Taylor Rochestie is a big man?

I’m working on a post for later today that takes a look at where the Cougs stand heading into their two toughest non-conference matchups, but this will hopefully tide you over for a few hours.

The eternal lament of Coug fans everywhere is that our teams get no respect, even when they’re good. Name another team in the top 10 that has had only one game made available on television. Or, name another top 10 team that would participate in an interconference challenge and be shipped off to a road game against a middling team.

UNC got Ohio State. Duke got Wisconsin.

WSU gets Baylor.

On the road.

Anyway, if you feel like I do about this whole thing, consider this some comic relief for you on this Thursday morning as you wait with baited breath for an actual televised game tomorrow night. (That is, if you’re lucky enough to have ESPNU or live near a bar that does …)

Go about two minutes into this video with Fox Sports college basketball “expert” Kris Johnson. The piece itself is titled “Beyond the Arc: Wazzu for real?” His analysis starts with the standard “Derrick Low is real good, Kyle Weaver can do it all, blah blah blah.” Then he makes a couple of curious statements that will reinforce your belief that most of the national media has absolutely no clue what they’re talking about when it comes to our team — that they just regurgitate what they’ve read elsewhere over and over again.

Check it out.

So, let me get this straight:

1. Taylor Rochestie — all 6-foot-1 and 186 pounds of him — is a big fella inside? Just look at that shot blocking intimidation above!
2. The Cougs could earn a No. 2 seed as they did last year? For some reason, I thought it was a No. 3 seed.

Take my advice: When listening to TV people talk about the Cougs, listen to Andy Katz. Ignore everyone else.