Washington State Men's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
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:
 
2023NITFirst Round loss to Eastern Washington
2022NITFirst Round win over Santa Clara
2022NITSecond Round win over SMU
2022NITQuarterfinal win over BYU
2022NITSemifinal loss to Texas A&M
2012CBIFirst Round win over San Francisco
2012CBIQuarterfinal win over Wyoming
2012CBISemi Final win over Oregon
2012CBIFinal win over Pittsburgh
2011NITFirst Round win over Long Beach State
2011NITSecond Round win over Oklahoma State
2011NITQuarterfinal win over Northwestern
2011NITSemifinal loss to Wichita State
2009NITFirst Round loss to St. Mary's
2008NCAARound of 64 win over Winthrop
2008NCAARound of 32 win over Notre Dame
2008NCAARegional Semifinal loss to North Carolina
2007NCAARound of 64 win over Oral Roberts
2007NCAARound of 32 loss to Vanderbilt
 
*all team stats through 3/10