In a quiet locker room tucked away in the bowels of Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena, where Washington State tumbled out of the WCC tournament with a quarterfinal loss to San Francisco Sunday evening, three Cougars were open about their plans for the future.

That was true in 2023 when the Cougar women won four games in five days to claim the Pac-12 Conference Tournament championship, last season when WSU made it to the semifinals of the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament and appears to be transpiring again as WSU has won eight of its last 10 games to reach the WCC semifinals.

The Washington State Cougars season likely came to a close on Sunday night after losing to the San Francisco Dons 86-75 in the WCC quarterfinals. Despite a 26-point performance from Ethan Price, 20 from LeJuan Watts,