SEATTLE — Here's a special edition of The Morning After, a feature I usually write after football games filled with lingering notes, nuggets, observations and other shenanigans that did not naturally fit into our game coverage.
With Oregon State staging an impressive run to capture its first Pac-12 Tournament title in school history -- including a 69-57 victory over UCLA in the finals Sunday night -- it felt like the perfect time to revive this coverage element. So let's get to it.
* Ruth Hamblin obviously put together arguably the best performance of her career, totaling a game-high 23 points, setting a career best and tying a school record with 20 rebounds and compiling five blocks to become the Pac-12's all-time leader in that category.