2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2008–09 record	17–16 (8–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tony Bennett
Assistant coach	Ben Johnson
Assistant coach	Ron Sanchez
Assistant coach	Matt Woodley
Assistant coach	Mike Heideman
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#15 Washington	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
#18 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
#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

† 2009 Pacific-10 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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/10/2008*	Lewis–Clark State	W 76–31	–	Beasley Coliseum (5,091)
Regular Season
11/15/2008*	Mississippi State Valley	W 76–25	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (8,346)
11/18/2008*	Fairleigh Dickinson (Legends Classic)	W 55–33	2–0	Beasley Coliseum (6,159)
11/21/2008*	Sacramento State	W 76–55	3–0	Beasley Coliseum (8,054)
11/25/2008*	Canisius	W 67–41	4–0	Beasley Coliseum (6,091)
11/28/2008*	vs. Mississippi State (Legends Classic semifinals)	W 63–52	5–0	Prudential Center (N/A)
11/29/2008*	vs. #4 Pittsburgh (Legends Classic championship)	L 43–57	5–1	Prudential Center (2,991)
12/02/2008*	Idaho State	W 60–41	6–1	Beasley Coliseum (6,002)
12/06/2008*	#24 Baylor (Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series)	L 52–58	6–2	Beasley Coliseum (9,038)
12/10/2008*	#4 Gonzaga	L 52–74	6–3	Beasley Coliseum (10,894)
12/13/2008	vs. Montana State (Cougar Hardwood Classic)	W 70–51	7–3	KeyArena (7,848)
12/21/2008*	at Idaho	W 55–41	8–3	Cowan Spectrum (1,618)
12/27/2008*	at Louisiana State	L 52–64	8–4	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,585)
01/03/2009	Washington	L 48–68	8–5 (0–1)	Beasley Coliseum (8,107)
01/08/2009	California	L 50–57	8–6 (0–2)	Beasley Coliseum (7,221)
01/10/2009	Stanford	W 55–54	9–6 (1–2)	Beasley Coliseum (7,332)
01/15/2009	at Oregon State	W 61–57 ^OT	10–6 (2–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,454)
01/17/2009	at Oregon	W 74–62	11–6 (3–2)	McArthur Court (8,261)
01/22/2009	#13 UCLA	L 59–61	11–7 (3–3)	Beasley Coliseum (8,434)
01/24/2009	USC	L 44–46	11–8 (3–4)	Beasley Coliseum (8,974)
01/29/2009	at #14 Arizona State	W 65–55	12–8 (4–4)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,745)
01/31/2009	at Arizona	L 56–66	12–9 (4–5)	McKale Center (13,476)
02/05/2009	at Stanford	L 64–65	12–10 (4–6)	Maples Pavilion (6,887)
02/07/2009	at California	L 63–71	12–11 (4–7)	Haas Pavilion (9,197)
02/12/2009	Oregon	W 67–38	13–11 (5–7)	Beasley Coliseum (7,068)
02/14/2009	Oregon State	L 52–54	13–12 (5–8)	Beasley Coliseum (7,452)
02/19/2009	at USC	L 61–51	13–13 (5–9)	Galen Center (6,352)
02/21/2009	at #15 UCLA	W 82–81	14–13 (6–9)	Pauley Pavilion (10,392)
02/26/2009	Arizona	W 69–53	15–13 (7–9)	Beasley Coliseum (7,957 )
02/28/2009	#14 Arizona State	W 51–49 ^OT	16–13 (8–9)	Beasley Coliseum (10,712 )
03/07/2009	at Washington	L 67–60	16–14 (8–10)	Bank of America Arena (10,000 )
Pac-10 Tournament
03/11/2009	vs. Oregon (First Round)	W 62–40	17–14	Staples Center (10,964)
03/12/2009	vs. #14 UCLA (Quarterfinals)	L 53–64	17–15	Staples Center (16,271)
National Invitation Tournament
03/17/2009*	at Saint Mary's (First Round)	L 57–68	17–16	McKeon Pavilion (2,107)
*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

↑ "Washington State men's basketball". Archived from the original on Jun 6, 2009. Retrieved Mar 8, 2009.
↑ Virginia to name Bennett coach

Washington State Cougars men's basketball

Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1928–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)

Rivalries	Idaho Washington

Culture & lore	History Butch T. Cougar

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics