Don’t let a (potential) failure to meet outsized expectations ruin your fun.
The Washington State Cougars lost a bummer of a game to the Arizona State Sun Devils on Saturday night, and for at least the second time this season, a large number of fans rushed to their phones and keyboards to declare WSU’s NCAA tournament chances dead.
For starters, that’s not even remotely true. I’ll agree that it’s improbable that the Cougars will win enough over their final eight-plus games of the season to secure an at large berth to the Big Dance, but it’s certainly still possible, and it likely won’t even take a ridiculous set of results, like winning out or something, to get the Cougars back into serious conversations about an at-large bid.