Washington State guard Nate Calmese signals a teammate in the second half of a game against Portland on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash. (Geoff Crimmins/For The Spokesman-Review)

Washington State head coach David Riley, left, and guard Isaiah Watts, center, watch from the bench in the second half of a game against Portland on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash. (Geoff Crimmins/For The Spokesman-Review)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration showed an "iron-clad commitment" to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region.

The U.S. secretary of state and the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan are expected to meet in Washington on Tuesday, the day after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, people familiar with the matter said.

The ministerial meeting will underscore that the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is attaching importance to collaboration among the four nations.

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan as the Trump administration kicks off its formal foreign policy engagements in discussions with the Indo-Pacific “Quad.

"There might be" a chance sophomore guard Isaiah Watts, who has been out since Dec. 18 with a hand injury, returns this week for Washington State men's basketball.

The Quad Foreign Ministers on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to “strengthening regional maritime, economic, and technology security” in a joint statement issued after the first meeting of the grouping in US President Donald Trump’s second term.

Iowa (13-7, 3-6 Big Ten) ended its five-game losing skid and picked up a much-needed Quad 1 victory in the process. The win over the Huskies salvages a road split for Iowa in its two-game road swing and now Iowa has some time to rest and recover before returning to action against Northwestern (7-10, 0-6 Big Ten).

Part III examines tier II, the not-quite-elite teams in the B1G, teams 5-9. DISCLAIMER: The articles have been written/contributed to over the course of several days. The tiers were settled on late last week,