Washington State Cougars
Pac-12 (24-9, 14-6)
Big Wins: Arizona (73-70), at Arizona (77-74)
Bad Losses: at California (75-81), at Arizona State (61-73)
Coach: Kyle Smith
Probable Starters:
Oscar Cluff, Junior, Center, 7.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Jaylen Wells, Junior, Forward, 12.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Isaac Jones, Senior, Forward, 15.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Andrej Jakimovski, Senior, Forward, 10.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Myles Rice, Freshman, Guard, 15.1 ppg, 3.9 apg
Key Role Players:
Rueben Chinyelu, Freshman, Center, 4.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Isaiah Watts, Freshman, Guard, 3.6 ppg
Kymany Houinsou, Sophomore, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 2.2 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.9 (141st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.3 (57, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.6 (69, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.0 (78, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (269, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.5 (157, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.2 (254, 9)
Rebound Margin: 5.8 (27, 3)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (230, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.5 (67, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2023 | NIT | First Round loss to Eastern Washington |
2022 | NIT | First Round win over Santa Clara |
2022 | NIT | Second Round win over SMU |
2022 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over BYU |
2022 | NIT | Semifinal loss to Texas A&M |
2012 | CBI | First Round win over San Francisco |
2012 | CBI | Quarterfinal win over Wyoming |
2012 | CBI | Semi Final win over Oregon |
2012 | CBI | Final win over Pittsburgh |
2011 | NIT | First Round win over Long Beach State |
2011 | NIT | Second Round win over Oklahoma State |
2011 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Northwestern |
2011 | NIT | Semifinal loss to Wichita State |
2009 | NIT | First Round loss to St. Mary's |
2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Winthrop |
2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Notre Dame |
2008 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to North Carolina |
2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Oral Roberts |
2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Vanderbilt |
*all team stats through 3/10