CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ugly never looked so beautiful to Lorenzo Romar than in Washington’s bruising, foul-filled victory Sunday afternoon at steamy Gill Coliseum.
Washington managed to salvage a road split of the Oregon schools with a 75-72 win over Oregon State. It was a win that was neither pretty nor easy. But in the end, the Huskies are still tied for first place in the Pacific-12 Conference with California at 10-3.
Oregon State shot 52 percent from the floor as the Beavers knocked off Washington, 78-73, in Pacific-12 Conference women’s basketball at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle on Saturday.
There were so many things that went wrong for the Washington Huskies in their loss to the Oregon Ducks on Thursday night in Eugene. But coach Lorenzo Romar had one item on his list of positives – the play of Desmond Simmons.
EUGENE, Ore. – So much went wrong for the Washington Huskies on Thursday night in Eugene, it’s difficult to pinpoint a spot to focus on.
Maybe it was a sign of things to come. A road closure from a nasty car wreck on the interstate caused the Huskies to be almost 45 minutes late to pregame warm-ups at Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday for their Pacific-12 Conference matchup with Oregon.
For the second time in Lorenzo Romar’s tenure as coach of the Washington Huskies, his basketball team has a 9-2 record in conference play.
They have been courted, hired and announced via press release. They have recruited and helped sign their first class as a coaching staff. They have crossed paths a few times on the road and on campus, and finally sat down for their first full staff meeting a week ago.
For three games, Shawn Kemp Jr. sat on the bench and mostly watched. He sat the entire game against Stanford, played four minutes at Arizona State and then sat the entire game at Arizona.
In terms of overall aesthetics, the Washington Huskies’ 69-41 win over the USC Trojans ranks somewhere near roadside graffiti and finger painting.
At the Pacific-12 Conference media day way back in October, USC coach Kevin O’Neill looked at sophomore point guard Maurice Jones, who was seated next to him. He’d spent the previous 10 minutes discussing how much Jones meant to his team and how the Trojans couldn’t afford to be without him.
Terrence Ross can’t really explain why he owns the second half of basketball games. So, he’ll simply revel in the fact that it’s working, and just keep doing what he’s doing.
The UCLA Bruins came into the 2011-12 basketball season with high expectations – some their own, some placed on them by others.
On one of the biggest days in the college football calendar, when the hours and hours of phone calls, visits and text messages come to an end, University of Washington coach Steve Sarkisian admitted he could have used a nap.
C.J. Wilcox is living the recreational hoop player’s life – no practices, just games.
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