Washington State Men’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 9, 2024 · CSM Staff
 
Washington State Cougars
 
Pac-12 (24-9, 14-6)
 
 
Big Wins: Arizona (73-70), at Arizona (77-74)
Bad Losses: at California (75-81), at Arizona State (61-73)
Coach: Kyle Smith
 
Probable Starters:
Oscar Cluff, Junior, Center, 7.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Jaylen Wells, Junior, Forward, 12.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Isaac Jones, Senior, Forward, 15.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Andrej Jakimovski, Senior, Forward, 10.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Myles Rice, Freshman, Guard, 15.1 ppg, 3.9 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Rueben Chinyelu, Freshman, Center, 4.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Isaiah Watts, Freshman, Guard, 3.6 ppg
Kymany Houinsou, Sophomore, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 2.2 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.9 (141st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.3 (57, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.6 (69, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.0 (78, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (269, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.5 (157, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.2 (254, 9)
Rebound Margin: 5.8 (27, 3)
Assists Per Game: 12.5 (230, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.5 (67, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NIT First Round loss to Eastern Washington
2022 NIT First Round win over Santa Clara
2022 NIT Second Round win over SMU
2022 NIT Quarterfinal win over BYU
2022 NIT Semifinal loss to Texas A&M
2012 CBI First Round win over San Francisco
2012 CBI Quarterfinal win over Wyoming
2012 CBI Semi Final win over Oregon
2012 CBI Final win over Pittsburgh
2011 NIT First Round win over Long Beach State
2011 NIT Second Round win over Oklahoma State
2011 NIT Quarterfinal win over Northwestern
2011 NIT Semifinal loss to Wichita State
2009 NIT First Round loss to St. Mary’s
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Winthrop
2008 NCAA Round of 32 win over Notre Dame
2008 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to North Carolina
2007 NCAA Round of 64 win over Oral Roberts
2007 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Vanderbilt
 
*all team stats through 3/10