1) Saying WSU has played no one is an understatement; they have one of the worst SOSs of any BCS team in the country to this point.
2) They have a couple guys that can shoot. Thompson and JUCO transfer Aden are both 20 points scorers, hitting 37% and 42% from 3 respectively. They have no other guards that are shooting threats outside those two.
3) Their bigs are average, and one of their best bigs, Casto, will just be coming back from an injury. A couple (Motum and Simon) will step out and shoot threes.
4) Despite playing terrible teams, they are not a good Oboarding team, nor do they go to the FT line much. This would indicate they are jump shooting team, both inside and outside the arc. They are one of the best teams in the country at 2PT% and a solid 3PT%, but again most of that is two guys.
5) Hard to tell defensively based on who they played, but if last year is any indication teams shoot the ball well against them. They did a decent job of not allowing Oboards or allowing teams to get to the FT line, but they allowed EFG% of over 50%, teams shot well from both 2PT ad 3PT against them, and they don't force many steals.
This is a finesse Pac-10 team that if the Cats come to play at all we should beat comfortably. I really don't think they will be prepared for what we bring based on who they've played so far. The only worry is if we allow Thompson/Aden too many open looks OR if we get an officiating crew that calls the game really tight, but like I said, WSU hasn't shown to be a team that draws many fouls.
Cats 88 - Cougars 72
