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Cougs creep up the board, snag 10th at Arizona opener
Cougs crept up the board on opening day in Arizona, and that tenth-place finish looks better than the number suggests. This team went down to Tucson and held its own against a stacked field. You don't win a season in March, but you can sure lose one. Washington State didn't.
The desert can be a weird place for a program used to the Palouse wind. But these Cougs settled in, played their game, and put together a solid first round. Nobody's popping champagne for tenth, but the trajectory matters. This is a roster that builds as the year goes on.
If you missed the early action, we've got you covered. Check out "Cougar Classic Day One in the books, and the home team is just getting started" for a look at what the home crowd saw before the team hit the road. That piece sets up the weekend we're still living through.
Bottom line: the Cougs showed up, didn't fold, and left themselves room to move. That's all you can ask from an opener. Now they stack the next one.
Go Cougs.
