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A look at the Cougar basketball team heading into the school year. Aden's finishing up his last class and should arrive in 2 weeks, some news on walk-ons, and updates on the weight gains the Cougs made in the offseason.

Vince Grippi is back, checking in with some WSU updates. The aforementioned Anthony Houston injury is confirmed and he has some basketball news. The good news is that Patrick Simon and Andre Winston are on campus. Dexter Kernich-Drew should arrive when school starts, as he's dealing with getting his visa and assorted paperwork in order. On the cautiously optimistic front, Faisel Aden is finishing up his AA and appears to be on track to get here by the time school starts. Obviously we won't know until August, but this is promising.

Wondering what Ephrata forward Patrick Simon has been up to since having his junior season wiped out by a foot injury? Here's your answer.

All right Nuss here ya go. I didn't go the fanpost route.

The story's premium, so I won't give any more details, but all those people who said Bone's charisma is infectious? Yeah, I don't think they were lying. Are we living in an alternate universe where we always get our way?

In this free story, Cougfan checked in with Patrick Simon, the big-time recruit out of Ephrata who committed to the Cougs as a freshman, and it sounds like he still feels good about being a Coug. (Although, like most, he's taking a wait-and-see approach.) They also recapped the major points of the Sterk interview, which I didn't have time to do.