The transfer list for the men's basketball team continues to grow, with three more confirming they will be leaving at the end of the semester. WSU Head Coach Ken Bone announced that guards Michael Harthun, Anthony Brown and walk-on John Allen have been granted their releases from the team "We support the decisions made by Mike…

It’s been two weeks since the men’s basketball team closed out its season with an 82-80 defeat at the hands of the Oregon Ducks to start the Pac-10 Tournament. Oregon freshman E.J. Singler’s tip-in at the end of regulation to send the game in overtime, along with senior Tajaun Porter’s 32 points…

It has come down to make or break time for the Cougars as they take on the Oregon Ducks at 8 p.m. in tonight’s play-in game of the Pac-10 Tournament. The winner of the game will then have to win three additional games to seal a ticket to the NCAA Tournament…

A long and frustrating regular season came to an end for the Cougars with a 74-66 defeat Saturday night at the hands of the Oregon Ducks. Down only 2 points at halftime, an Oregon run to start the second half sealed WSU’s fate for the Pac-10 play-in game on Wednesday night…

Coming into Thursday night’s game, sophomore guard Marcus Capers said WSU would need to play 40 minutes to pull out a road victory at Oregon State. In their 59-55 loss, the Cougars didn’t show up in the first half and a second half comeback fell short dropping WSU to 16-13 overall and 6-11 in conference play…

With just two games remaining in the regular season, the Cougars head down to take on the Oregon schools in what will drastically affect the team’s seeding in the Pac-10 Tournament. Currently, the Cougars (16-12) are tied for last place in the conference standings at 6-10 with the Oregon Ducks…

Over the past month, the Cougar basketball team has been known to enter spiraling nose dives in the second half of games. However, in the 59-52 loss to the University of Washington, it was the team’s poor first half play that paved the way for a second half comeback to fall just short…

As the old saying goes, all great things must come to an end. Unfortunately for the WSU hoop squad, this means senior guard Nikola Koprivica’s tenure with the Cougars will come to a close this season. Koprivica will be honored Saturday before tip-off as part of senior night to celebrate the four successful years he has worn the crimson and gray…

When it comes to rivalry games on the West Coast, few can compare to the mammoth that is Washington-Washington State. The Cougars will wrap up their home season Saturday against the Huskies with a 7 p.m. tip-off, in a game that is crucial for both teams’ postseason hopes…

No field goals for sophomore guard Klay Thompson proved to be no problem as the Cougars pulled out a thrilling 51-47 victory against USC on Saturday at Friel Court. In what turned out to be a low-scoring affair reminiscent of Bennett-ball, the Cougars prevailed with some clutch defense late in the second half…

Year in and year out, the UCLA Bruins have had the Cougars’ number in Pullman. Thursday night, it was the same story all over again. The Bruins came out on fire in both halves, and their zone defense had the Cougars flustered throughout the game. WSU kept it close early but could not muster up any consistency in its 71-51 defeat…

With five losses in their last six games, the Cougar men are treated with three-straight home games. The first is a showdown with sixth-placed UCLA Thursday at 5:30 p.m., which will be televised live by FSN. The Bruins are 11-13 overall and 6-6 in Pac-10 play…

Throughout the 2009-10 season, the Cougars have consistently displayed their inexperience in second halves of big games. Against first-placed California on Saturday, the case was no different. WSU blew an 11-point halftime lead and did not score a point in the final four minutes of regulation…

The WSU men’s basketball team continued its hot play on Thursday night, only to have a second-half breakdown result in a 60-58 loss to Stanford. The Cougars were up by double figures for a good portion of the contest, but Stanford was relentless in its comeback in the second half…

Most incoming freshmen coming to WSU are forced to change cities or states. In the case of freshman forward Brock Motum, he had to change continents and leave behind his native Australia to come play for the Cougars. Australia being in the southern hemisphere…