When two universities are located just eight miles away from each other, their basketball teams tend to play each other often. That is the case for the Washington State Cougars and Idaho Vandals, who have the longest continuously running series west of the Mississippi River. At one point in this millennium, WSU held a series-long 12-game winning streak. During the Ernie Kent era, Idaho held a three games to two advantage.
That means this rivalry has been a little more of a rivalry as of late—and the last time the two played in Moscow, the Vandals blew out the Cougs.