WSU Vs. Washington Recap: Charts And Awards
by Grady Clapp on Jan 30, 2011 11:03 PM PST
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Player of the Game: Klay Thompson. 25 points on 50% shooting, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals. The only thing keeping this from being his best performance ever were 5 turnovers and 5 missed free throws.
Right Hand Man: Reggie Moore. Playing Isiah Thomas head-to-head brought out the best in Reggie. 18 points on 50% shooting, 5 assists versus 2 turnovers and 9 of 10 (!) from the free throw line. One thing people tend to forget is our team free-throw shooting is often reliant on who gets to the line. When it's Reggie and Klay, we're in good hands. When it's just Casto and Capers, it's a little iffy.
Unsung Hero: Team Defense. Let's start with Isiah Thomas' stat line: 3 of 13 shooting (2 of 6 from three), 5 assists, 7 turnovers. Normally, credit would go to Capers, but often IT was going up against the top of the 2-3 zone: Aden and Moore. The team also did a great job of taking away anything inside. Matthew Bryan-Amaning was 1 for 8 with six points. Aziz N'Diaye was a total non-factor with 2 points in 9 minutes. People will look at the 80 points and think this wasn't a great defensive effort by the Cougs. It was. The Dawgs' only offense came from three-point shooting (11 of 31) and free throws (23 of 29). Even the three-point percentage wasn't great.
Play of the Game:
Reggie Moore WSU Alley-Oop Dunk (via andrewgragg)
It was over when... Somewhere during Klay's four trips to the line in the final two minutes, where each time he missed the first shot but drained the second. Really, it was the defense preventing any hope of a Husky comeback after Faisal Aden's three put the Cougs up 11 with 2:15 to play.
Stat of the Game: I'm not sure if they use the same formula as kenpom.com, but if scacchoops.com is right, the Cougs' offensive efficiency of 108.8 is the best offensive performance against the Huskies this season. Even if it isn't the very best, you have to be impressed about an effort like this against a team as good on defense as UW.
My other stat of the game: Who would've thought Charlie Enquist would log nine minutes? In a win?
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Fantastic defense
The dawgs took 62 shots— 31 were three’s— they had a very difficult time solving the schemes that Bone and staff and worked up. Desperation shots and passes were the norm and resultd in the 24 turnovers and 13 steals by the Cougs. Really nice team effort on the defensive side of things—
Home crowd was awesome and kept the heat on - great win- nice to snag a signature win as the 1st half of the Pac slate ends. Go Cougs
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Jan 30, 2011 11:16 PM PST reply actions
I didn't think there was anything "schemed" beyond a standard 2-3 zone ...
… but there was panic in the Dawgs and aggressiveness in the Cougs. The crazy passes and the out of synch threes were not a good solution for what we saw in your D. It was interesting that you played zone all game. Only saw that one other time this year – OSU.
At the six minute mark in the second half, UW had one two point FG in the half. Just one. That’s outrageous.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Looked mostly like the same 2-3 zone, but with the kind of activity in it we saw early in the year
It was spectacular, really.
When we can run a zone and completely stifle the opponent's bigs, there is only one way to win
Hit 3s or draw a ton of free throws. UW did a little of both but not well enough.
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
ahem, two ways
Either hit 3s or a bunch of FTs. UW did both to some extent but neither well enough.
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
The extra activity in the zone
resulted in some really open threes, though, which is expected. We were a little fortunate that UW did not hit more of those.
Meh.
They hit some open ones, they didn’t hit some open ones, they missed some contested ones, they hit some contested ones. Seemed pretty par for the course for me, and was more than offset by the interior defense and turnovers it generated.
The way the announcers talked about IT you would have thought
he had a great night. Besides his FTs his stat line looks horrible. I wonder what +/- he was for the game?
"Yaka Fest from outside for Klay Thompson" – Marques Johnson
3 for 13 from the field
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Jan 30, 2011 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
drawing five or six fouls in the beginning of the second half was huge
They were in the bonus with like 14 mintues left.
The 4th and 5th fouls on Casto sucked
But to be honest I couldn’t figure out what he was doing on the floor to start the second half anyways.
by B-Lot tailgater on Jan 31, 2011 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
Holy crap!
