Northwest Notes June 30, 2022

Krause to be inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jerry Krause, former Eastern Washington men's basketball coach and later Gonzaga men's basketball director of operations, was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on Wednesday.

Krause is one of nine inductees in the 2022 class, who will be enshrined on Nov. 20 in Kansas City as part of National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Weekend, which also features the annual Hall of Fame Classic tournament.

Krause spent 17 seasons as the head coach at Eastern Washington from 1967-85, winning 262 games and overseeing EWU's transition from NAIA, to NCAA Division II and ultimately to Division I. His best season at Eastern Washington was a 25-4 finish in 1976-77 where the Eagles were one win shy of a berth in the NAIA tournament, but Krause's impact on the game of basketball reaches far beyond coaching.

Krause later spent 20 years in operations roles at Gonzaga, helping build the program into a national power.

In 2003 he received a "Guardians of the Game for Advocacy Award" from the National Association of Basketball Coaches for his research in developing a standardized rim testing program. He was selected to the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2000, and the same year was inducted into the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame. He was chair of the National Association of Basketball Coaches research committee, which he served on for more than 30 years. He was formerly a long-standing member of the NCAA Rules Committee, served on the NABC board of directors and was on the selection committee for the National Basketball Hall of Fame.

He has also authored 13 books, including a compilation of articles by the nation's top college coaches published as part of the 100th anniversary of basketball. During a sabbatical in the 1982-83 season, Krause completed two books while serving as an assistant for Ralph Miller at Oregon State University. In summer 2005, Krause completed "Lessons from the Legends," a capstone trio of books on Naismith Hall of Fame coaches. The book "Basketball Skills and Drills," originally published as "Better Basketball Basics" in 1983, is considered to be the most widely-used basketball fundamentals book in the world.

He has also produced 31 instructional videos, six DVDs, two CDs and serves as a consultant to many athletic organizations. Most of his works are available at coachjerrykrause.com.

Making up the class of 2022 are players Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman, and the late Jimmy Walker of Providence, along with coaches John Beilein, Krause and Lon Kruger. They are joined by championship-winning coaches Jim Calhoun and Roy Williams, who will be formally honored in the Class of 2022 after initially being recognized as part of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame's Founding Class in 2006.

Two Big Sky football games to air on ESPN networks this fall

FARMINGTON, Utah — As part of its continued partnership with ESPN, the Big Sky Conference announced Wednesday a pair of regular-season football games that will be televised across ESPN networks this October.

The first game selected will air on ESPN2 or ESPNU, UC Davis at FCS runner-up Montana State on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7:15 p.m. PT.

The next contest will air on ESPN2, Montana at Sacramento State on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. PT.

Despite never having a regular-season game air on ESPN2 in the league’s history prior to 2021, the Big Sky will now potentially have three regular-season football games air on the network in the span of just two years. Eastern Washington won a 34-28 thriller over Montana last year in the Big Sky’s first regular-season appearance on ESPN2.

All remaining football games held in Big Sky venues for the 2022 season will stream on ESPN+ with no blackout restrictions.

Cougars add two football games with San Jose State

PULLMAN — Washington State has agreed to a home-and-home football series with San Jose State beginning in 2024, athletic director Pat Chun announced.

The first game is scheduled to be played in Pullman, Sept. 21, 2024, with the return contest in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 6, 2031.

Washington State leads the all-time series against the Spartans 8-4-1, with the last meeting coming in 2018, a 31-0 Cougar victory in Pullman. The series began in 1955 with the only tie of the series, a 13-13 final in Pullman in a game known as the “Refrigerator Bowl” with a kickoff temperature of 5 degrees and a wind chill well below zero.

WSU has won the last two meetings in the series, 2018 and also in 1996, a 52-16 victory also in Pullman. The last meeting in San Jose ended in a 46-0 Cougar win in 1968.

Boise State announces football schedule changes, including game with EWU

BOISE — Boise State and Memphis have agreed to a home-and-home football series, highlighting future schedule changes, Bronco athletic director Jeramiah Dickey announced Wednesday.

The series will begin at Memphis in 2023 and the Tigers will visit Albertsons Stadium in 2026. Game dates are yet to be announced.

Boise State and Memphis will now meet four times from 2023-31. In January 2021, Boise State announced it will visit Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Aug. 31, 2030 and host Memphis on Sept. 13, 2031.

Boise State also announced its home-and-home series with Rice will begin in Houston during the 2032 season with the Owls returning the trip in 2035. Previously, the games were scheduled for 2027 and 2029.

To complete its 2025 nonconference schedule, Boise State will host Eastern Washington. The Eagles have participated in three of the last four FCS Playoffs, including a runner-up finish in 2018.