The Cougars, who host Washington on Saturday, lead the nation in three-pointers made per game with 12.1.
In his fourth season at Washington State, Ernie Kent believes he’s finally assembled a men’s basketball team that compares favorably to his dominant Oregon squads of more than a decade ago.
During an eight-year span between 2000-08, the Ducks won two conference tournament titles and appeared in five NCAA tournaments — including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2007.
The Cougars didn’t win more than 13 games or finish higher than eighth in the Pac-12 in the previous three seasons while Kent assembled players who can play his up-tempo attack.