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Somebody wrote in today and asked if I was going to cover Husky basketball. We are and that coverage will start in earnest around the first of October.

I am pretty excited about this years basketball team. The addition of Fr. Isaiah Thomas is going to change things around  at UW the same way the coming of Nate Robinson did. They are similar players in stature except that Isaiah is a better shooter at this point in his career. What Washington does is add a scorer and tenacious defender to the backcourt. I think this is one of the key ingredient the team has been missing the past two years. So. Venoy Overton and Jr. Justin Dentmon will also be playing guard and there games should be ready to blossom with a back court mate like Thomas.

Sr. Jon Brockman returns for his final season and it will be interesting to see how many points per game he can score this year. I am predicting a fantastic year for him because UW should be so much better out around the perimeter. Jr. Quincy pondexter has been a threat to break out ever since he arrived. Once again better ball handling on the outside is going to loosen up his game. So Joe Wolfinger, So Matthew Bryan Amaning, and Sr Artrem Wallace will all see some time in the post.

A lot of talent moved to the NBA from the Pac Ten last season. Washington is going to benefit from that and I expect an upper division finish and a trip to the NCAA tournament for the Huskies in 2008-2009.

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Justin Dentmon is a senior this year, same class as Brockman.

I can’t wait to see IT play this year.

Go Dawgs!

by Go Dawgs! on Sep 20, 2008 1:26 PM PDT reply actions  

Call me crazy

but i believe that this season pivots on the play of IT. if he can provide the team with good perimeter ball-handling, passing, and shooting and if he and VO can jump-start our fast break we have a good shot at contending for the conference title.

we know what we’re going to get from Brock, we expect that MBA and Q will step it up, and we also expect either Suggs or Turner will combine with IT to provide some outside shooting. and perhaps for the first time since BRoy and Bobby Jones played we are going to play ball-hawking defense.

if Romar can coach the kids up, it looks like this team can win a bunch of games.

by oahu dawg on Sep 20, 2008 5:36 PM PDT reply actions  

The IT hype is clearly circulating.

Think about it. This guy has equal explosiveness to Nate Robinson and is way more developed then Nate-Rob was, coming into his freshman year.

"I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger."
-Ichiro on Dice-K

by seatownsports on Sep 20, 2008 9:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Wolfinger

Joe Wolfinger is a Jr. this season.

Also, I think it’s a little optimistic to call IT a “tenacious defender”. From the reports I’ve seen, we’ll be happy that IT has finally started taking defense more seriously, but we shouldn’t expect NateRob defensive tenaciousness, at least not yet. Sounds like he’s a better passer than NateRob and probably a bit better shooter at this point; probably doesn’t have quite the same level of explosive hops though.

Should be exciting – I expect to see these Huskies play faster than the last couple of seasons with better offensive play, and hopefully the pressure defense that defined Romar’s NCAA Tourney teams.

by kirkd on Sep 21, 2008 3:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Errors on Bye Week

Sorry for the errors. I sort of had a bye weekend too!

I had a busy weekend with lots of friends in town. We played a lot of golf then we headed up to Green Bay to catch the Packers last night.

Anyway because of excessive fun I was not able to give this particular article the final proof read needed before going out.

by John Berkowitz on Sep 22, 2008 10:40 AM PDT reply actions  

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