Gonzaga "Cougs" It

What the hell happened?

A few days after losing to No. 2 UConn, Gonzaga was looking at a tune-up, feel good home game against Portland State.

Portland State of the Big Sky Conference, Portland State that had trouble getting to the arena because of road conditions, unranked Portland State.

And the Zags laid a big, fatty 77-70 loss nugget of an egg game.

While I'll give the Vikings credit, they played Washington very tough this year and have one of the better college basketball players in the country in Jeremiah Dominguez.

But Gonzaga came out flat, a fact not lost by the usual home-town announcers on KHQ. You could tell their energy level was not very high and they seemed to be suffering from "post-traumatic big game syndrome."

Either way in one evening the Bulldogs have gone from Final Four possibility to a team that now has a lot of questions. They can't put it in cruise control for the rest of the season.

As for Portland State, I'm dreading the day when they come into Reese Court to play EWU.