The list of regular-season basketball champions in the Pac-12 record book has plenty of mentions of teams like UCLA and Arizona.
For 83 years, however, Washington State has been absent.
This year’s Cougars — ranked No. 18 in this week’s AP Top 25 — need some help, but they will go into Thursday night’s regular-season finale against Washington with a chance to end that long drought and claim the title in the final year of the Pac-12 with its current membership.
"To finish this thing with Washington on our home floor; there’s always something at stake,” Washington State coach Kyle Smith said.