The Washington State Cougars’ 72-70 loss to the Washington Huskies was both surprising and unsurprising all at once — surprising in that the Cougs controlled the game from the outset and eventually stretched their lead to 14, but unsurprising in the fact that they blew all of that lead in the second half in a manner we’ve grown all too used to.
The second biggest bummer, behind losing to the Huskies again, was that the Cougars were unable to capitalize on the good vibes from last weekend’s road sweep of the Arizona schools in front of the best crowd of the year at Beasley Coliseum.