2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represents Washington State University

Washington State University

Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant 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

Beasley Coliseum

Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena, in Pullman, Washington, on the campus of Washington State University. The arena opened in 1973 and is named for Wallis Beasley, a long-time WSU sociology professor, executive vice president and interim president. Beasley was also WSU's...

in Pullman, Washington.

At the end of March 2009, Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett (basketball)

Anthony "Tony" Guy Bennett is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's team. Previously, he played professionally for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and was later head coach at Washington State University...

announced that he was leaving Washington State

Washington State Cougars men's basketball

The Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball team represents Washington State University and competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of NCAA Division I...

to take the head coaching job at Virginia

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball

The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball program represents the University of Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA's Division I. The team is coached by Tony Bennett.-Statistics:-Retired numbers:-Retired jerseys:...

. Ken Bone

Ken Bone

-Coaching career:Bone graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 1983. He was an assistant coach at Shorecrest HS in Shoreline, WA and Cal State Stanislaus before returning to Seattle Pacific as an assistant coach in 1986, becoming the head coach in 1990...

, formerly with Portland State, takes over.

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
John Allen	20	Guard	6–0	181	Freshman	Mountlake Terrace, Washington Mountlake Terrace, Washington Mountlake Terrace is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It lies east of Edmonds, Washington, south of Lynnwood, Washington, and west of Brier, Washington. Its southern boundary runs along the King County line. Interstate 5 runs north-south through the city, and services the city...
Aron Baynes Aron Baynes Aron John Baynes is an Australian basketball player who started his professional career in the Northern Hemisphere autumn of 2009 with Lietuvos Rytas, a club from Vilnius that competes in the Lithuanian league and Euroleague. In the northern spring of 2009, he completed a U.S...	11	Center	6–10	250	Senior	Cairns, Australia
Fabian Boeke	13	Center	6–11	223	Sophomore	Hamburg, Germany
Marcus Capers	0	Guard	6–4	172	Freshman	Winter Haven, Florida Winter Haven, Florida Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,487 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates, the city had a population of 32,577, making it the second most populated city in Polk County...
DeAngelo Casto	23	Forward	6–8	229	Freshman	Spokane, Washington Spokane, Washington Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
Charlie Enquist	40	Forward	6–10	222	Redshirt Freshman	Edmonds, Washington Edmonds, Washington Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Edmonds has a view of Puget Sound and both the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. The third most populous city in Snohomish County after Everett and Marysville, the population was 39,709 according to the 2010 census...
Caleb Forrest	52	Forward	6–8	223	Senior	Pagosa Springs, Colorado Pagosa Springs, Colorado Pagosa Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, Archuleta County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,591 at the 2000 census...
Daven Harmeling	32	Forward	6–7	227	Redshirt Senior	Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction, Colorado The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...
Mike Harthun	3	Guard	6–3	180	Freshman	Medford, Oregon Medford, Oregon Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
Nikola Koprivica	4	Guard	6–6	216	Junior	Belgrade, Serbia
Abe Lodwick	5	Guard	6–7	200	Redshirt Freshman	Bend, Oregon Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...
Taylor Rochestie Taylor Rochestie Taylor Rochestie is an American professional basketball player. He is a point guard, currently playing for Le Mans Sarthe Basket.-Professional career:...	10	Guard	6–1	193	Redshirt Senior	Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
Klay Thompson	1	Guard	6–6	187	Freshman	Ladera Ranch, California Ladera Ranch, California Ladera Ranch is a census-designated place and a planned community located in south Orange County, California just outside the city limits of San Juan Capistrano, Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo....
James Watson	14	Forward	6–7	210	Freshman	Stringtown, Oklahoma Stringtown, Oklahoma Stringtown is a town in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 396 at the 2000 census. It is the second largest town in Atoka County.-Geography:Stringtown is located at ....
Nick Witherill	44	Guard	6–2	176	Freshman	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

Schedule

2009 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began with the first round on March 11, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 12, semifinals on March 13, and the finals on March 14...

|-
!colspan=9| National Invitation Tournament

2009 National Invitation Tournament

-Semifinals and finals:Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 31 and April 2* denotes each overtime played-NIT Championship:...

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.

Roster

Schedule

See also

External links