According to this replay, Mychal Thompson is Klay Thompson’s father!?!?! Where was this info during the game when I needed it?
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This is such great information, I think it bears repeating.
At least five or six times per game, every game, throughout Klay’s career. Definitely.
And Aden is from Somalia!
Though the picture tribute to both Klay’s dad and brother were new touches
Highlights from the WSU youtube page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=npsaf68ZyeY
Simon says the jimmy feels good tonight!
by Mark Sandritter on Jan 30, 2011 11:24 PM PST reply actions
The Reggie Moore dunk is not included.
FAIL
Simon says the jimmy feels good tonight!
by Mark Sandritter on Jan 30, 2011 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
More highlights, this time dubbed with Bud's call, but still no Reggie dunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=k0-tGlcGRfw
Simon says the jimmy feels good tonight!
by Mark Sandritter on Jan 31, 2011 12:50 AM PST up reply actions
CHARLIE ENQUIST IS MY HERO!
Had some huge minutes tonight.
by Rowsmasterflex on Jan 30, 2011 11:25 PM PST reply actions
Enquist would get nine minutes, in blow outs
Never expected him to get those minutes in a huge, and close conference game, and above all, do so damn well.
Player of the game is Reggie
took the game over when Klay and Casto sat. UW could’ve really gone on a 15 point run and we all felt it coming. But Reg didn’t let it happen.
by BigWood! on Jan 30, 2011 11:34 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
I thought Reggie had a bigger impact on the outcome of the game then did Klay, for sure.
Klay seemed to make his impact as the dagger deliverer … but Reggie set the tone.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Agreed, and I think he'll do that more now that he's finally healthy
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Gekko, you're here enough to know we don't use that term anymore.
It’s not “dagger”. It’s “junk punch”.
by Kyle Rancourt on Jan 31, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
What was amazing was
after Klay and Casto picked up number four and went to the bench we actually pushed the lead out to 11 which was huge and unexpected.
by Cougars Hunt and Kill on Jan 31, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
The +/- on statsheet.com has Aden as +10 and Motum with +9
Compared to Klay with +1 and Casto with +4. Big game from the bench for sure.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Jan 31, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
That was my first thought
Loved his effort. It was nice to see him getting some and 1s instead of two fts.
Aden as well
He seemed to be the first Coug to calm down and really got our offense going. 15 pts, 4 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, a couple blocks to only 2 turnovers.
rivalry games make all of the difference
What goes up must come down.
Sorry Duck fans
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2011 7:55 AM PST up reply actions
Rushing the court is an emotional response for fans.
They don’t sit there and think. Hmmm they are ranked #17 in the nation, should I rush the court? No, I should only rush the court when a team is top 5 and we are unranked. I will stay here in my seat…actually I am going home. All it takes in a couple people to starting rushing the court and everyone follows. It was a fun, exciting game against a rival. That win really helped our NCAA tourney chances if we finish the second half good.
"Yaka Fest from outside for Klay Thompson" – Marques Johnson
THIS
People need to get off their moral high horses about rushing the court. Give me a break.
by Jeff Nusser on Jan 31, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I have to respectfully disagree.
As was pointed out in the game thread, this was the first time any players on the team have beat UW. Going off that logic it is also the first win against UW for the vast majority of students.
Also, I remember my freshman year when we upset #18 Gonzaga in he-who-shall-not be-named’s first season and we rushed the court. I definitely felt that was deserved.
Must have read SoCalCoug wrong
I was under the impression that he was saying (as most UW fans and quite a few Coug ones) that the student section shouldn’t have rushed the court.
He was saying that was not what happens.
"And here commmmmmmme the Buckeyyyyyyyyyes" ~Brent Musberger
by Coug999 on Jan 31, 2011 10:17 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You did read me wrong. That is not what I was implying.
Jeff was agreeing with me. I was trying to get across that fans do not sit in the stands collectively and ponder if they should rush the court or not.
