2026–27 season
Washington State
Cougars · Pac-12
- Record
- 0–3
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -4.6
- No. 241 in Division I
- Head coach
- David Riley
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Pullman, WA
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- WeaknessVulnerable interior defenseOpponent FG %: 54.8%1st
- StrengthStrong offensive reboundingOffensive rebound %: 44.1%99th
- StrengthGrinds the pace downPace: 63.76th
- WeaknessGives up open threesOpponent 3P %: 40.0%8th
- WeaknessMostly new to the programProgram experience: 1.07 yrs10th
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′4.6″15th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Washington St beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Washington St's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
3
Record
4–3
Sweet 16s
1
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 20247Round of 32Beat 10 Drake. Lost to 2 Iowa St. 67–56. Bracket
- 20084Sweet 16Beat 13 Winthrop, 5 Notre Dame. Lost to 1 North Carolina 68–47. Bracket
- 20073Round of 32Beat 14 Oral Roberts. Lost to 6 Vanderbilt 78–74. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jaylen Harrell
- 16.7 ppg
- Tallest
- Dominik Robinson
- 6′10″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Dio Blakely
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Jaylen HarrellGuard · Boston, MA | 6′5″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 28.0 | 16.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 22.0 |
| 7Lazerek Houston · Lincoln, NE | 6′0″ | 170 | 1 | 3 | 26.7 | 15.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 63.6 | 84.6 | 22.5 |
| 0Ronnie HarrisonForward · Forney, TX | 6′8″ | 225 | 1 | 1 | 22.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 26.5 |
| 10Sebastian AkinsGuard · Concord, NC | 6′3″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 21.3 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 26.5 |
| 21Ladji DembeleForward · Newark, NJ | 6′0″ | 260 | 1 | 3 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| 33Jamari PhillipsGuard · Oakland, CA | 6′4″ | 195 | 1 | 3 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 23.4 |
| 31Casey JonesForward · Sammamish, WA | 6′6″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 12.5 |
| 2Tyler KroppForward · Powell, OH | 6′10″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 |
| 24Dominik RobinsonForward · Graham, WA | 6′10″ | 235 | 2 | 3 | 14.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 19.7 |
| 8RJ JonesGuard · Denton, TX | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 20.8 |
| 93Mohamed Sankhe · Montreuil, France | 6′10″ | 265 | 1 | 3 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 4.3 |
| 13Fraser RoxburghForward · Melbourne, VIC | 6′7″ | 225 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| 34Brayden Kyman · Aliso Viejo, CA | 6′8″ | 225 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5Dio BlakelyGuard · Los Angeles, CA | 6′0″ | 165 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11Pedro Sancho Moraga · Valencia, Spain | 6′0″ | 205 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12Roman Stathis · Sydney, NSW | 6′7″ | 225 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
2–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsDAVDavidson | L61–76 | -2.5 | 149.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 7 | @high-point | L71–83 | +12.5 | 155 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 10 | @DUQDuquesne | L71–72 | +4.25 | 147 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 14 | vsNORNorthwest University | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | NHAWHawaiʻi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | NDUKE#2Duke1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | vsSAMSam Houston | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | vsIDAIdaho | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 30 | @MURMurray State12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | @S ISouthern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | vsNDSUNorth Dakota State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | @WEBWeber State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | NUNLVUNLV | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsSEASeattle U | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | NE WEastern Washington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | @LSULSU6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 3 | @FREFresno State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | vsGON#14Gonzaga2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @BOIBoise State7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 17 | vsSANSan Diego State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @COLColorado State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @utah-state | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsOREOregon State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsFREFresno State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsTEXTexas State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | @OREOregon State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsCOLColorado State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | @GON#14Gonzaga2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @SANSan Diego State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | vsBOIBoise State7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @TEXTexas State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsutah-state | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |