The Seattle Times · Jan 6, 2018
Ernie Kent has remade Washington State into three-point shooting team
Washington State forward Robert Franks, right, leads the Cougars in scoring with 17.6 points per game and is one of their top three-point shooting threats. (Kyusung Gong/AP)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.