The Cougar men’s basketball team has earned the university a ton of media coverage this season — including regular newspaper and television coverage of home and away games.
Currently ranked 9th in the nation, the Coug’s upcoming game against Oregon, has been tabbed as the “Pac-10 Game of the Week” by The Seattle Post Intelligencer. Notes the P-I: “The 9th-ranked Cougars have lost 12 consecutive games to their nemesis, including 77-74 in overtime at home a month ago. Oregon, still ranked 23rd, has dropped six of its past eight games and is ripe for another setback.
On Thursday, Feb. 22, Bud Withers of The Seattle Times, authored “Cougars’ foes deal with a lot of rejection,” see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003583210_coug220.html
The Oregon game set for 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, will be televised on Fox Sports Network, see http://wsucougars.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021907aac.html
Fox Sports Network selected the WSU vs. UCLA game as the featured game of the week. That game is set for 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1, at Beasley Coliseum, http://wsucougars.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021907aaa.html
FSN also will televise the Thursday, March 1, game against UCLA beginning at 7:30 p.m., see http://wsucougars.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021907aaa.html; and the Saturday, March 3, game against USC game beginning at 4 p.m., see http://wsucougars.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022007aaa.html.
Other recent coverage of the Cougar men’s basketball team include:
* USA Today, “Meet the next generation of great hoops coaches,” Feb. 13, see
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/columnist/vitale/2007-02-13-vitale_x.htm
* MSNBC, “WSU’s Bennett leader among coaching Pac 10,” Feb. 13, see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17138910/
* Komo TV, “Cougars beat Huskies again,” http://www.komotv.com/sports/5839211.html
* The Houston Chronicle “No. 10 Washington St. beats Wash. 64-61,” http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/college/4555561/html
* The Seattle Times, “WSU men hit historic height in poll: No. 10,” Feb. 13, see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/cougars/2003569485_coug130.html
* The Seattle Times, “Solid foundation key to building success at WSU,” Feb. 7, see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/cougars/2003560198_coug07.html
* Green Bay (Wis.) Press Gazette, “Will Bennett be able to sustain his success?” Feb. 6,
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070206/GPG07/702060452/1273/GPGnews
* Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent, “Bennett keeps a level head: Ex-UW-Green Bay star experiencing successful first year,” http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070128/APC0201/701280635/1892/APCsports
