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Taking the NCAA recruiting rules test

Ryan Divish — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:24:02 +0000

Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples sat next to Mississippi State coaches and took the NCAA rules test. What he found out was how truly insane, mundane and ludicrous some of the rules are.

From the story …

For instance, did you know that a football coach may not have in-person, on- and off-campus contact with a prospect who was certified as an academic non-qualifier and is in his first year at a junior college? Neither did I — until I guessed the correct answer to question No. 6 after 10 frustrating minutes rooting through the manual. Why does

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Steve Sarkisian talks with KJR

Ryan Divish — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:50:20 +0000

Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian joined Dave “Softy” Mahler today for an interview.

Nothing earth shattering from the interview. Sark did say that his staff “tinkered” with the idea of holding fall camp off campus because of the space restrictions caused by the construction of the new Husky Stadium.

Sarkisian also said he felt like the team should have been 9-4 this past season. He pointed to the losses to Oregon State and Baylor as games the Huskies should have won.

He talked about how tough the early schedule is and …

Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten invited to NBA draft combine in Chicago

Ryan Divish — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:55:25 +0000

While the NFL combine gets all the hype, the NBA has also started a draft combine as well. The event will run on June 7-8 in Chicago and has 60 participants including Washington’s Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten. The only other player from the Pac-12 invited is Jared Cunningham of OSU. Jorge Gutierrez of Cal did not get an invite.

ESPN’s Chad Ford mentions Ross could be player that gains some steam after the organized NBA workouts that started this past week in New Jersey.

From his blog post …

Ross hasn’t been mentioned in the same

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A few Monday links

Ryan Divish — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:30:27 +0000

Greetings! It’s been a while since I posted. Thanks for the patience as I had to step away from the blog for a week. Of course, we aren’t exactly in the busy time of year. The links are a little thin. But I will try posting some “original” content again starting this week.

First, congrats to the UW softball team which advanced to the NCAA super regionals on Sunday, defeating Harvard in the title game of the Seattle Regional of the NCAA tourney. The Huskies will travel to Berkley to face No. 1 Cal in a three game series …

What’s the Rush? He is Pac-12′s new basketball officiating director

Todd Milles — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:28 +0000

Larry Scott, commissioner of the Pacific-12 Conference, announced today that Ed Rush will join the conference as the league’s coordinator of men’s basketball officiating. The long-time National Basketball Association’s Director of Officiating is currently one of the NBA’s recruiting and development directors for officials.

“I am delighted that we have been able to attract someone of Ed’s experience and expertise to lead our officiating program,” Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said. “He has been an expert and leader at all levels of basketball officiating, and the training program he developed for us is considered state-of-the-art. We look forward to taking our …

Husky assistant hoops coach Paul Fortier, WSU’s Davonte Lacy will represent US in East Asia

Ryan Divish — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:15:32 +0000

University of Washington assistant coach Paul Fortier will get his chance to lead a team as a head coach. The longtime Husky assistant will lead a group of players from the United States into East Asia to play a series of games against top professional teams.

“I’m looking forward to this experience of coaching this team and experiencing the culture of East Asia, a part of the world I have not seen,” Fortier said in a press release.

One of those players that Fortier will be guiding is Tacoma native and WSU standout shooting guard DaVonte’ Lacy. The Curtis …

A mixture of Friday morning links …

Ryan Divish — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:05:57 +0000

I’ve been a little lax on the morning links and my family in Montana thanks you.

But I decided to post a few today – both football and basketball.

Football

Jon Wilner has a few musings on the Pac-12 Network hires

ASU got a commitment from a defensive end in Texas

Oregon State cornerback Malcolm Marable and safety Ryan Murphy were arrested after an incident at a Corvallis nightclub. This is Marable’s second arrest in the offseason.

Ted Miller writes about Arizona CB Jonathan McKnight

Former Steelers starting nose tackle Chris Hoke says tha …

Radio replay: Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott talks with KJR

Ryan Divish — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:21:59 +0000

Meant to post this other day, but some interesting stuff from Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, who joined Ian Furness and Jason Puckett

Audio: Pac-12 North coaches talk about their spring football sessions

Ryan Divish — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:42:43 +0000

Here’s the audio of coaches in the Pac-12 North …. quick note, WSU head coach Mike Leach could not make the call because he was traveling. Defensive coordinator Mike Breske took his place instead. Here’s the audio and transcript of Steve Sarkisian’s portion from yesterday.

Cal head coach Jeff Tedford

Oregon head coach Chip Kelly

Oregon State

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Audio: Pac-12 south coaches talk about their spring football sessions

Ryan Divish — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:33:28 +0000

Here’s the audio from the Pac-12 coaches conference call yesterday … this is the South division

Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez

ASU head coach Todd Graham

Colorado head coach Jon Embree

USC head coach Lane Kiffin

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