From the booth

The model favored WSU to win, and the call landed.

Washington State is sitting pretty here as a massive 38-and-a-half point favorite, and the model's got 'em at 99 percent to win this one. Vegas is essentially saying this is a complete mismatch, and that point spread is doing heavy lifting to drive those numbers, backed up by what the betting market's telling us and the Elo rating advantage the Cougars bring to the table. Duquesne's got a 1 percent path here, which basically means they'd have to play a near-perfect game while Washington State absolutely falls apart. This one's got blowout written all over it.