Men’s basketball slumps at the wrong time

The Washington State men’s basketball team has a prime opportunity this week when they played host to the Arizona schools. Knock off No. 4 Arizona and complete the sweep against ASU and the Cougs would be riding a seven-game winning streak with a statement win on their resume. A close loss to Arizona and a win against the Sun Devils and the Cougs remain right on the bubble.

Instead, the Cougs now have a lot of work to do following a winless weekend.

The losses to the Wildcats and Sun Devils are a damaging but not fatal blow to WSU’s NCAA Tournament hopes. The Cougs could win out the regular season including wins against UCLA and USC and be right in position for an at-large selection. What the…