Alright, so maybe no money under the table but I think WSU threw this game. They already have a decent seed locked up, no use in playing hard and taking the chance of player injuries for the real prize on the line. I think WSU takes this by 10+ points easily if they had played each other in the 1st game of the tourney. This happens many times in other BCS conference tourneys every season.
Jason
Yeah, but their seed might have taken a slight hit. I did not agree with someone on ESPN.com yesterday saying they will take a significant hit in their seeding based on their loss yesterday. That's just outrageous for someone to say that. If one loss in a conference tourney affects seeding that much, then the whole system needs to be torn apart and rebuilt! That said though, I hope WSU did not throw the game just to rest themselves for the tournament as they have 10 days to do so anyway. Just because Bob Knight hated these conference tourneys doesn't mean most other coaches do.