2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Washington	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
No. 18 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
No. 19 Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
California	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
USC†	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Arizona	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Washington State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Oregon State	7	–	11	.389	18	–	18	.500
Stanford	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Oregon	2	–	16	.111	8	–	23	.258

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represents Washington State University for the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays its home games on Jack Friel Court in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.^[1]

At the end of March 2009, Tony Bennett announced that he was leaving Washington State to take the head coaching job at Virginia.^[2] Ken Bone, formerly with Portland State, takes over.

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Last High School/College
Marcus Capers	0	Guard	6–4	172	Freshman	Winter Haven, FL	Montverde Acad.
Klay Thompson	1	Guard	6–6	187	Freshman	Ladera Ranch, CA	Santa Margarita Catholic HS
Mike Harthun	3	Guard	6–3	170	Freshman	Medford, OR	South Medford HS
Nikola Koprivica	4	Guard	6–6	211	Junior	Belgrade, SER	Sport Grammar School
Abe Lodwick	5	Guard	6–7	196	RS Freshman	Bend, OR	Mountain View HS
Taylor Rochestie	10	Guard	6–1	186	RS Senior	Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara HS/Tulane
Aron Baynes	11	Center	6–10	270	Senior	Cairns, AUS	Cairns State HS
Fabian Boeke	13	Center	6–11	230	Sophomore	Hamburg, GER	Urspring Basketball Academy
James Watson	14	Forward	6–7	210	Freshman	Atoka, OK	Stringtown HS
John Allen	20	Guard	6–0	181	Freshman	Brier, WA	Mountlake Terrace HS
DeAngelo Casto	23	Forward	6–8	229	Freshman	Spokane, WA	Ferris HS
Daven Harmeling	32	Forward	6–7	225	RS Senior	Grand Junction, CO	Fruita Monument HS
Charlie Enquist	40	Forward	6–10	220	RS Freshman	Edmonds, WA	King's HS
Nick Witherill	44	Guard	6–2	176	Freshman	Phoenix, AZ	Highland HS
Caleb Forrest	52	Forward	6–8	228	Senior	Pagosa Springs, CO	Pagosa Springs HS

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/10/2008* 7:00 PM	Lewis–Clark State	W 76–31	–	Beasley Coliseum (5,091) Pullman, WA
Regular Season
11/15/2008* 7:30 PM	Mississippi State Valley	W 76–25	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (8,346) Pullman, WA
11/18/2008* 7:00 PM	Fairleigh Dickinson Legends Classic	W 55–33	2–0	Beasley Coliseum (6,159) Pullman, WA
11/21/2008* 6:00 PM	Sacramento State	W 76–55	3–0	Beasley Coliseum (8,054) Pullman, WA
11/25/2008* 7:00 PM	Canisius	W 67–41	4–0	Beasley Coliseum (6,091) Pullman, WA
11/28/2008* 2:30 PM, HDNet	vs. Mississippi State Legends Classic semifinals	W 63–52	5–0	Prudential Center (N/A) Newark, NJ
11/29/2008* 5:00 PM, HDNet	vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh Legends Classic championship	L 43–57	5–1	Prudential Center (2,991) Newark, NJ
12/02/2008* 7:00 PM, FSNNW	Idaho State	W 60–41	6–1	Beasley Coliseum (6,002) Pullman, WA
12/06/2008* 8:30 PM, FSN	No. 24 Baylor Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series	L 52–58	6–2	Beasley Coliseum (9,038) Pullman, WA
12/10/2008* 7:00 PM, FSNNW	No. 4 Gonzaga	L 52–74	6–3	Beasley Coliseum (10,894) Pullman, WA
12/13/2008 7:00 PM, FSNNW	vs. Montana State Cougar Hardwood Classic	W 70–51	7–3	KeyArena (7,848) Seattle, WA
12/21/2008* 7:00 PM	at Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 55–41	8–3	Cowan Spectrum (1,618) Moscow, ID
12/27/2008* 11:00 AM, ESPN2	at Louisiana State	L 52–64	8–4	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,585) Baton Rouge, LA
01/03/2009 3:00 PM, FSNNW	Washington	L 48–68	8–5 (0–1)	Beasley Coliseum (8,107) Pullman, WA
01/08/2009 8:00 PM	California	L 50–57	8–6 (0–2)	Beasley Coliseum (7,221) Pullman, WA
01/10/2009 7:00 PM, FSNNW	Stanford	W 55–54	9–6 (1–2)	Beasley Coliseum (7,332) Pullman, WA
01/15/2009 6:00 PM, FSN	at Oregon State	W 61–57 ^OT	10–6 (2–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,454) Corvallis, OR
01/17/2009 11:00 AM, FSN	at Oregon	W 74–62	11–6 (3–2)	McArthur Court (8,261) Eugene, OR
01/22/2009 6:00 PM, FSN	No. 13 UCLA	L 59–61	11–7 (3–3)	Beasley Coliseum (8,434) Pullman, WA
01/24/2009 3:00 PM, FSNNW	USC	L 44–46	11–8 (3–4)	Beasley Coliseum (8,974) Pullman, WA
01/29/2009 7:30 PM	at No. 14 Arizona State	W 65–55	12–8 (4–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,745) Tempe, AZ
01/31/2009 10:00 AM, CBS	at Arizona	L 56–66	12–9 (4–5)	McKale Center (13,476) Tucson, AZ
02/05/2009 7:30 PM	at Stanford	L 64–65	12–10 (4–6)	Maples Pavilion (6,887) Stanford, CA
02/07/2009 7:30 PM, FSN	at California	L 63–71	12–11 (4–7)	Haas Pavilion (9,197) Berkeley, CA
02/12/2009 7:00 PM	Oregon	W 67–38	13–11 (5–7)	Beasley Coliseum (7,068) Pullman, WA
02/14/2009 4:00 PM, FSNNW	Oregon State	L 52–54	13–12 (5–8)	Beasley Coliseum (7,452) Pullman, WA
02/19/2009 8:00 PM, FSN	at USC	W 61–51	13–13 (5–9)	Galen Center (6,352) Los Angeles, CA
02/21/2009 12:00 PM, FSN	at No. 15 UCLA	W 82–81	14–13 (6–9)	Pauley Pavilion (10,392) Los Angeles, CA
02/26/2009 6:00 PM, FSNNW	Arizona	W 69–53	15–13 (7–9)	Beasley Coliseum (7,957 ) Pullman, WA
02/28/2009 2:00 PM, FSNNW	No. 14 Arizona State	W 51–49 ^OT	16–13 (8–9)	Beasley Coliseum (10,712 ) Pullman, WA
03/07/2009 2:30 PM, FSNNW	at Washington	W 67–60	16–14 (8–10)	Bank of America Arena (10,000 ) Seattle, WA
Pac-10 Tournament
03/11/2009 8:30 PM, FSN	vs. Oregon First Round	W 62–40	17–14	Staples Center (10,964) Los Angeles, CA
03/12/2009 8:30 PM, FSN	vs. No. 14 UCLA Quarterfinals	L 53–64	17–15	Staples Center (16,271) Los Angeles, CA
National Invitation Tournament
03/17/2009* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Saint Mary's First Round	L 57–68	17–16	McKeon Pavilion (2,107) Moraga, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Notes

Taylor Rochestie was named to the All-Pac-10 team; DeAngelo Casto and Klay Thompson were named to the All-Freshman team.

References

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