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WSU host to conference leader Cal

PULLMAN – They’re not exactly national championship contenders. But in Pac-12 circles, the California Golden Bears have as much name recognition as any team on the West Coast this season.
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Aden scores 33 as Cougars upset Stanford

PULLMAN – Few spectators braved the elements to watch Washington State host Stanford at Beasley Coliseum on Thursday – just 3,119 of them, to be exact. Faisal Aden showed up, though.
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Aden scores 33 as Cougars upset Stanford

PULLMAN, Wash. — Few spectators braved the elements to watch Washington State host Stanford at Beasley Coliseum on Thursday – just 3,119 of them, to be exact. Faisal Aden showed up, though.

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Cougars come home after long gap

PULLMAN – Every dribble, every corner, every square inch of the Beasley Coliseum hardwood feels like home to Washington State senior Charlie Enquist. “I’ve been practicing on this court for five years,” the 6-foot-10 forward said. “I pretty much know every dribble that I take, how it’s going to bounce.
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Cougars come home after long gap

Every dribble, every corner, every square inch of the Beasley Coliseum hardwood feels like home to Washington State senior Charlie Enquist.
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Cougs failing boards

PULLMAN – Coach Ken Bone says at times it’s a matter of simply being outmanned. Brock Motum thinks Washington State just needs to box out better in its 2-3 zone.
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No easy solution for WSU’s rebounding struggles

PULLMAN – Coach Ken Bone says at times it’s a matter of simply being outmanned. Brock Motum thinks Washington State just needs to box out better in its 2-3 zone. Charlie Enquist laments that the Cougars have been the victim of a few bad bounces. Whatever the reason – and in truth, it’s likely a combination of the aforementioned – the Cougars have struggled to rebound this season. They rank ninth in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin at 0.2, ninth in defensive rebounding percentage and 10th in offensive rebounding percentage.
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Huskies dominate second half, pull out win over Cougars

SEATTLE – It’s not inaccurate to say Terrence Ross stole the show Sunday afternoon, sparking a second-half burst that helped Washington run Washington State out of Hec Edmundson Pavilion in a 75-65 Huskies win. But Ross – UW’s sophomore guard who scored 26 of his career-high 30 points in the second half – and his teammates took something else from the Cougars, too.
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Cougars know to watch for Huskies’ Wroten

SEATTLE – The essence of Washington’s most dangerous player is captured via conversation with two players who must defend him this afternoon. The mention of Tony Wroten, UW’s freshman point guard and the Pac-12’s second-leading scorer, evokes different reactions among Washington State’s basketball players.
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Cougs zero in on UW’s Wroten

The essence of Washington’s most dangerous player is captured via conversation with two players who must defend him this afternoon.
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Cougars announce names of Leach’s 11 assistants

PULLMAN – At long last, the hires of Washington State’s assistant football coaches are official. There were no surprises among the 11 names released by the school late Friday afternoon. All have been previously connected to WSU through media reports, and some have been working out of their offices in Pullman and on the road recruiting for weeks.
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Leach names his assistants

Washington State football coach Mike Leach announced his 11 assistant coaches on Friday. All have been previously connected to WSU through media reports, and some have been working out of their offices in Pullman and on the road recruiting for weeks.
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West Side recruits absorbed the message from Cougars

PULLMAN – There was a time, assistant coach Curtis Allen recalls, when Washington State’s recruiting presence on the west side of the state was so scant that many Seattle-area prospects weren’t interested in taking visits here. Allen, who now recruits the Seattle area for the Cougars, was one of those recruits as a 2000 graduate of Wilson in Tacoma.
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Trip to Seattle familiar for many Cougars

PULLMAN – There was a time, assistant coach Curtis Allen recalls, when Washington State’s recruiting presence on the west side of the state was so scant that many Seattle-area prospects weren’t interested in taking visits here.
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Breske will head Cougars defense

PULLMAN – The Washington State Cougars football team has found its defensive coordinator. A source confirmed that Mike Breske, the now-former defensive coordinator at the University of Montana, will take over a similar position on the staff of Mike Leach at Washington State, and was present Sunday at a team meeting between players and Leach’s new hires.
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Cougars name Breske defensive coordinator

A source confirmed Sunday that Mike Breske, the now-former defensive coordinator at the University of Montana, will take over a similar position on the staff of Mike Leach at Washington State.
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Colorado Buffaloes bounce Cougars

BOULDER, Colo. – If the Colorado Buffaloes had simply continued to miss all of their wide-open 3-point attempts, the Cougars might have had a chance here on Saturday afternoon. But Colorado shoots the ball too well for Washington State to rotate as slowly as it did on the perimeter and get away with it. And once the Buffaloes started putting the ball in the basket, they put the Cougars away, WSU falling 71-60 at the Coors Event Center in another disappointing Pac-12 road loss.
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Buffaloes bounce Cougars

BOULDER, Colo. – If the Colorado Buffaloes had simply continued to miss all of their wide-open 3-point attempts, the Cougars might have had a chance here on Saturday afternoon.
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Utah topples Washington State in overtime

SALT LAKE CITY – Brock Motum couldn’t stop shaking his head after Washington State’s most embarrassing loss of the season. Forget his career-high-tying 27 points. Forget the fact that he almost single-handedly kept his team in the game in the first half. Instead, remember these words spoken by the 6-foot-10 forward as he shook his head outside WSU’s locker room following a 62-60 overtime loss to Utah on Thursday night.