Over the previous two seasons, Franck Kepnang had played one half of one conference game for Washington due to injuries. He surpassed that last week against UCLA and is expected

One of coach Cori Close’s mantras has prevailed throughout the season: toughness. “You cannot give toughness,” Close said Wednesday. “You cannot hope it into place. You have to earn toughness.

It was different game, same loss for Washington on Friday in their latest outing which was their sixth consecutive one. Following the 65-60 defeat to UCLA, Danny Sprinkle said it wasn’t much different than some of the other nine that they’ve had so far during his debut season in Seattle.

BOTTOM LINE: No. 24 Wisconsin plays UCLA after John Blackwell scored 28 points in Wisconsin's 84-69 victory against the USC Trojans. The Bruins have gone 9-1 at home. UCLA averages 75.7 points and has outscored opponents by 12.0 points per game.

Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67 on Sunday.

No, not that Ben Johnson. This was the other Ben Johnson, the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and he was talking about what it was like to stand on the court against Michigan State basketball and watch the Spartans up close.

The Gophers host Washington on Saturday at Williams Arena after having a 3-game Big Ten win streak snapped at Michigan State.

The last time Dawson Garcia and Tyree Ihenacho were on the same basketball court was their senior season at Prior Lake High School, before the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020. Garcia was named a McDonald’s All-American.

Minutes after the Washington gymnastics team dropped its dual to No. 18 Michigan last Saturday, head coach Jessa Hansen Parker conceded that “they’re not where we want to be right

Minnesota cut its deficit to six early in the fourth quarter, but the Trojans then put them away Thursday night.

The Wolves were without three players from the regular rotation but turned to Rob Dillingham, Luka Garza and Jaylen Clark for help. Anthony Edwards' 36 points helped, too.

Iowa’s Kylie Feuerbach will always consider Caitlin Clark a teammate, whether the top overall pick in the WNBA draft is going to concerts or hanging out with Taylor Swift at an NFL game.