Ken Bone is in his third season as coach of men's basketball at Washington State University and has the Cougars off to a 6-4 start.

He led his team to the 2011 NIT Final Four in New York following a 19-12 regular season.

Prior to joining WSU, he spent four years as the head coach at Portland State, leading the Vikings to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances.

From 2002-05, Bone was an assistant coach at the University of Washington under Lorenzo Romar and helped the Huskies reach the NCAA tourney in 2004 and 2005.

He also coached 12 seasons at Seattle Pacific University, his alma mater, and registered a 253-97 record with the Falcons.

Bone talked about his current squad, the rest of the 2011-12 season and more in a live chat Dec. 16 on seattletimes.com.