COUGARS

We're back, for now. We can't catch you up completely, but we can fill you in with what happened last night. A good one for women's basketball, not so good for the men. Read on.

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• Washington State: The first thing to remember, and we've been preaching this from the beginning of the season, is the Washington State Cougars men's basketball team is young. Very young. And young basketball teams have a tendency to be up-and-down, and young basketball teams have a tendency to struggle on the road, especially early in the season. Young teams have to find out how to play together, and the road environment is where they find out how to do that. As the season progresses, this group will get better at it. And be more consistent. ... Here's the game story we ran and a piece from the Manhattan paper. ... The women handed Wyoming its first loss of the season. We had this short piece.

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• Around the Pac-10: Well, I missed both games yesterday, picking them and on TV. The Huskies must have played well, huh? Actually, I watched a little of that one, though the parts I saw were times UW wasn't actually scoring. In a 42-10 game, what are the odds of that? ... The defeat, and the margin of that defeat, has them shaking their heads in Berkeley. ... That's been going on for a long time in LA – how long before someone puts together firepetecarroll.com? – and continues after Saturday's 21-17 loss to Arizona. ... The Wildcats are going on Holiday, with a capital H.

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• That's all for now. We'll be down in Pullman this week as the Cougars host a pretty darn good Idaho team on Wednesday. Then it's back up to Spokane for Saturday's game with Air Force in the Arena. We'll be back as news warrants. Until then …

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