The Cougs men's basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 16 years and will face Drake in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Omaha on Thursday.The Washington State Cougars are going dancing, coming in at a #7 seed on Selection Sunday. The Gonzaga Bulldogs come in as a #5 seed as well.Koren Johnson scored 23 points, Keion Brooks Jr. added 22 and Washington knocked off No.
The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format.Washington State coach Kyle Smith had just finished watching his team almost entirely shut down Stanford last weekend, and win for the 10th time in its last 11 games, when he made a rare admission for college basketball coaches.