We used to be in there, now we’re out here
In: NCAA hoops|wsu
22 Jan 2012Just as WSU fans – and even coach Ken Bone – had resigned themselves to the fact that the basketball team would not be any good this year, the Cougars stunned everyone by pulling off two comeback victories over the Pac-12’s top teams. And you have to wonder: Does this forebode good things the rest [...]
In: NCAA hoops|wsu
8 Jan 2012No offense. No defense. No chemistry. No chance. That about sums up the Cougar basketball team right now. And fans are becoming disenchanted with third-year coach Ken Bone, who seems to be struggling to figure out a direction for his team. After being blown out by Oregon in the Pac-12 opener, Bone said he started [...]
Now that we know the Cougars are headed for the NIT this year, two questions come to mind: Why did the Cougs not improve enough to make the NCAA tournament with a bunch of experienced juniors? And, if the Cougs disappoint again next season, when will they finally make it back to the Big Dance? [...]
In the midst of the Mariners’ hot streak and the biggest week of the NFL offseason, some pretty good news came out of Montlake on Monday. A lot of times when college coaches sign long-term contracts, it’s more a sign of loyalty from the school than it is a promise by the coach to stay [...]
In: NCAA hoops|wsu
30 Apr 2009If his first three weeks on the job are any indication, Ken Bone will have the WSU Cougars back in the NCAA tournament in no time. First, he managed to retain key assistant Ben Johnson from Tony Bennett’s staff. Then he kept three out of four incoming freshmen, including highly regarded point guard Xavier Thames [...]
In: NCAA hoops|wsu
10 Apr 2009One lost recruit aside, Ken Bone is off to a good start as the new coach of the Cougar basketball team. As feared, he lost one of Tony Bennett’s 2009 recruits, but he pulled a major coup by getting former Bennett assistant Ben Johnson to stay at WSU, and it looks like all of last [...]
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