Fittingly, the two-game trip is where John Wooden first made his mark as a high school player in a state where basketball — from grade school to the pros — is king.
The semifinals are set: In the Orange Bowl, it will be No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 7 Notre Dame. Then, in the Cotton Bowl, it will be No. 5 Texas vs. No. 8 Ohio State.
Had a 15-yard penalty been called, ASU would have been in range to attempt a tiebreaking field goal. Instead, the Sun Devils punted and Texas won 39-31 in two overtimes.
Dubbed “The Takeover Tour,” the Seattle stop is the first of nine out-of-market outings the PWHL will play in places including Raleigh, North Carolina, St. Louis and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Paul Goldschmidt went through a miserable first four months last year, including a career-worst 0-for-32 slide that ended with a May 11 ninth-inning single to avoid his first five-strikeout game.