They don’t sit there and think. Hmmm they are ranked #17 in the nation, should I rush the court?Is this win worth rushing the court? They just go. It is an emotional response. They thought it was a great win and it is fun to rush the court. Lets show our support.
Do you think Wulff sat and contemplated this? Nope. Emotion.
"Yaka Fest from outside for Klay Thompson" – Marques Johnson
by SoCalCoug on Jan 31, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Are you kidding me?
Completely choreographed.
"And here commmmmmmme the Buckeyyyyyyyyyes" ~Brent Musberger
by Coug999 on Jan 31, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
there is no moral high horse...
… just an amusing reaction by the fanbase. I didn’t even mind the “no means no” chant.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
So, you're telling us not to rush the court, but we do it anyways?
But, Venoy isn’t even on our team…
by Kyle Rancourt on Jan 31, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
No problem with rushing the court.
Hate hate hate the overrated chant.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Jan 31, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Yes I do hate the overrated chant.
It just makes the win less of a win. It makes it looks like we can’t beat a good team. It is kind of a oxymoron if you rush the court after that chant. At least jingle your keys and chant “start the bus, start the bus, start the bus.”
"Yaka Fest from outside for Klay Thompson" – Marques Johnson
I also think of it as being part of the mentality that Moos wants use to get rid of
Kind of along the same lines of c***’d it.
The worst chant ever
I really hope it wasn’t the Zzu that started that. Just stupid, think about what that says about your team. Like someone else said, if anything they’re underrated. I’ll admit it, they are a good team.
by Wazzu Willy on Jan 31, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I didn't hate it so much until homecoming against UCLA like 5 or so years ago
we had like a 21 of 28-7 lead at halftime against a ranked UCLA team and as they were leaving the students started chanting overrated, and I remember thinking, its way too early for that and sure enough, UCLA come back and ties it, then wins it in the first OT. After that I am completely against the overrated chant.
For this game, UW is a good team and we are a good team that played really well, playing how we should have been all along. If anything we are underrated.
I also like how FSN was calling our loss to Arizona a bad loss.
That's because they don't have anybody at the games!
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I see some complaining on Twitter over rushing the court.
First you tell us we shouldn’t throw frozen dog feces, now you tell us not to rush the court. A world in which Husky games don’t involve frozen feces or rushing the court is not a world I want to live in.
Simon says the jimmy feels good tonight!
by Mark Sandritter on Jan 31, 2011 2:05 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Saw someone who goes to UW
post on facebook about how it was stupid to rush the court… “Not like we were the number 1 team or anything.”
His profile picture is him rushing the field at Martin Stadium this year…
by Rowsmasterflex on Jan 31, 2011 7:44 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Fail on his part
What goes up must come down.
Sorry Duck fans
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2011 7:56 AM PST up reply actions
"but, but, but its different"
“You see, the football win got us to 6-6 and a bowl game, so its different!”
by B-Lot tailgater on Jan 31, 2011 8:03 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The pace was 83 possessions.
And we won.
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by Craig Powers on Jan 31, 2011 6:25 AM PST via mobile reply actions
great show by you guys...
… I noted on the UW thread how much more entertaining it is to watch Bone Ball than Bennett Ball. Really, I don’t know how you guys tolerated the latter.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
It got wins and turned around the program.
I will take wins over style in a heartbeat
What goes up must come down.
Sorry Duck fans
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2011 7:56 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Bennett ball was really entertaining
Especially when winning.
by B-Lot tailgater on Jan 31, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
Gekko, it was easy to tolerate Bennett ball
We beat the Huskies 7 times in a row with it. Bennett ball was something the Huskies couldn’t answer.
But that being said, I really really enjoy watching Ken Bone’s style. It is momentum driven and makes for fun, athletic games.
For me...
It’s not the 7 wins in a row over the Huskies, or the tournament births, that made Bennett ball tolerable. It was all about where we came from. I couldn’t stand the Paul Graham era, and since he was hired during my sophomore year at WSU most of my time was spent with Graham as the coach.
We were simply unwatchable. I couldn’t go to games I would get so frustrated. It was a program with no direction, playing undisciplined and selfishly, and at times getting openly hostile in relationships between coaches and players.
