2007–08 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Tony Bennett. The team played its home games on Jack Friel Court in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington. The Cougars received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen.

2007–08 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 21
Record	26–9 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tony Bennett (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Johnson Ron Sanchez Matt Woodley Mike Heideman
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

2007–08 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 UCLA†	16	–	2		.889			35	–	4		.897
No. 11 Stanford	13	–	5		.722			28	–	8		.778
No. 21 Washington State	11	–	7		.611			26	–	9		.743
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Oregon	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
Arizona	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Washington	7	–	11		.389			16	–	17		.485
California	6	–	12		.333			17	–	16		.515
Oregon State	0	–	18		.000			6	–	25		.194
USC*	0	–	7		.000			0	–	12		.000
† Conference tournament winner As of April 5, 2008 Rankings from AP Poll *USC vacated 11 conference and 21 overall wins, due to NCAA rules violations.

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Thomas Abercrombie	20	Guard	6–6	191	Redshirt Freshman	Auckland, New Zealand
Aron Baynes	11	Center	6–10	270	Junior	Cairns, Australia
Fabian Boeke	13	Forward	6–11	230	Freshman	Kummerfeld, Germany
Robbie Cowgill	34	Forward	6–10	211	Senior	Austin, Texas
Jeremy Cross	21	Guard	6–2	207	Redshirt Senior	Vista, California
Charlie Enquist	40	Forward	6–8	204	Freshman	Edmonds, Washington
Caleb Forrest	52	Forward	6–8	228	Junior	Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Daven Harmeling	32	Forward	6–7	216	Redshirt Junior	Grand Junction, Colorado
Chris Henry	42	Center	6–9	266	Senior	Santa Ana, California
Nikola Koprivica	4	Guard	6–6	211	Sophomore	Belgrade, Serbia
Abe Lodwick	5	Guard	6–7	180	Freshman	Bend, Oregon
Derrick Low	2	Guard	6–2	196	Senior	Honolulu, Hawaii
Taylor Rochestie	10	Guard	6–1	186	Redshirt Junior	Santa Barbara, California
Stephen Sauls	1	Guard	6–3	195	Freshman	Missouri City, Texas
Kyle Weaver	25	Guard	6–6	201	Senior	Beloit, Wisconsin

