2021–22 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represents Washington State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by third-year head coach Kyle Smith. The Cougars play their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington as members in the Pac-12 Conference.

2021–22 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
NIT, Semifinals
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	22–15 (11–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kyle Smith (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Derrick Phelps Jim Shaw John Andrejek
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Arizona †	18	–	2		.900			33	–	4		.892
No. 11 UCLA	15	–	5		.750			27	–	8		.771
No. 22 USC	14	–	6		.700			26	–	8		.765
Colorado	12	–	8		.600			21	–	12		.636
Oregon	11	–	9		.550			20	–	15		.571
Washington	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Washington State	11	–	9		.550			22	–	15		.595
Arizona State	10	–	10		.500			14	–	17		.452
Stanford	8	–	12		.400			16	–	16		.500
California	5	–	15		.250			12	–	20		.375
Utah	4	–	16		.200			11	–	20		.355
Oregon State	1	–	19		.050			3	–	28		.097
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2019–20 season 14–13, 7–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in 10th place. They lost in the first round to Arizona State of the Pac-12 tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Myles Fitzgerald-Warren	2	G	6'3"	185	RS Junior	Portland, OR	Transferred to Westmont College
Aljaz Kunc	4	F	6'8"	212	Junior	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Graduate transferred to Iowa State
Isaac Bonton	10	G	6'3"	190	Senior	Portland, OR	Graduated
Volodymyr Markovetskyy	15	C	7'1"	270	Sophomore	Truskavets, Ukraine	Transferred
Brandon Chatfield	33	F	6'10"	210	RS Freshman	Clarkston, WA	Walk-on; transferred to Seattle

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tyrell Roberts	2	G	5'11"	175	RS Junior	Sacramento, CA	UC San Diego
Michael Flowers	12	G	6'1"	190	Graduate Student	Southfield, MI	South Alabama
Matt DeWolf	14	F	6'9"	235	Graduate Student	Barrington, RI	Brown
Will Burghardt	33	G	5'11'	185	Graduate Student	Longview, WA	Linfield

