Washington scored the first 10 points and were ahead by 19 before Stanford made its first field goal of the contest, making for a long opening game at the Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

The Cardinal suffered a nearly nine-minute drought from the field and it never really got much better in a 91-68 loss to the Huskies, ending Stanford's regular season. Whether the Cardinal is able to defend its NIT title is not yet known.

No matter what happens, Stanford can look at a roller coaster of a season that had as many peaks as valleys, leading to frustration as well as encouragement, disappointment as well as satisfaction.

Hindered by season-ending injuries to its starting point guard and power forward, Stanford muddled through the season the best it could and probably did well to finish at .500.

There's certainly an element of hope for the future. The Cardinal returns the entire roster, except for senior walk-on Ian Proulx, the Menlo-Atherton grad who appeared briefly in one game before enduring a season-ending injury of his own.