Washington State men’s basketball faces its toughest test of the young season when the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos visit Beasley Coliseum in Pullman on Monday night (8 pm PT, Pac-12 Washington). WSU is at 2-0 following a pair of 18-point wins over Alcorn State and Seattle. The Gauchos are playing their first Division I opponent after opening the year against Division II San Francisco State.
UCSB is coming off a trip to the NCAA tournament where it suffered a hear-breaking loss in the final seconds of its first-round match-up against Creighton. Are the Gauchos still at that level?