With the retirement of Arizona men's basketball coach Lute Olson, Tacoma Bellarmine Prep star Abdul Gaddy was rumored to be pulling out of his commitment to the Wildcats. Now the Seattle Times is reporting that Gaddy will sign with the Washington Huskies next month. Gaddy is the number two point guard recruit in the nation. Earlier this year, Gaddy's mother, a local FedEx employee, received a phone call from the FedEx CEO urging her son to attend his alma mater, the University of Memphis. more ›

If there are a better two days in sports, or indeed in life, than the first two days of the NCAA basketball tournament, please tell us. Because sixteen games in one day, starting at 9am and ending about twelve hours later, with usually at least one upset scare, three down-to-the-wire games, and a buzzer-beating shot? Sweet mama, that is some good shit. more ›

Here at Seattlest, we yawn when you discuss the "Rose" Bowl, or the Final "Four." The moment we wait for to validate our University of Washington pride comes every January, when the Peace Corps announces which U.S. university provided the most Peace Corps volunteers. more ›

Don Ruiz of the News Tribune's Washington Huskies Insider alerts us, at the bottom of this informative post about Pac-10 basketball, of a long-overdue rule change in NCAA basketball: more ›

Tonight at 7 pm, NCAA basketball teams may begin practicing. Many teams will celebrate the advent of a new season with "Midnight Madness"--an evening practice (often with dunk contests and other crowd-pleasing antics) that fans can view for free. Until this year, teams couldn't practice until midnight, hence the name. more ›

March is a limbo month--too warm for winter, too cold for spring. more ›