Friday is off to a great start for Cougar Nation. WSU women's hoops hosted Northern Arizona this afternoon in a game that just went final. WSU 62- NAU 54 Unfortunately stats aren't available at the moment, but we'll pass them along as soon as possible.
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Wazzu swimming wins once again. This time around the Cougs proved to be too much talent for the visiting squad from Grand Canyon. WSU finished first in nine out of the eleven races. Rather impressive. Washington State opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay and defending Pac-12 Conference 50 free champion Chloe Larson later won the 50 free for the fifth straight meet. Freshman Noelle Harvey won the 500 free and senior Mackenzie Duarte claimed the 200 breaststroke.
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Cougar cross country had a strong showing at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento on Friday, November 12, 2021. Junior Amir Ado finished 12th on the men's 10,000m race, while sophomore Neema Kimtai placed 18th in the women's 6,000m race.
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#21 WSU volleyball swept Cal Thursday for the first time on the road in program history. The set scores all in favor of Wazzu went: 25-19; 25-23 and 25-14. For complete stats, here's the link:
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Cougar men's hoops take to the court again tonight, Friday, in Beasley Coliseum at 7pm. It's likely you'll be enjoying adult beverages at the same time so set your DVR to the Pac-12 Network to catch all the action. WSU was a 14-game winning streak over Seattle University. These teams met two years ago with a final score in favor of Wazzu 85-54.
Go Cougs!!!
- It seems fitting to put together a list of coaches who branch off of the Mike Leach coaching tree. Perspective on his football genius can easily be determined by a cursory glance:
Dave Aranda/Baylor head coach – Graduate assistant coach under Leach from 2000-02 at Texas Tech
Neal Brown/West Virginia head coach – Played under Leach in 1998 when Leach was offensive coordinator at Kentucky
Sonny Cumbie/Louisiana Tech head coach – Played under Leach at Texas Tech from 2000-03 and later served as a graduate assistant coach under Leach
Sonny Dykes/TCU head coach – Coached wide receivers and later was the co-offensive coordinator at Texas Tech under Leach from 2000-06
Josh Heupel/Tennessee head coach – Played under Leach at Oklahoma in 1999 when Leach was the offensive coordinator for the Sooners
Dana Holgorsen/Houston head coach – Coached alongside Leach as assistants at Valdosta State from 1993-95, then served as a wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator under Leach from ...
- The news of former WSU Coach Mike Leach passing at the young age of 61 is very, very sad. I had the pleasure of writing about the Cougs when Leach was at the helm. To say that he was a unique person doesn't begin to describe the multi-faceted dimension of the man.
In terms of coaching football, Leach led his teams in a way that had most other coaches scratching their heads. His offensive creativity gave a multitude of defensive coordinators ulcers. To say that his techniques for molding student-athletes into football players were unusual would be accurate. Making guys run sprints in a sand pit named "Leach Beach" is a prime example. Crazy as that sounds, his players had fewer ankle injuries over the course of the season than any team in football. Only Mike Leach could get players to hit the beach. And if you look at the coaching tree that branches out from Leach, you'd find a myriad of men who owe him for their start in the profession.
When you examine the way Leach represented the schools ...
- Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, so Wazzu's loss yesterday to UNLV by a score of 74-70 was just that, a loss. However, there were plenty of reasons to applaud both the performance and the progress the Cougs are making over the past few games. Let's get the bad observation out of the way. WSU turned the ball over a ridiculous 22 times. No one is going to beat many teams with such wreckless play, especially against a team that posted a 9-0 record going into the contest. Some of those errors might be attributed to Coach Kyle Smith going with a different lineup almost every game because of player injuries. Facts are facts and when there isn't a steady lineup, players struggle to play team ball. On the bright side, Wazzu shot a respectable 54.2% from the field, coupled with a very nice 56.5% from behind the arc. On defense, WSU held UNLV to just 30.4% from behind the arc and 50.9% overall. The Cougs outrebounded the Rebels by a margin of 33-20. Despite being down by ...
