The Washington State Cougars kick off the Kyle Smith era by hosting the Seattle Redhawks in Beasley Coliseum on Thursday night (6pm, Pac-12 Network). The Cougs and Redhawks face off for the third consecutive season. In 2017, WSU took down Seattle at home. Last year, the Redhawks were victorious at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Seattle is hardly your standard early-season cupcake. It checks in with a respectable No. 131 ranking on KenPom.com, that’s 33 spots higher than No. 164 WSU. The Cougars haven’t been ranked that high since the beginning of Ken Bone’s final season.