Washington State Cougars NCAA Basketball News

PULLMAN The Washington State men's basketball team picked up a couple of wins Monday.

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 was picked to finish eighth in the Pac-10 and head coach Ken Bone understands why.

Ten things to love or hate about Washington State basketball team: LOVE -Klay Thompson looks like Pac-10 star.

LOS ANGELES The best college basketball programs run like a conveyer belt, with new talent regularly arriving to replace what departs.

Los Angeles A - Thursday morning was Pac-10 men's basketball media day in Southern California.

The Washington State University men's basketball team is picked to finish 8th in the Pac-10 this year.

The era of stability that propelled Washington State's basketball team to unprecedented heights is over.

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.

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.

The commitment of Dwight Powell over the weekend has put Stanford's 2010 recruiting class in the top 15 of the scout.com's latest rankings of the best men's basketball recruiting classes in the country.

Ferris graduate DeAngelo Casto is expected to be a major player for the Cougars this season Idaho starts Friday, Zags wait until next week Cougar fans will get their first opportunity to take a look at Ken Bone's basketball team Friday night at Bohler Gym in Pullman.

Thompson averaged 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds, and had 10 points in the championship game.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: At least three of the Cougars' seven freshmen figure to play substantial roles from the start.

YAHOO! PULLMAN - This news flash just in, courtesy of the Washington State Cougars: Basketball players prefer offense over defense.

The Washington State basketball team will be counting heavily on young talent this season, and one of the Cougars' most heralded freshmen resumed working out with the team Monday.

Jeff Goodman at FoxSports.com takes a look at the Pac-10 today in this preview .

I was going to write this up last night but, to be brutally honest, was too tired.

This time, the big one didn't get away. Los Alamos' Alex Kirk, one of the state's most highly recruited basketball players this decade, has given a verbal commitment to the UNM men's basketball program.

USC has the most commitments, but UCLA has a chance for another outstanding recruiting class.