They’re just not quite there.
e all have spent most of the season lamenting the opportunities that the Washington State Cougars have missed in their quest to jump up into the NCAA tournament for the first time in a long time, but the last few weeks of the season — and last night’s loss to UCLA in particular — showed plainly that this team, to borrow a phrase, is not (yet) ready for prime time.
To be sure, they’ve shown flashes. But, ultimately, there’s a pretty clear gap between where this team is and where it needs to be in order to consistently compete on the level at which Tournament teams typically compete, and we saw it on full display in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.