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2007* 4:00 p.m.	No. 10	Lewis–Clark State	W 80–42	–	Beasley Coliseum (4,321) Pullman, WA
Regular Season
November 9, 2007* 6:35 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 10	Eastern Washington	W 68–41	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (10,215) Pullman, WA
November 13, 2007* 6:00 p.m.	No. 9	at Boise State	W 86–74	2–0	Taco Bell Arena (6,718) Boise, ID
November 16, 2007* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 74–43	3–0	Beasley Coliseum (8,116) Pullman, WA
November 23, 2007* 7:30 p.m.	No. 9	vs. Montana Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge	W 66–55	4–0	Spokane Arena (5,524) Spokane, WA
November 24, 2007* 12:00 p.m.	No. 9	vs. Mississippi Valley State Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge	W 71–26	5–0	Spokane Arena (N/A) Spokane, WA
November 25, 2007* 2:30 p.m.	No. 9	vs. Air Force Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge	W 71–62	6–0	Spokane Arena (3,585) Spokane, WA
November 30, 2007* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 6	at Baylor Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series	W 67–64	7–0	Ferrell Center (10,193) Waco, TX
December 5, 2007* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 6	at No. 19 Gonzaga	W 51–47	8–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
December 9, 2007* 5:30 p.m.	No. 6	Portland State	W 72–60	9–0	Beasley Coliseum (7,048) Pullman, WA
December 20, 2007* 7:30 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 6	vs. The Citadel 2007 Cougar Hardwood Classic	W 67–45	10–0	KeyArena (12,471) Seattle, WA
December 23, 2007* 1:05 p.m.	No. 6	at Idaho State	W 75–45	11–0	Holt Arena (2,241) Pocatello, ID
December 28, 2007* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	North Carolina A&T	W 67–34	12–0	Beasley Coliseum (6,642) Pullman, WA
January 5, 2008 7:00 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 4	at Washington Rivalry	W 56–52	13–0 (1–0)	Bank of America Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
January 10, 2008 8:00 p.m., FSN	No. 4	at USC	W 73–58	14–0 (2–0)	Galen Center (10,027) Los Angeles
January 12, 2008 11:30 a.m., FSN	No. 4	at No. 5 UCLA	L 74–81	14–1 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (12,590) Los Angeles
January 17, 2008 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	Oregon State	W 69–46	15–1 (3–1)	Beasley Coliseum (10,117) Pullman, WA
January 20, 2008 5:00 p.m., FSN	No. 8	Oregon	W 69–60	16–1 (4–1)	Beasley Coliseum (11,120) Pullman, WA
January 24, 2008 5:30 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 6	at Arizona	L 64-76	16–2 (4–2)	McKale Center (14,598) Tucson, AZ
January 26, 2008 4:00 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 6	at No. 24 Arizona State	W 56–55	17–2 (5–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (10,104) Tempe, AZ
January 31, 2008 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	California	L 64-69	17–3 (5–3)	Beasley Coliseum (8,810) Pullman, WA
February 2, 2008 12:00 p.m., FSN	No. 9	No. 14 Stanford	L 65–67 OT	17–4 (5–4)	Beasley Coliseum (9,202) Pullman, WA
February 7, 2008 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 17	No. 4 UCLA	L 59-67	17–5 (5–5)	Beasley Coliseum (9,547) Pullman, WA
February 9, 2008 12:30 p.m., ABC	No. 17	USC	W 74–50	18–5 (6–5)	Beasley Coliseum (9,136) Pullman, WA
February 14, 2008 5:30 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 20	at Oregon State	W 70–57	19–5 (7–5)	Gill Coliseum (5,321) Corvallis, OR
February 16, 2008 6:00 p.m., FSN	No. 20	at Oregon	W 62–53	20–5 (8–5)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
February 21, 2008 6:00 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 19	Arizona State	W 59–47	21–5 (9–5)	Beasley Coliseum (9,212) Pullman, WA
February 23, 2008 7:00 p.m., FSN	No. 19	Arizona	L 55-65	21–6 (9–6)	Beasley Coliseum (10,288) Pullman, WA
February 28, 2008 8:00 p.m., FSN	No. 22	at California	W 70–49	22–6 (10–6)	Haas Pavilion (8,282) Berkeley, CA
March 1, 2008 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 22	at No. 8 Stanford	L 53-60	22–7 (10–7)	Maples Pavilion (7,329) Palo Alto, CA
March 8, 2008 4:30 p.m., FSN-NW	No. 22	Washington Rivalry	W 76–73 2OT	23–7 (11–7)	Beasley Coliseum (10,630) Pullman, WA
Pac-10 tournament
March 13, 2008 6:00 p.m., FSN	No. 21	vs. Oregon Quarterfinals	W 75–70	24–7	Staples Center (16,442) Los Angeles
March 14, 2008 8:30 p.m., FSN	No. 21	vs. No. 11 Stanford Semifinals	L 68–75	24–8	Staples Center (18,997) Los Angeles
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2008* 4:20 p.m., CBS	No. 21	vs. Winthrop First Round	W 71–40	25–8	Pepsi Center (19,282) Denver, CO
March 22, 2008* 3:40 p.m., CBS	No. 21	vs. No. 15 Notre Dame Second Round	W 61–41	26–8	Pepsi Center (19,299) Denver, CO
March 27, 2008* 4:27 p.m., CBS	No. 21	vs. No. 1 North Carolina Sweet Sixteen	L 47–68	26–9	Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,092) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.