters after the Washington-Oregon game in the Pac-10 tournament, but what Brooks did to the Washington sophomore wasn't something that's found in any official basketball manual. In fact, it was more akin to the WWE than the Pac-10.   Full Story

First of all, let’s be honest, I’m a football junkie. Football is and always will be my sport. I dread January because it means football is almost over for another year with the exception of the Super Bowl. I never count and rarely watch the Pro Bowl. With the Seahawks run this year, football was really fun all the way into February. Still, once it’s over, the sports scene for me always has certain emptiness to it.   Full Story

When Lorenzo Romar saw 'Washington' come up on the big screen televisions located in Hec Ed Sunday, he was hoping for a big flashback - one that happened exactly one year ago to the day. In that scenario, the Huskies were named the fourth number-one seed in the NCAA Men's basketball Tournament. This year? Not quite.   Full Story