When UCLA’s final, meaningless, 3-point heave clanked off the iron in the final seconds before the clock finally expired, the Washington State Cougars accomplished something heretofore thought to be impossible: winning a Pac-12 championship in women’s basketball.
Winning a conference title in any sport is rare enough — WSU hadn’t done it since 2002 when the football team went to the Rose Bowl — but for women’s basketball to do it is absolutely mind blowing.
These Cougs have a knack for blowing everyone’s minds, though. First, it was simply making the tournament again, which they did for the second time in program history in 2021.