Interest in the Washington women’s basketball team has increased tenfold, if measured only by the crowd of media members gathered in an interview room at Alaska Airlines Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
For the typical regular-season game, two reporters cover the UW women. About 20 were on hand for a news conference Tuesday, two days before the Huskies depart for Indianapolis for the program’s first trip to the Final Four.
“This is our first press conference at home, ever,” UW coach Mike Neighbors said.
Casual Seattle sports fans seem to be jumping on board at a similar rate.