The Golden Bears took the Cougars to overtime in their first meeting.

My takeaways from that game are that WSU isn't likely to lose again despite outshooting Cal and that it won't get outrebounded in the rematch. The Cougars rank 60th nationally in total rebounds and hold their opponents to 32.5 total rebounds per game (59th). The Golden Bears, on the other hand, rank 226th in opponent total rebounds.

Washington State is an efficient offensive squad (58th in FG%) and an elite defensive team (38th in opponent FG%). Its opponents shoot under 50% at the rim, and WSU blocks 16.4 percent of their rim FG attempts. The Cougars aren't too shabby on the perimeter, either. They will slow the pace to their liking forcing the Golden Bears to beat them in the half-court.

I'm on Wash St here at home.