Posts by 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.

The legend of JuJu Watkins grows after Pac-12 Tournament semifinal win over UCLA

March 9, 2024

But Watkins also had critical help in critical moments

How Thursday became possibly the best Pac-12 Tournament day ever

March 8, 2024

The Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals featured six ranked teams, two teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble and plenty of drama

Pac-12 looking to go out in fine tournament style

March 4, 2024

The Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas should be one of the most competitive conference tournaments in the land

Saying thanks to the Pac-12 for the memories

March 3, 2024

The Pac-12 Conference has come a long way. On the cusp of its last tournament, Michelle Smith reflects and remembers

How Teresa Gould will lead Oregon State, Washington State and the Pac-12 into the unknown

March 2, 2024

Gould told reporters on Thursday that she is committed to investing and prioritizing women’s sports

Even with double OT loss, Arizona making the case for itself and the Pac-12

March 1, 2024

The Wildcats need a strong finish to seal the NCAA deal

Oregon State back on the radar in a big way

February 13, 2024

Rueck: ‘I don’t think I predicted we’d be here’

JuJu Watkins, Cameron Brink lead list of Pac-12 Player of the Year candidates

February 7, 2024

Handicapping the race for Pac-12 Player of the Year

Leger-Walker’s Cougar career ends with ACL injury

January 31, 2024

Senior guard Charlisse Leger-Walker, the three-time All-Pac-12 performer and 2023 Honorable Mention All-American, will miss the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament

WNBA Golden State’s first president is ready to set a vision

January 30, 2024

Jess Smith: “There is a lot more to come.”