“I just wanted to find the love I had for the game again.”
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith has covered women’s basketball nationally for more than three decades. A 2024 inductee into the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Hall of Fame, Smith has worked for ESPN.com, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as Pac-12.com and WNBA.com. She is the 2017 recipient of the Jake Wade Media Award from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was named the Mel Greenberg Media Award winner by the WBCA in 2019.
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Ethridge’s tenacity turns Washington State into a winner
Kamie Ethridge has turned the tide for the Cougars program that is experiencing unprecedented success.
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Can Stanford win with an old-school offensive scheme?
‘We have to maximize our strengths’
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USC defining themselves as a Pac-12 power
How the Trojans meshed into a defensive juggernaut
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UNLV building something big in the desert
The Rebels’ 80-57 win over their in-state rival was witnessed by a sellout crowd of more than 2,500 — the first in program history
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Dissecting the Pac-12’s wild Sunday
The Pac-12 has nine teams currently in the Top 64 positions in the NCAA Net Rankings — eight of those teams among the Top 41
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Washington State has a mountain to climb in the Pac-12
Washington State is playing without junior guard Charlisse Leger-Walker and is trying to win without her
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The case for patience and Lauren Betts
Both Betts and coach VanDerveer are preaching patience
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Asking the Pac-12’s big questions
Which team will surprise, how dominant will Stanford be, and more
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Arizona is a powerhouse in progress
Early season 77-50 home loss to Kansas exploits ‘glaring’ areas for improvement
