Huskies Quote of the Week

QUOTE TO NOTE- " We're just a little more comfortable at home. That's why we play better."
Huskie guard Ryan Appleby after win over USC.

Still In It

For the first time this year, the Dawgs mada a justified case that they belong in the tourney. Unfortunently, its a little to late to play catch up. After demolishing #24 USC 85-70 last thursday, the huskies rolled down to L.A. and punished the extremely good and talented #2 ranked UCLA team by the score of 61-51. Sophmore sensation Jon Brockman led the way with 20 points and 13 rebounds. On the season that puts Brockman at 14.1 ppg adn 9.6rpg, which is good enough to put him on the All- Pac-10 first team. If the dawgs can beat the #2 team in the counrty,which has the #1 rpi, and a 9-1 record versus ranked opponents this year, then they can win the Pac-10 tourney just as easily as any other team in it to win it.

Huskies Quote of the Week

QUOTE TO NOTE- "Effort, intensity, purpose-- all those were things we didnt have tonight. This was an embarrassing loss." Jon Brockman after after tough loss at Oregon State.

NIT anybody?

Its sad to say that the dawgs might and probably will have to settle for the NIT tourney this year. I guess it doesnt sound so bad when you add teams like Uconn, Michigan State, Maryland, GT, Syracuse, who are usually powerhouse programs, and who have also been to, or won a national championship or two in the past 10 years or so. I may me dissapointed with the season the dawgs are having, like every fan, but to critisize there last two games by which they only lost by a combined 8 points to 2 top 10 ranked teams is just non-sence. It is possible however, if the dawgs finish out the season w/ w's in there last four games and also do good in the pac ten tourney. Thats the only way the dawgs will be able to put on some dancing shoes. Easier said then done.

Huskie Quote of the Week

QUOTE TO NOTE- " There are a lot of guys on the team that were mad after this one, real mad." Huskie guard Justin Dentmon, after the dawgs lost 65-61 to WSU for the 2nd time

Rollercoaster

They go up, they go down, they go in loops, they are the Washington Huskies. After writing about how the dawgs were finally back on track and looking to make a statement in the Pac-ten and strengthen your resume for the big dance last week, they once agian find a way to wipe out all hope for any kind of conference comeback or a tourney bid. After writng about how good the dawgs were doin again, they go into Arizona and just get stomped on, just embarrased. Once agian, I was decieved by the huskies play. After beating Cal and #25 stanford last week, I began to think positive about the dawgs agian, and coming into last nights game with the Cougs, I really believed that they could beat them, and Im not just saying that because Im a UW fan. One blown game and maybe a deciding factor in which the Huskies make the tourney later, I found myself not too heartbroken over it. Deep down I knew that the Dawgs would lose, not by a blow out of any sort, but by a nail biter in which every major seattle team seems to lose by everytime there put in the spot light. With thee exception of the Hawks in the Superbowl last year because the Steelers couldnt of paid the refs any more to blow the game for us seattle fans.

Huskie Quote of the Week

QUOTE TO NOTE " When we were at Cal, they really punked us. They kept swinging at us, and we didn't fight back. It was a focal point to kill them on the boards"-- Washington's Jon Brockman on the rematch with Cal.

Climbing Back Up. Making A Push

Since writing my last blog a couple weeks ago, the dawgs have dramatically made an effort to turn their season around. After a 1-6 start in Pac-10 play, the huskies made a sweep through Oregon defeating Oregon state in reasonable fashion and demolishing the heavily favored and #7 team in the nation at the time. To add onto the positives, the dawgs also won there first road game of the season by defeating the last place ASU sun devils. To add things up, that makes the huskies 4-6 in conference play and 14-7 overall. Though UW is playing great ball right now, their going to have to step it up more in the weeks to come if they want to gain a birth in the big dance. With 9 games left to play, the dawgs face 6 current ranked teams including Arizona, Stanford, WSU, Pittsburgh, Oregon, and last but not least UCLA. If they could at least win maybe half of those games, in which I am a firm believer that they can, maybe even more, they will get a seed in the tourny for sure.

Huskies Quote of the week

QUOTE TO NOTE"We did the things tonight that would suggest we are headed in a positive direction." -- Coach Lorenzo Romar after the Huskies' win over Oregon.

Please leave me a message somebody

I hope someone checks out my blog and leaves a message.

Just a lil comment

Now I know my post may not be very interesting to many of you in our english class but hopefully theres a couple sports fans in our class that will appreciate it.

To start things off I just want to inform you on what I will be talking about. For most part I will be talking about college basketball and mainly about the UW mens bball and Gonzaga hoops as well. Currently the huskies are a depressing 1-6 in Pac-10 play and 11-7 overall. Kind of a sad record after starting the season as one the nations hottest teams. UW is led by a group of very young and talented players consisting of Freshman Spencer Hawes, a seattle native whoes averaging 15.2ppg and 5.9rpg, Soph. John Brockman, from Snohomish averaging 13.2ppg and 9.7 rpg, Fresh. Quincy Pondexter, a fan favorite averages 13.1ppg and 4.7rpg, Soph. Justin Dentmon, also a fan favorite is averaging 10.4 ppg and 4.9apg. Last but not least, the oldest of the bunch is Senior Ryan Appleby,Stanwood native and Florida transfer who is averaging 9.6ppg and 2.3apg.

Huskies news and updates:

• The dawgs were beat up pretty bad Saturday night by the #21 nationally ranked WSU cougars.
• Thursday night 8p.m, the dawgs face a very dangerous and talented 6-1 in pac-ten play and 18-1 overall team in the Oregon Ducks, currently ranked 7th in the counrty.
• Oregon's star point gaurd Aaron Brooks will sit out of thursdays game as final punishment for elbowing huskies Appleby last season.