March Madness is down to the Sweet 16 and just one team from Washington is remaining.

The fifth-seeded Gonzaga men are facing a tough challenge on Friday against top-seeded Purdue.

The Zags are coming off a pair of dominant wins over McNeese and Kansas, beating each by more than 20 points.

Second-seeded Arizona is the only Pac-12 school left in the conference’s final season.

 

Big news on the coaching front for two rival Washington schools.

Former Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle has accepted the head coaching job with the Huskies’ basketball team.

ESPN reports it’s a six-year deal.

Sprinkle and the Aggies beat TCU in the opening round of the tournament before falling to Purdue last weekend.

That was Utah State’s first tournament win since 2001.

He replaces Mike Hopkins, who was fired this month after seven seasons in Seattle.

 

Meanwhile, Washington State’s Kyle Smith has left Pullman to coach at Stanford.

The announcement was made just days after the Cougs lost to Iowa State in the round of 32 Saturday night.

Smith won this season’s Pac-12 Coach of the Year award after leading the Cougs to their first tournament appearance since 2008 and an opening round win over Drake.

He leaves the school after five seasons.

Smith will replace Jerod Haase at Stanford who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons with no tournament appearances for the Cardinal.

 

The Seattle Kraken are nearing the end of their season after extending their latest losing streak.

The Kraken fell to the Montreal Canadians 5-1 last night for their eighth straight loss.

The Canadians opened the game with four unanswered goals in the first period.

Jordan Eberle scored Seattle’s lone goal in the second.

The Kraken now sit 14 points behind the last playoff spot in the Western Conference with 12 games left in the season.

They’re up next tomorrow night at home for the Anaheim Ducks.

 

The Mariners are looking to end spring training on a high note.

The M’s are unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 games, which includes three ties from over the weekend.

Most recently, they played the Chicago Cubs to a 9-9 draw last night in a game that featured home runs by Mitch Haniger and Robert Schreck.

Seattle is back in action tonight against the San Diego Padres in their penultimate Cactus League match.

Coverage begins at 6:30 and first pitch is at 6:40 on KPUG.

 

And the Sounders remain winless to start the MLS season.

Seattle lost to the San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 on Saturday in the return of goalkeeper Stefan Frei.

The Earthquakes had a 2-0 lead at halftime and the Sounders rallied to even the score in the 81st minute.

But San Jose scored just one minute after Seattle’s tying goal to give the Earthquakes their first win of the season.

The Sounders now fall to 0-2-2 ahead of this Saturday’s matchup against the LA Galaxy.