College Hoops

I'd like to start by saying thanks for all of the great times covering this year's Husky team . It was a fun year with a lot of spectacular moments.

Should UW be able to get to the Finals in NY, those five games go a long way to making them into real veterans . The problem for UW, as it was against the Beavers at the Staple Center and the last time they played in Madison Square Garden in two close losses to Marquette and Duke, is that UW is spotty outside of Hec Ed Pavilion.

The PAC-12 is still alive, as the Dawes and Stanford move to NYC and Madison Square Garden for the NIT Final Four, while WSU meets Pittsburgh in the CBI Finals in a best of three.

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Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott weighed in Friday in ESPN regarding the state of the leagues much maligned Men's Basketball teams.

The Dawgs have done a lot of good things this season, but with not enough margin of error to not be sweating bullets on selection Sunday.

Against USC the Dawgs asserted themselves often and early . During the week, UW appeared focused on the task at hand . Gant said, "This is our moment, right now" and against 'SC the Huskies didn't play like they were looking ahead.

The Huskies, true to form this season, were able to gain a split on a road trip in the Pac-12 . The dominant 80-58 win at USC on Thursday was expected, but then so was the heartbreaking 75-69 loss at UCLA on Saturday by Vegas odds makers, who

picked the Bruins by five points.

Oregon embarrassed the Huskies 82-57 in every way you can possibly imagine, including a 4-12 outing from the field from Ross which yielded only eight points.

The Dawgs are the youngest of the top seven teams in the Pac-12, according to a calculation that I did last week . UW had a combined experience coming into the season of 1.

(Jason McCleary of leftcoastrecruiting . com contributed to this post) The Huskies sit on top of the Pac-12 at 9-2 in league play, after relatively difficult home wins over UCLA and USC.

Wroten did it all against ASU, but against the 'Cats a strong team effort had to materialize or there would be no pay day and Wroten did what he needed to do to enable that happen as well.

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The Dawgs quieted their critics with a gutty sweep of the Arizona schools over the weekend.

Washington will need more than the three starting guards to put itself in position to gain an NCAA at large-bid or win another Pac-12 Tournament, requiring three grueling wins in three days.

Washington's depth was a real concern going into this past weeks games with Cal and Stanford . The loss of sophomore guard C . J.

The Apple Cup of basketball took place on a snowy day in Seattle . The Huskies came back from an 11 point deficit in the second half to beat the rival Cougs.

After beating Seattle U 91-83 on Tuesday and WSU on Sunday 75-65, UW sits at 4-1 in Pac-12 play and 10-6 overall . Going into a home stand against the Bay Area schools, both currently tied for 1st place in the conference at 5-1, looks like a

Cinderella story in the making, with the ultimate result being UW all alone in 1st place a week from now after two more glorious home wins.

The Huskies started off Pac-12 conference play against the Oregon State Beavers Thursday night . Coach Lorenzo Romar and the Dawgs opened up conference play with the best game they have played all season.