Cougs
strand a plethora of baserunners in 6-0 loss to ASU
March 16th of 2019 in the Moscow Pullman Daily News
TEMPE —
Washington State’s baseball team stranded nine runners, while ninth-ranked
Arizona State pitched efficiently and breezed past the Cougars 6-0 on Friday
night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
In both
teams’ Pac-12 opener, the Sun Devils (17-0) slapped 13 hits — including two
homers from Gage Workman — compared to WSU’s eight.
The
Cougars (6-11) got two-hit games from Danny Sinatro, Kyle Manzardo and Collin
Montez, but consistently left batters stranded.
ASU took
over in the third inning with four runs, all coming on two-out knocks.
Coug
starter Brandon White took his first loss, allowing five runs on nine hits in 3
innings of work. ASU’s Alec Marsh improved to 5-0 with 6
innings of no-run ball.
WSU’s Dillon
Plew was hit by a pitch to extend his on-base streak to 17 games.
The series
continues today at 6 p.m., broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.
WSU 000
000 000—0 8 0
Arizona
St. 014 000 10x—6 13 0
White,
Moyle (4), Bush (7), Barison (8) and Teel. Marsh, Romero (7) and Ferri.
W — Marsh
(5-0). L — White (2-1).
Washington
St. hits — Sinatro 2, Manzardo 2, Montez 2 (2B), Guerrero, Kolden.
Arizona
St. hits — Hauver 2, Torkelson, Bishop 2 (3B), Lin, Aldrete, Williams, Workman
2 (2 HR), Denson 3 (2B).
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WSU
basketball men’s
Next in
line: A breakdown of 10 candidates to replace Ernie Kent as Washington State’s
basketball coach
UPDATED:
Fri., March 15, 2019, 10:34 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson Spokane S-R
Looking to
make Washington State’s basketball program relevant again, athletic director
Pat Chun moved swiftly to fire Ernie Kent Thursday night, terminating the
fifth-year coach less than 24 hours after the Cougars bowed out of the Pac-12
Tournament with an 84-51 loss to Oregon.
Chun’s
next move is to find someone who’s willing to take one of the most challenging
Power 6 jobs in the country – and perhaps someone willing to take it for the
right price, as WSU spends the next three years compensating Kent for the final
three years of his contract, a grand total of $4.2 million.
We break
down 10 possible candidates who could replace Kent and use a 1-5 scale to rate
how likely it is they’ll become WSU’s next coach.
=Leon Rice
Bill Moos
pursued Rice when he hired Kent in 2014. Even though the Boise State coach
showed little to no interest in the job back then, it’s hard to imagine the WSU
alum isn’t on Chun’s wish list, if not near the top of it. Rice has essentially
spent the entirety of his career in the Pacific Northwest, with four years at
Oregon, three years at Yakima Valley Community College, 13 years at Gonzaga and
nine more at BSU. The timing could be better for Rice now than it was five
years ago when he shook off Moos’ offer.
Likeliness
rating: 4
=Jim
Hayford
The
51-year-old coach has spent the last 18 years of his career in the Evergreen
State, reaching the postseason 10 times during stints at Division III
Whitworth, Eastern Washington and Seattle U, where he’s currently stationed.
For a program that could use a change in its recruiting scheme, Hayford’s
international efforts might help the Cougars get back on track.
Likeliness
rating: 2
=Travis DeCuire
DeCuire is
the flavor of the day in the Big Sky Conference. Within hours of Kent’s
dismissal, the name of the fifth-year Montana coach came up a few dozen times –
and appeared on many similar lists – as someone who could lead the basketball
rebuild in Pullman. Decuire, a Seattle native, has taken Montana to four NCAA
Tournaments already and his Grizzlies are the favorites to claim the Big Sky’s
bid this year when they face Eastern Washington in the title game on Saturday.
He also has Pac-12 experience as a former Cal assistant.
Likeliness
rating: 4
=Ed
Haskins
Kent
brought Haskins on board two years ago as an assistant, in part to enhance the
Cougars’ recruiting efforts in Seattle. Not only does the longtime Garfield
High coach has recruiting ties galore in the Puget Sound, he knows the current
roster better than anybody the school would be pursuing and it would be
relatively inexpensive to elevate him.
Likeliness
rating: 3
=Aaron
Miles
The
obscure name on this list. Miles is the 35-year-old head coach of the NBA
G-League’s Santa Cruz Warriors. The Portland native/Jefferson High grad could
be interested in returning to the Pacific Northwest for a Pac-12 coaching
position. Miles employs the same offense in Santa Cruz that Steve Kerr has used
to lead three NBA title runs with Golden State. A certain Warriors sharpshooter
– and Coug great – by name of Klay Thompson gave him a ringing endorsement
during a conversation about potential replacements for Kent last year.
Likeliness
rating: 1
=Shantay
Legans
We like
Hayford as a potential candidate, but we like his successor in Cheney, too.
Legans doesn’t have the body of work Hayford has, but both of his teams at EWU
have overachieved to some degree. His youthful energy could be helpful for a
program that not only needs to revive the on-court product, but rejuvenate the
fanbase.
Likeliness
rating: 2
=T.J.
Otzelberger
There
won’t be a third straight NCAA berth for Otzelberger’s South Dakota State team,
which bowed in the first round of the Summit League Tournament. Still,
Otzelberger’s won 70 games in three seasons with the Jackrabbits and he spent
three years in the Pac-12 as an assistant to Lorenzo Romar at Washington. The
41-year-old’s name should pop up in coaching searches across the country as
more jobs become vacant.
Likeliness
rating: 3
=Russell
Turner
Turner’s
won Big West Coach of the Year three times in nine years at UC Irvine and he
made the postseason five straight times from 2012-17. The Anteaters are
encroaching on another 30-win season. If they can clinch the Big West’s auto
bid, Turner’s name could be one of the more coveted on the west coast. Plus, he
has Pac-12 work on his resume, assisting Mike Montgomery at Stanford from
2000-04.
Likeliness
rating: 3
=Brandon
Roy
The former
Washington and Portland Trail Blazers guard recently accepted the head gig at
Garfield High in Seattle. It’s unclear if he has a desire to move to the
college ranks. Bringing a Husky to Pullman may cause some to grumble, but Roy
would recruit the Pacific Northwest as well as anyone the Cougars could bring
in and he was unbeaten in his lone season as a prep coach. Still, it’d be quite
the stretch.
Likeliness
rating: 1
=Justin
Hutson
He doesn’t
have a ton of head coaching experience under his belt, but Hutson’s done a
respectable job in his lone season at Fresno State, guiding the Bulldogs to a
23-win season and a third-place finish in the Mountain West. The Bakersfield,
California, native has been a West Coast lifer with stints at Cal Poly, UNLV
and San Diego State (twice), where he worked under successful coach Steve
Fisher.
Likeliness
rating: 2
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