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UCLA beats WSU men again in Pullman

Whether it’s been by superior talent, execution or late-game savvy, the UCLA Bruins hadn’t lost a men’s basketball here since 1993 entering Saturday’s game.
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Motum’s big night ignites Cougars

PULLMAN – A quick start wasn’t surprising, considering Washington State’s opponent on Thursday night. But after lowly USC charged back from a seven-point deficit to take an early lead, WSU coach Ken Bone turned to his bench and did something he hadn’t been able to since early January.
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Colorado QB wins over WSU coaching staff

PULLMAN – His footwork, accuracy and leadership qualities had already been lauded by coach Mike Leach on Wednesday afternoon. But as Washington State quarterback signee Austin Apodaca killed time before a high school basketball game in Denver, he put another talent on display.
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WSU coach Bone sees first half as mixed bag

PULLMAN – While assessing the first half of Washington State’s basketball season, the truth of an old adage used by coach Ken Bone was reaffirmed before he could even get the words out of his mouth. “Can’t look back,” Bone said Tuesday. “Or you …”
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WSU coach Bone sees first half as mixed bag

PULLMAN – While assessing the first half of Washington State’s basketball season, the truth of an old adage used by coach Ken Bone was reaffirmed before he could even get the words out of his mouth.
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Colorado QB wins over WSU coaching staff

His footwork, accuracy and leadership qualities had already been lauded by coach Mike Leach on Wednesday afternoon. But as Washington State quarterback signee Austin Apodaca killed time before a high school basketball game in Denver, he put another talent on display.
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WSU linebackers coach Jeff Choate draws on connections

PULLMAN – There is a statue on the lawn of an elementary school, roughly 73 miles northeast of where linebackers coach Jeff Choate sits in his Washington State football office, about which the St. Maries native loves to rib his colleague. Choate and Eric Russell, WSU’s special-teams coordinator, went to high school together in the town of 2,400.
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WSU’s Aden out for the season

PULLMAN – Faisal Aden used his crutches to walk across Washington State’s campus on Tuesday, a brace engulfing most of his left leg. This, unfortunately, is how Aden will finish his senior season, as well as his WSU basketball career.
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Choate establishes own legacy at WSU

PULLMAN – There is a statue on the lawn of an elementary school, roughly 73 miles northeast of where linebackers coach Jeff Choate sits in his Washington State football office, about which that the St. Maries native loves to rib his colleague.
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Cougars’ defense struggles in loss to Arizona State

TEMPE, Ariz. – This scene is becoming too familiar for the Washington State men’s basketball team. Once again, the opponent had few answers for junior forward Brock Motum, who scored 34 points on Saturday, a career high.
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Cougars’ recruiting looks different under Leach

At least one expert says it’s easy to see the difference between the recruiting class being constructed by Mike Leach and his staff, and the initial class put together by former coach Paul Wulff. The emphasis, Fox Sports/Scout.com West Regional recruiting manager Brandon Huffman said, is no longer on depth. It’s on talented depth.
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Aden won’t play vs. ASU

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Washington State Cougars will be without one of their best scorers when they face Arizona State at 2 p.m. today at Wells Fargo Arena. Senior guard Faisal Aden, who sprained the MCL in his left knee during the first half of WSU’s 85-61 loss to Arizona on Thursday, will not play against the Sun Devils. WSU coach Ken Bone said Aden will undergo an MRI exam on Sunday after the team returns to Pullman. Aden didn’t practice Friday.
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Cougars’ Aden sidelined

Washington State senior guard Faisal Aden, who sprained the MCL in his left knee during the first half of WSU’s 85-61 loss to Arizona on Thursday, will not play today against Arizona State.
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Emerick is Leach’s right-hand man

PULLMAN – Dave Emerick’s explanation of his official title on Washington State’s football staff is fairly simple. It also provides a humorous glimpse of his boss’ personality. Not many football rosters list a “chief of staff” among their coaches. But that’s what Washington State head coach Mike Leach has dubbed Emerick, because … well, because …
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Emerick serves as Leach’s right-hand man

Dave Emerick’s explanation of his official title on Washington State’s football staff is fairly simple. It also provides a humorous glimpse of his boss’ personality.
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Breske highest paid WSU assistant

PULLMAN – Mike Leach’s defensive coordinator will be the highest-paid member of Washington State’s first assistant coaching staff under the new head football coach – and under the Pac-12 Conference’s new, lucrative television contract. According to a list of base salary figures obtained by The Spokesman-Review, Mike Breske, a longtime defensive coordinator at the Football Championship Subdivision level, will earn $325,000 this season to lead Leach’s defense at Washington State.
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Leach’s assistants well-paid

According to a list of base salary figures obtained by The Spokesman-Review, Washington State football coach Mike Leach’s nine assistants will earn a total of $1.8 million this season.
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Cougars knock off first-place Cal

PULLMAN – Of all the last-minute madness witnessed at Beasley Coliseum on Saturday, one image endures. It is of Washington State coach Ken Bone, and his fist, and his arm, both of which sliced through the air around him as DaVonte Lacy’s 3-pointer split the twine, and Lacy screamed in celebration after a foul was called against California guard Jorge Gutierrez.