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mouhamed Gueye #22 PF	Windsor, CA	Prolific Prep	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 7, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Myles Rice #45 PG	Columbia, SC	Sandy Creek High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Nov 7, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Washington State Commits". Rivals.com. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. "ESPN- Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2021–22 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 0 Efe Abogidi 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So NBA Global Academy Delta State, Nigeria G 2 Tyrell Roberts 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr UC San Diego Sacramento, CA G 3 Jefferson Koulibaly 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Lincoln Prep Montreal, QC G 4 Myles Rice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Sandy Creek HS Columbia, SC G 5 TJ Bamba 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Abraham Lincoln HS The Bronx, NY F 11 Dennis Rodman Jr. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr JSerra Catholic HS Newport Beach, CA G 12 Michael Flowers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) GS South Alabama Southfield, MI F 13 Carlos Rosario 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Veritas Prep Santo Domingo, DR F 14 Matt DeWolf 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) GS Brown Barrington, RI C 21 Dishon Jackson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So St. Patrick-St. Vincent HS Oakland, CA G 22 Ryan Rapp 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Jr Mazenod College Melbourne, Australia F 23 Andrej Jakimovski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Reale Mutua Torino Skopje, Macedonia G 24 Noah Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr O'Dea HS Seattle, WA F 32 Tony Miller 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) GS Montana Woodinville, WA G 33 Will Burghardt (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) GS Linfield Longview, WA F 35 Mouhamed Gueye 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Prolific Prep Dakar, Senegal	Head coach Kyle Smith (Hamilton) Assistant coach(es) Derrick Phelps (North Carolina) Jim Shaw (Western Oregon) John Andrejek (Columbia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 12:00 p.m., P12N		Alcorn State Washington State Multi-Team Event	W 85–67	1–0	16 – Roberts	11 – Flowers	6 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (1,023) Pullman, WA
November 12, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N		Seattle Washington State Multi-Team Event	W 79–61	2–0	17 – Roberts	9 – Jackson	2 – Williams	Beasley Coliseum (3,878) Pullman, WA
November 15, 2021* 8:00 p.m., P12N		UC Santa Barbara	W 73–65	3–0	18 – Abogidi	9 – Gueye	5 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (2,928) Pullman, WA
November 18, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 109–61	4–0	16 – Williams	6 – Gueye	5 – Williams	ICCU Arena (2,727) Moscow, ID
November 22, 2021* 6:00 p.m., P12N		Winthrop	W 92–86	5–0	20 – Flowers	8 – Jackson	3 – Williams	Beasley Coliseum (2,370) Pullman, WA
November 27, 2021* 4:30 p.m., P12N		Eastern Washington	L 71–76	5–1	23 – Roberts	9 – Flowers	2 – Gueye	Beasley Coliseum (2,720) Pullman, WA
December 1, 2021 4:30 p.m., P12N		at Arizona State	W 51–29	6–1 (1–0)	14 – Williams	10 – Jackson	2 – Roberts	Desert Financial Arena (6,793) Tempe, AZ
December 4, 2021 3:00 p.m., P12N		No. 20 USC	L 61–63	6–2 (1–1)	13 – Flowers	7 – Jackson	2 – Williams	Beasley Coliseum (4,069) Pullman, WA
December 8, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N		Weber State	W 94–60	7–2	17 – Williams	10 – Gueye	5 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (2,900) Pullman, WA
December 11, 2021* 12:00 p.m., P12N		vs. South Dakota State Washington State in Spokane	L 74–77	7–3	24 – Flowers	6 – Gueye	5 – Flowers	Spokane Arena (1,686) Spokane, WA
December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N		New Mexico State	L 61–64	7–4	15 – Flowers	7 – Abogidi	3 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (2,702) Pullman, WA
December 18, 2021* 1:00 p.m., P12N		Northern Colorado	W 82–56	8–4	21 – Rodman	10 – Rodman	4 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (2,438) Pullman, WA
December 22, 2021* 5:00 p.m., P12N		vs. Boise State Washington State in Spokane	L 52–58	8–5	16 – Roberts	12 – Jakimovski	3 – Jakimovski	Spokane Arena (4,018) Spokane, WA
January 6, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Colorado	L 78–83	8–6 (1–2)	25 – Roberts	10 – Abogidi	5 – Flowers	CU Events Center (5,543) Boulder, CO
January 8, 2022 3:00 p.m., P12N		at Utah	W 77–61	9–6 (2–2)	17 – Roberts	7 – Jakimovski	6 – Flowers	Jon M. Huntsman Center (7,578) Salt Lake City, UT
January 13, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Stanford	L 57–62	9–7 (2–3)	16 – Gueye	11 – Gueye	4 – Roberts	Beasley Coliseum (2,612) Pullman, WA
January 15, 2022 1:00 p.m., P12N		California	W 65–57	10–7 (3–3)	16 – Jakimovski	8 – Gueye	5 – Roberts	Beasley Coliseum (3,051) Pullman, WA
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., P12N		Utah	W 71–54	11–7 (4–3)	15 – Tied	8 – Jakimovski	3 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (3,064) Pullman, WA
January 30, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1		Colorado	W 70–43	12–7 (5–3)	16 – Flowers	11 – Abogidi	5 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (2,647) Pullman, WA
February 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., P12N		at Stanford	W 66–60	13–7 (6–3)	22 – Flowers	9 – Gueye	5 – Flowers	Maples Pavilion (2,172) Stanford, CA
February 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., P12N		at California	W 68–64	14–7 (7–3)	21 – Flowers	11 – Abogidi	2 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (4,361) Berkeley, CA
February 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., FS1		No. 4 Arizona	L 60–72	14–8 (7–4)	16 – Flowers	6 – Abogidi	3 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (5,012) Pullman, WA
February 12, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Arizona State	L 55–58	14–9 (7–5)	14 – Roberts	11 – Gueye	3 – Bamba	Beasley Coliseum (3,394) Pullman, WA
February 14, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Oregon Rescheduled from Jan. 20	L 59–62	14–10 (7–6)	23 – Flowers	7 – Bamba	3 – Flowers	Matthew Knight Arena (5,786) Eugene, OR
February 17, 2022 8:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 13 UCLA	L 56–76	14–11 (7–7)	14 – Roberts	6 – Jakimovski	3 – Williams	Pauley Pavilion (7,916) Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2022 4:30 p.m., FS1		at No. 17 USC	L 60–62	14–12 (7–8)	16 – Roberts	11 – Jakimovski	4 – Roberts	Galen Center (4,268) Los Angeles, CA
February 23, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Washington Rivalry/Rescheduled from Dec. 29	W 78–70	15–12 (8–8)	25 – Gueye	14 – Abogidi	7 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (4,510) Pullman, WA
February 26, 2022 3:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington Rivalry	L 70–78	15–13 (8–9)	30 – Flowers	7 – Gueye	4 – Flowers	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,269) Seattle, WA
February 28, 2022 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Oregon State Rescheduled from Jan. 22	W 103–97 ^OT	16–13 (9–9)	27 – Flowers	6 – Jackson	6 – Flowers	Gill Coliseum (3,888) Corvallis, OR
March 1, 2022 8:00 p.m., FS1		Oregon State	W 71–67	17–13 (10–9)	16 – Bamba	8 – Tied	4 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (3,099) Pullman, WA
March 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., CBS		Oregon	W 94–74	18–13 (11–9)	19 – Williams	8 – Jakimovski	6 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (4,169) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Tournament
March 9, 2022 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (10) California First Round	W 66–59	19–13	19 – Abogidi	10 – Jakimovski	2 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena  Paradise, NV
March 10, 2022 6:00 pm, P12N	(7)	vs. (2) No. 13 UCLA Quarterfinals	L 65–75	19–14	15 – Jakimovski	8 – Abogidi	3 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena  Paradise, NV
NIT
March 15, 2022* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	(4)	Santa Clara First Round – SMU Bracket	W 63–50	20–14	23 – Roberts	8 – Jackson	5 – Flowers	Beasley Coliseum (1,389) Pullman, WA
March 20, 2022* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	at (1) SMU Second Round – SMU Bracket	W 75–63	21–14	22 – Flowers	9 – Jackson	3 – Tied	Moody Coliseum (2,179) University Park, TX
March 23, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(4)	at (2) BYU Quarterfinals – SMU Bracket	W 77–58	22–14	27 – Flowers	8 – Rodman	5 – Flowers	Marriott Center (11,148) Provo, UT
March 29, 2022* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(4)	vs. (1) Texas A&M Semifinals	L 56–72	22–15	14 – Roberts	10 – Abogidi	3 – Roberts	Madison Square Garden (8,506) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[1]

References

1. "2021–22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Washington State University Athletics.