WSU women earn No. 5 seed in NCAA Tournament

PULLMAN – After winning the Pac-12 Tournament for the first time in program history, the Washington State women’s basketball team earned a No. 5 seed in the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Cougars will match up against No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast in the first round of the tournament on Saturday. “They are just so unbelievably good, (Head Coach Karl Smesko) does such a good job at Florida Gulf Coast,” WSU Head Coach Kamie Ethridge said after the team’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party on Sunday. “They have a lot of transfers in every year, he meshes them together. He’s one of the best coaches in the country, so it’s going to be a really tough matchup.” ...