Washington State Cougars NCAA Basketball News

Washington State got their 2008-09 basketball season off to a great start with a total domination of the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.

Aron Baynes scored 14 points as Washington State mauled Mississippi Valley State 76-25 in its season opener on Saturday.

Fabian Boeke looks around Washington State's athletic campus and can measure how far he's come in more than the distance between southern Germany and the Pacific Northwest.

Returning starters Taylor Rochestie and Aron Baynes lead Washington State in its season opener on Saturday evening against Mississippi Valley State in Pullman.

Cougar Nation will be treated to back-to-back games Saturday. The WSU football team will take on the Arizona State in Tempe in the afternoon.

The first it what will be many, many games came Monday, as WSU walloped Lewis-Clark State College 76-31 before 5,091 at Beasley Coliseum.

"What I do know about our class is that it's we were able to sign good young men," Bennett said.

How do you replace three players Derrick Lowe, Kyle Weaver and Robbie Cowgill who played four years, won a combined 75 games and helped lay the foundation of success the Washington State Cougars have ...

Washington State coach Tony Bennett thinks he's got what he needs, for now and next season: Freshmen who can play immediately.

The Washington basketball team has lost seven consecutive games to Washington State, a confounding streak considering it has come at the expense of Brandon Roy, Spencer Hawes and Jon Brockman.

It's 44-15 at the half of WSU's exhibition game with Lewis-Clark State and yes, it's just like it sounds.

Tony Bennett has often told the tale of the first basketball game he coached at Washington State.

Ten things to love & hate about Washington State basketball: LOVE -Friel Court has gone from tomb to madhouse in past three years.

Australian power forward Brock Motum on Wednesday became the fourth high school senior to commit to Washington State, confirming his intention to sign a letter of intent with the Cougars next week.

Klay Thompson brings raw talent to Cougars. Kevin Dudley Tony Bennett has some holes to fill on the WSU men's basketball team.

Washington State Cougars didn't make it into the Top 25 ESPN/USAToday Coaches Preseason Poll, but don't count them out.

Washington and Washington State are clustered close together in the annual Pacific-10 men's basketball media poll released Thursday, even though the programs are at distinctly different stages of evolution.

"HARMELING! My grandmother runs faster than you!" Coach Dick Bennett screamed at one of his freshmen on the Washington State University basketball team.

Last year's run to the Sweet 16 hasn't changed the story line much at Washington State.

It shouldn't be all that difficult to temper any expectations at Washington State.