Posted by Josh

Feb. 13, 2012 9:37 p.m. - Updated: 9:44 p.m.

UPDATED: 9:40 p.m.

The 16 universities in the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA announced they are working on forming a new league that will begin in 2013-14. The new yet-to-be-named league will include 18-24 teams, according to the press release. That means the league would add two to eight schools, perhaps some from the WAC.

Click below for more, including a statement this evening from Idaho athletic director Rob Spear.

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Posted by Greg

Feb. 13, 2012 3:11 p.m. - Updated: 3:16 p.m.

The brackets for the Washington state wrestling tournaments can be found here.

Mead has three No. 1 seeds - Matthew Petrini at 113 pounds, Jordan Rogers at 182 and Cody Bocook at 285. Chandler Rogers (160) and Jeremy Golding (145), pictured above, are third seeds and Sam Voigtlaender (170) is a fourth seed.

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Posted by Greg

Feb. 13, 2012 2:44 p.m. - Updated: 2:46 p.m.

Our first post of the week involves a poll question below. 0 comments ›

Posted by Christian

Feb. 13, 2012 2 p.m. - Updated: 2:12 p.m.

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FROM PULLMAN — We have a brief item to pass along about the arrest of WSU long-snapper Zach Koepp.

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Posted by Jim

Feb. 13, 2012 11:08 a.m. - Updated: 11:25 a.m.

Gonzaga, in and out of the rankings a couple times this season, returned to the A.P. and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls at No. 24 after wins over Saint Mary's and Loyola Marymount last week.

The Bulldogs (20-4, 10-2), who face road games at Santa Clara on Thursday and San Francisco on Saturday, shares the A.P.'s 24th spot with Wichita State. Saint Mary's dropped from 16th to 21st in A.P. and from 13th to 16th in ESPN/USA Today after losing to Gonzaga 73-59. BYU is 29th, fourth in the A.P. receiving votes category.

GU freshman guard Kevin Pangos earned his third WCC player of the week award. Pangos scored 27 points in the victory over Saint Mary's and added 21 points and nine assists against Loyola Maymount. His closest competition was probably teammate Elias Harris (10 points, 10 rebounds vs. Saint Mary's and 17 points, 15 rebounds vs. LMU), but I believe teams are limited to one nomination. BYU's Charles Abouo was the only other player nominated.

Pangos hasn't committed a turnover in three games.    

Programming note: Media day will be Tuesday.

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Posted by Jim

Feb. 13, 2012 9 a.m. - Updated: 9:22 a.m.

For the stat geeks out there, here's a look at Northern Colorado, which visits Eastern Washington for an important Big Sky game Wednesday night. The Bears are coming off a 77-64 overtime win over Montana State, and boast the 27th best field-goal percentage in the country at 47.7 percent

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Posted by Vince

Feb. 13, 2012 8:30 a.m. - Updated: 8:55 a.m.

A GRIP ON SPORTS

We're going in a different direction today, one you'll see off and on as the weather warms – and the local sports news thins. We spent much of yesterday afternoon glued to the television, watching a heavyweight fight, though the guys on the screen weren't boxers. It was a knockout though. And it was the best action of the weekend, though I don't believe anyone involved broke a sweat. Read on.

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Posted by Christian

Feb. 13, 2012 6 a.m.

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FROM PULLMAN — Traveling is fun, but there's always a certain comfort to walking through your own front door and knowing you're going to be home for a while. Such was the case Sunday. But, Monday begins another week, and we have some links for you to get it started. Read on.

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Posted by Jessica

Feb. 13, 2012 12:05 a.m. - Updated: 1:24 a.m.

What a week for area Division I women's basketball teams. Read below for a roundup of the week's action. 

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Posted by Jim

Feb. 12, 2012 10:31 a.m. - Updated: 10:58 a.m.

Good morning. Kids' stuff today, so I'll post this and hit the road.

GU had perhaps its best 80 minutes of basketball this season, thumping Saint Mary's and LMU at the Kennel. The Bulldogs have had several impressive efforts (Arizona, Notre Dame, Xavier) but probably the one that came closest to SMC/LMU was the home rout of Portland, followed by the road win at Xavier. 

Here are the links: My game story, Jesse Tinsley's fine photo gallery. Elsewhere, Saint Mary's rebounded from the GU loss to defeat Santa Clara — the Broncos' 13-game losing streak is the school's longest since WWII; BYU hit 12 3-pointers to clobber Pepperdine; and San Francisco knocked off San Diego, despite Johnny Dee setting USD's freshman scoring record.

Read on.

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