Wednesday, April 29, 2009
WSU Spring '09 Football Camp
Directed and Produced by Dax Dentler and Brittney Bishop
Copyright 2009
Thanks to Nico Grasu and Aaron Gehring
Cougar Football Spring Camp '09
Directed and Produced by Dax Dentler and Brittney Bishop
Copyright 2009
Thanks to Nico Grasu and Aaron Gehring
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Hello Ken Bone
I don't know about this recent trend of WSU going to the Big Sky conference to replace our head coaches (Paul Wulff in Dec. '07), but I guess this could be an OK hire.
Ken Bone was just hired as WSU's 17th basketball coach and at his press conference yesterday he expressed his emotions of getting the gig. "To be able to coach in the Pac-10 is the ultimate to me. The Pac-10 is as high as I ever dreamed of going."
Bone is from Seattle and has always been a Northwest guy (also having a brief stint at UW). He coached Portland State into the NCAA tournament the past 2 years with a big win over Gonzaga this season and a near win over UW in December (84-83 with Portland State shooting 19-35 from the free throw line).
Go Cougs!
Ken Bone was just hired as WSU's 17th basketball coach and at his press conference yesterday he expressed his emotions of getting the gig. "To be able to coach in the Pac-10 is the ultimate to me. The Pac-10 is as high as I ever dreamed of going."
Bone is from Seattle and has always been a Northwest guy (also having a brief stint at UW). He coached Portland State into the NCAA tournament the past 2 years with a big win over Gonzaga this season and a near win over UW in December (84-83 with Portland State shooting 19-35 from the free throw line).
Go Cougs!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Ciao Tony Bennett
Washington State Cougars lose their men's basketball coach Tony Bennett. After only 3 short years with the Cougs, Bennett signs a contract with the University of Virginia. Bennett informed the team yesterday at a 2 p.m. meeting at Beasly Coliseum. It was last Thursday when Virginia asked permission to speak with Bennett and he was on a plane Friday to visit the campus. Bennett took the offer of head coach at UVA. Bennett will be receiving 1.7 million for the next 5 years, and received a 500k singing bonus. This makes Tony the 5th highest paid coach in college basketball.
There are some very upset Coug fans.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
How far will our neighbors go? Is Gonzaga a final four team in your bracket?
Gonzaga faces a tough battle against North Carolina, who’s projected to win the tournament by many opinions. North Carolina wiped out Radford in the first round 101-58. The first round for Gonzaga was a success but a little bit of a struggle. The Zags were trailing by three at half time, and had to work out the first 12 minutes of the second half before they were able to come out on top.
If the Zags stand a chance at the elite 8, they’re going to need to get some strong defense against Lawson and Wayne Ellington who have sizzling hands. Lawson scored 23 points with six assists, no turnovers, and Ellington made 9 of his 16 shots, and had four assists against the Tigers. North Carolina continues to be a standard of the sport, and making it to yet another Sweet 16 is a perfect example of their intensity. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have a tough game ahead against the Zags.
The Zags have Goodson, Matt Bouldin, and Jeremy Pargo. The starting backcourt made 13 of 26 shots and 6-of-11 at 3 totaling 38 points against Western Kentucky. To challenge Carolina they’re going to need those players to make perimeter shots.
The Zags have their best shot at making it to the final four since 2006. Even though that was only three seasons ago, the team is more intense and more balanced. Getting to the Sweet 16 is another justification of their position as a national program.
Who will come out on top???
Gonzaga faces a tough battle against North Carolina, who’s projected to win the tournament by many opinions. North Carolina wiped out Radford in the first round 101-58. The first round for Gonzaga was a success but a little bit of a struggle. The Zags were trailing by three at half time, and had to work out the first 12 minutes of the second half before they were able to come out on top.
If the Zags stand a chance at the elite 8, they’re going to need to get some strong defense against Lawson and Wayne Ellington who have sizzling hands. Lawson scored 23 points with six assists, no turnovers, and Ellington made 9 of his 16 shots, and had four assists against the Tigers. North Carolina continues to be a standard of the sport, and making it to yet another Sweet 16 is a perfect example of their intensity. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have a tough game ahead against the Zags.
