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123-76 Victory Over Seattle U

Without Isaiah Thomas (flu), the Huskies played perhaps their best basketball game of the year, which isn't all that surprising as it was a home game against a lesser opponent. Still, Seattle University is a decent program with some talented players - like onetime Husky commit and potential lottery pick Charles Garcia - that has given teams trouble (beat Weber State, Fresno State, won at Utah and destroyed Oregon State in Corvallis). It was expected that Seattle U would have the edge in some aspects, like Garcia in the post against Matthew Bryan-Amaning and Tyreese Breshers, and that perhaps coach Cameron Dollar would have some insight as to how to throw the Huskies off of their game at Hec Ed. Neither was the case. Garcia came out and started 0-7 from the floor early (the only time the game was in jeopardy), and coach Dollar had no answers as the more talented Huskies raced away and never looked back

Efficiency-wise, the Huskies played their 2nd best game of the year on defense, allowing just .742 points per possession, while at the same time posted their 5th best offensive efficiency by scoring 1.2 points per possession. The game provided 102 possessions, which is far and away the most of the year (next closest was 81 against both Texas Tech and Cal State Northridge). Not only that, it was easily the fastest game played I could find going back through 2004, with the next closest game being in 2007 against Pepperdine having just 92 possessions. The 102 possessions allowed the Huskies to score the second highest point total in the history of the program.

Six Husky players scored double figures, and three scored 20 or more, with career highs coming from Elston Turner (20), Venoy Overton (20), and Justin Holiday (16).

The Pac-10's finest were in rare form last night, calling 78 fouls for the game. Six Seattle U players fouled out, and every Seattle U player except Garcia finished with either 4 or 5 fouls. At the end of the game the Redhawks had only four players available, and had to play a man down. MBA and Overton fouled out as well. If I were a SU fan, I wouldn't have been able to watch this game for more than 5 minutes or so. Too often the Pac-10 referees decide that they want to take total control of the game and become the story (in some cases, they like to decide who wins as in the Oregon at Washington State game earlier in the year). Someone needs to teach these idiots that that's not what they're on the court for.

 

 

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To be fair about the officials

Dollar outright said he told his guys to adopt the hack-a-husky strategy at halftime in a futile attempt to get back into the game. At some point, they should’ve said screw it and swallowed the whistle, though. It dragged on a game that’s conclusion was foregone in the first 15 minutes.

by Brian Floyd on Jan 27, 2010 1:09 PM PST reply actions  

Yeah

But at this point I’m really just done with giving Pac-10 officials any sort of benefit of the doubt. They lost that long ago.

by thecassino on Jan 27, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

The SU game didn't tell me much of anything

About 2 minutes in it was over in my mind and by halftime it was statistically over.

I fully expect to get run by UW on Saturday and wouldn’t be surprised if the opposite happens in Pullman. If nothing else it might be interesting since I see UW and WSU as pretty similar teams this year.

by Brian Floyd on Jan 27, 2010 1:38 PM PST reply actions  

Right now, when the Huskies are at home, they're the best team in the conference

I’m kind of expecting them to blow out WSU too. It’s really bizarre how different a team they are on the road. You expect a slight drop in play, but jesus. Not like they’ve done.

by thecassino on Jan 27, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions  

It's two polar opposite teams

I can’t get my head around how a team can play so well at home and come out and crap the bed every time on the road. If they could even play half as well as they do at Hec Ed they’d be fine.

by Brian Floyd on Jan 27, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I've never seen a 100% Free Throw Rate

So the Huskies shot as many free throws and field goal attempts. Fantastic. While watching blowouts is usually fun if you’re the winning team I can only imagine Husky fans were getting really tired of it by the end.

This kind of ridiculousness makes other stats look funny too. The Huskies only had 26 assists for 123 points! Those selfish players! Oops, it’s actually 26 assists on 34 field goals, with free throws accounting for the rest of the scoring. Which brings up an interesting semi-OT point: shouldn’t we count assists when players are fouled and miss shots? Didn’t the original pass create the free throw opportunities just as surely as it would have created an easy bucket without a foul?

Hope WSU plays a little better D than Seattle…

by johnnycougar on Jan 27, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions  

Better W/out Thomas

One big clue this game confirmed is that our team does not benefit much, if at all, from having Isaiah Thomas on the court. There is no “I” in the word “team”, and until "I"saiah can run the offense as a true, point guard leader, and not force so many shots, it seems we are indeed better without him.

by Go Viks! on Jan 27, 2010 4:33 PM PST reply actions  

If you don't want him we'll take him

You were playing a team that was clearly outmatched. Don’t base a reaction off of one game.

by Brian Floyd on Jan 27, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Against a team like SU we might be better without Thomas

But against a team where we need someone who can create his own shot? Probably a different story.

by thecassino on Jan 27, 2010 8:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

Thomas isn’t a PG….Gaddy is the point guard.

Tough to really judge anything off the results of the SU game.

by John Berkowitz on Jan 28, 2010 6:20 AM PST up reply actions  

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