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It has been nearly 12 years since the Washington State University men's basketball team has played a regular season game in the Tri-Cities. Back in 1997, the then-struggling Cougars fell 83-82 to Eastern Washington University.

The WSU men's basketball team captured its eighth win of the season with a 75-68 victory against the Air Force Academy on Saturday in Spokane.

Klay Thompson scored 19 points and Reggie Moore scored 16 as Washington State held off Air Force 75-68 on Saturday.

UAA's Kevin White, center, and Liam Gibcus, left, go for an offensive rebound against Washington State on Wednesday at Sullivan Arena.

Brandon Johnson of San Diego goes down driving the lane but draws a foul from Marcus Capers of Washington State in the Championship game of the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout at the Sullivan arena Nov.

Washington State advanced to the finals of the Great Alaska Shootout with a 78-69 win over Nicholls State on Friday.

The Washington State University men's basketball team struggled at times in its opening round game of the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout before beating Division II Alaska Anchorage, 87-68. The Cougs led just 36-28 at halftime before pulling away in the final minutes of the second half.

Washington State guard Klay Thompson drives to the basket after getting inside Eastern Washington guard Alden Gibbs, obscured, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman.

Before the basketball game gets going a ' you can watch it live on FSN a ' we have our first look at Oregon State and a short on Jason Stripling.

It was evident to the nearly 4,000 fans in attendance at Friel Court Monday that Cougar guards freshman Reggie Moore and sophomore Michael Harthun are ready to make an impact this season.

Klay Thompson scored 19 points to lead Washington State University to a 73-51 win against Lewis-Clark State College in an exhibition game Monday at Friel Court.

The Ken Bone era begins at Washington State on Friday, when the Cougars play Mississippi Valley State in Pullman.

Washington State's Klay Thompson, who averaged 12.5 points as a freshman, was named the top NBA prospect in the Pac-10 by one publication.

The 3,476 in Beasley Coliseum on Monday night may have been drawn by curiosity. Count among them Washington State University's new head basketball coach Ken Bone.

OK, you talked me into it. Here's a quick pregame basketball post. Read on. As we said a few days back, WSU wasn't done recruiting despite having one senior on the roster and one commitment of Ephrata.

Washington State basketball officially got under way last Friday night. First-year Coach Ken Bone watched his players participate in the 3-point contest, slam dunk contest and scrimmage.

Friday marked the start of the 2009-10 Cougar basketball season. The men and women's teams began the day with the first official practices of the year at Midnight Mayhem - an event that received some help from the ZZU CRU.

The basketball roster news that was announced at Washington State yesterday gives us an opening to exam a couple aspects of last year's team that we haven't written about before in depth.