The Zags have Goodson, Matt Bouldin, and Jeremy Pargo. The starting backcourt made 13 of 26 shots and 6-of-11 at 3 totaling 38 points against Western Kentucky. To challenge Carolina they’re going to need those players to make perimeter shots.
The Zags have their best shot at making it to the final four since 2006. Even though that was only three seasons ago, the team is more intense and more balanced. Getting to the Sweet 16 is another justification of their position as a national program.
Who will come out on top???
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Pac-10 Cinderella is... Arizona?
Many people, including myself, were upset that Arizona made it into the NCAA tournament this year. Without even winning 20 games or even a game in the Pac-10 tournament they somehow managed to sneak into the big dance.
But with everyone doubting them, they have managed to win 2 games already in the tournament as a 12 seed and are the only Pac-10 team left out of the 6 that made it. Already making a very good cinderella story against all odds, the Wildcats are up next against Louisville Friday at 4:07 on CBS, can they pull off the upset? If they want to beat the top ranked seed in the entire tournament they are going to need to play the best they have played all year.
Louisville plays incredible defense and has some of the best athletes in the nation in Terrence Williams and Earl Clark. Arizona will need big games out of their 3 stars, Budinger, Hill and Nic Wise. All I know is that it should be a good game to watch.
But with everyone doubting them, they have managed to win 2 games already in the tournament as a 12 seed and are the only Pac-10 team left out of the 6 that made it. Already making a very good cinderella story against all odds, the Wildcats are up next against Louisville Friday at 4:07 on CBS, can they pull off the upset? If they want to beat the top ranked seed in the entire tournament they are going to need to play the best they have played all year.
Louisville plays incredible defense and has some of the best athletes in the nation in Terrence Williams and Earl Clark. Arizona will need big games out of their 3 stars, Budinger, Hill and Nic Wise. All I know is that it should be a good game to watch.
James Harden ~ ASU
Will James Harden, Sophomore, be drafted to the NBA? He's a crafty player with great offensive skills. For a college player, his skills are superior while he leads his teammates with great vision and is far from selfish. He does well breaking down his opponents and taking what the defense gives him. Harden could improve on his outside shots and becoming more vocal. His résumé is definitely one that has caught the eye of many teams, and according to draftexpress.com he is the top shooting guard prospect in this draft. At only 19, Harden will only continue to improve his skills as he gains more experience and learns how to utilize his versatile talent.
2008-09 STATS
PPG -20.1
2008-09 STATS
PPG -20.1
APG - 4.2
3P% - .356
RPG - 5.6
BPG - 0.3
SPG - 1.7
Monday, March 16, 2009
Congradulations Taylor Rochestie
Washington State's leading scorer Taylor Rochestie was awarded the Pontiac Game Changing Performance Sunday. The Senior took a 3 point shot over Arizona State's PG Derek GLasser with 2.3 seconds remaining on the clock in overtime at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman on February 28 beating the then 14 ranked Arizona State Sun Devils 51-49.
The nationwide contest had 8 nominees: Xavier, UNC, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A & M, Washington St., Cleveland St., and MArshall. The contest ran March 5th through the 14th and was voted on by fans like yourself nationwide.
With the award Washington State University earns a contribution to its general scholarship fund from Pontiac.
For more information on the contest and the nominees visit www.pontiac.com/ncaa.
Taylor Rochestie not only lead the Cougars in scoring he lead the PAC 10 conference in academics being selected Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, presented by Toyo Tires. League officials announced the academic first team Wednesday during the opening round of the Pac-10 Tournament. Rochestie held a 3.37 GPA and is set to graduate in may from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State.
Rochestie also made the All-Academic first team last year while former Washington State Center Robbie Cowgill received the honor only a year ago.
All Academics aside the Cougars were selected Sunday to the NIT. They will face national-tournament-snubbed St. Marys on Tuesday at 8:00 PM on ESPN 2.
For more information on Taylor Rochestie's career and stats visit:
The WSU Mens Basketball Site
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