Estimating the financial impact canceling March Madness will have on Pac-12 and NCAA | Jon Wilner
How will the shuttering of the NCAA Tournament impact the multi-million payouts to the schools and conferences? We don’t have a clear answer yet.
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Jon Wilner
Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
Analysis: Here’s what to watch for in the Pac-12 tournament | Pac-12 Hotline
With the Pac-12 regular season over, here's a primer on the upcoming tournament in Las Vegas.
Analysis: For Larry Scott’s tenure as Pac-12 commissioner, the future is now
"The future of the conference is at stake": Larry Scott’s deal has two more years on his contract, which isn’t as much time as it...
Analysis: A way-too-early look at the Pac-12 football division races | Jon Wilner
It's February, so naturally it's time for an early (emphasis on early) look at the Pac-12 football races. Husky and Cougar fans might want to...
Analysis: Jacob Eason highlights the Pac-12 players to watch during the NFL combine | Jon Wilner
The more players picked on day one of the NFL draft, the better for the Pac-12 during what is expected to be a Las Vegas...
Analysis: Can the Pac-12 reverse the trend of top recruits leaving the West? | Jon Wilner
The Pac-12’s competitive backslide — the sporadic churn of elite teams — has prompted the top talents to view blue bloods elsewhere as the quickest...
Analysis: Jimmy Lake, five-star talent and a recruiting opportunity like no other for UW Huskies | Jon Wilner
The number of top 2021 prospects available locally presents quite a recruiting opportunity for first-year head coach Jimmy Lake and UW.
Pac-12 football analysis: Huskies and Cougars face differing degrees of schedule strength in 2020 | Jon Wilner
Our multi-part early look at Pac-12 football in 2020 begins with an assessment of the schedules — a development made possible by actually having the,...
Analysis: Why Washington State got it right with the Nick Rolovich hire
In many ways, Leach was the perfect coach with the perfect system for the Cougars. But with the Nick Rolovich hire, they gave themselves a...
Analysis: WSU’s Mike Leach and UW’s Chris Petersen are gone. So which departure is a bigger blow for the Pac-12?
The Pac-12 Hotline's Jon Wilner takes a look around at some key story lines and developments in the Conference of Champions, including the departures of...