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Wyoming and Washington State were scheduled to meet Monday night in a CBI Tournament 2nd round matchup, but after warming up and playing the first few minutes of the game before an empty arena, both teams decide to call it a night and went out for pizza together.

“No one cares. I didn’t want to play in this tournament, but our athletic director accepted the bid,” said Washington State head coach Ken Bone. “We’re putting kids at risk here. Someone could get hurt — and for absolutely no reason. These Wyoming kids have never been to Pullman before, so I thought we’d just end the game and grab a bite to eat in town.”

Wyoming head coach Larry Shyatt said he immediately accepted Bone’s offer to quit the game when he was approached during a stoppage in play 1 minute and 39 seconds into the first half.

“Ken said to me: ‘Hey, do you all want to get out of here and get some pizza?’ And I was like: ‘Yeah. F—k it. Let’s go,’” said Shyatt. “Hell, I don’t want to be here. My athletic director accepted the bid. I had a vacation lined up that I had to cancel to coach this team in this pointless tournament.”