The Bennett’s could have installed an offense that involved two players rolling the ball back and forth to each other at half court until the shot clock expired (in fact, that might have been one of our early plays under them) and I would have enjoyed simply that they gave us an identity. Under Graham our identity was a team that wasn’t particularly notable for a style of play and was just bad. Under Dick Bennett we immediately had an identity, scrappy and defense minded with a slow pace, and while we were still bad it was a bad we could rally around.
It’s really hard to explain how bad the program, and the game atmosphere, and everything was under the Graham era.
by 02Coug on Jan 31, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I remember being at Beasley in 98-99,
You could actually hear crickets in there. It was shameful and embarrassing. I can barely remember it. I try to block those years out.
"Yaka Fest from outside for Klay Thompson" – Marques Johnson
the plus side of the empty arenas
We had some incredible hecklers who everyone could hear.
by BigWood! on Jan 31, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It beat the heck out of Graham ball and the last few years of Eastman ball.
Personally, I actually prefer Bennett ball, but I’m a known stick in the mud.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Jan 31, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
no ... its ugly, stodgy and boring ...
… but I will concede that it does build suspense and that the elation that follows a W tends to haze the memory of the boredom experienced in its execution.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
That is because for you it was the stuff the happened before you lost
That would bore me too. Romar never once adjusted his playing style to it he just ran high tempo right into Bennett’s hands. So yes, I can see why you had trouble watching.
But know that if it was the other way around and Romar was coaching D, you would love that style of bball too. How can you hate it, it is fundamental basketball centered around execution.
Granted the run and gun is fun to watch. And it is made better by knowing that we beat you guys with both playing styles.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I never once found myself bored watching them play. Just like I don’t find Wisconsin or other teams of their ilk boring today.
Bennett ball
got us seven straight wins over UW including a 30 point win. That is how we tolerated it.
by Cougars Hunt and Kill on Jan 31, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Suggs traveling or Aden throwing the ball away.
I don’t find that entertaining. That stuff doesn’t happen in Bennett ball.
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Mr. Charlie Enquist. Was not flashy, but damnit. DID HIS JOB!
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with all the foul trouble…Casto, and Abe.
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by Cougar_Patrick on Jan 31, 2011 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
From Percy Allen at ST Huskies Men's basketball blog:
“Still tonight’s defeat was alarming because for the first time this season the Huskies were thoroughly outplayed. You could make an argument that in the previous four defeats, they could have won. Not this time.”
by Kirt on Jan 31, 2011 9:16 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
yes - I think this is true ...
… except for maybe that Kentucky game where we were close but never “that close” the whole time.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Who's up for a trip to Dayton in March?
Lunardi has the Cougs as a #12 playing Wichita State in a play-in game.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Jan 31, 2011 11:22 AM PST reply actions
Finally a match up for WSU supremacy.
Simon says the jimmy feels good tonight!
by Mark Sandritter on Jan 31, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe if we beat them
the press in Kansas will stop writing about them so when I google “wsu basketball” all that will show up will be cougar goodness
We should have a holiday tournament for WSU supremacy
Wichita State, Weber State, Winona State, Wright State, and the big winnner Washington State.
We have a great chance to finish with a better seed than that
UCLA is an 11 seed, according to Joe, and the only reason their resume might be seen as better than ours is they beat BYU. But if we beat them at home and finish above them in the standings, I think we could move ahead of them in the pecking order.
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Sweep the bottom 6 and get one win against the other 3 and a decent seed could be in the offing.
by Coug Friendly Canuck on Jan 31, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
It'd be nice to avoid the Dayton games
"I mean I was like, okay, there you go, you wanna hit me? There you go, one pitch for you. You don't get it? You have no chance." ~ Felix Hernandez
by johnnycougar on Jan 31, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
It'd be nice to avoid Dayton altogether.
The Royals are just bad news, man.
by Kyle Rancourt on Jan 31, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I hate the new play-in game.
And I hate that every time I think of the tournament this year, I have to remind myself of that possibility.
Dayton is a five and a half hour jaunt from Nashville.
Hmmmmm….
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by Craig Powers on Jan 31, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
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