Pac-10 Championship vs. Cal
by thecassino on Mar 13, 2010 12:36 PM PST
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Last night the Huskies advanced to the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament by dispatching Stanford with relative ease. The shooting wasn't great, but the Huskies were getting great looks inside and they started to fall. Eventually the game turned into a blowout and Matthew Bryan-Amaning and Darnell Gant punctuated the win with a few monster dunks.
Which brings us to Cal. I'm not sorry to say that this will be the last time we meet Cal's senior group, as I'm sure the entire conference will be happy to see them leave. Especially Jerome Randle.
Winning tonight would ease the minds of Husky fans everywhere, as it would give the Huskies the Pac-10's automatic bid. The consensus is that right now, the Huskies have secured one of the final at-large spots with Virginia Tech, Dayton and Mississippi losing yesterday, but when Houston beat UTEP today, an at-large vanished. If something crazy happens, like Miami winning the ACC tourney, then with a loss today the Huskies may be the team that everybody's talking about as #66. And the #1 seed in the NIT is not much of a consolation.
The Dawgs cannot afford another slow start, because unlike Oregon State and Stanford, Cal can bury you with their offense. Isaiah Thomas was lights out defending Jeremy Green last night, and he needs to prevent Randle from getting any good looks from 3. We saw a short leash on Abdul Gaddy last night, as he had a couple bad offensive possessions early last night. However, his defensive progress has really surprised me; earlier in the year he didn't move his feet quickly enough an had to play defense with his hands, causing him to foul. Last night in the first couple minutes he forced a turnover and made Landry Fields take a poor shot where Gaddy was in his face. The stakes are too high for him to be turning the ball over, but at least he's no linger a defensive liability, something that is huge against Cal because Gaddy is our tallest point guard, and we'll need him to match up with the 6-5 Patrick Christopher at some point in today's game.
Let's bring home a Pac-10 title.
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So...
Rhode Island lost to Temple, so they won’t be jumping us. Good news.
Also Illinois lost, though they may already be in.
Duke beat Miami, so they won’t be a cinderalla AQ. Good news.
by thecassino on Mar 13, 2010 1:24 PM PST via mobile reply actions
It annoys me that UW (top 3 Pac-10) is on the same bubble as mediocre Big Ten teams
…like Illinois and Minnesota.
The Huskies are more talented. Or should be, anyway. It’s their own fault for losing games they shouldn’t have lost, but still, the conference RPI sucks and that’s not helping at this point.
Nothin’ wrong with the Big Ten, by the way. I’m just mildly annoyed.
Go Dawgs!
Go Huskies!
Talents that I covet:
Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Sam Bradford, Mike Iupati, Golden Tate, Earl Thomas, and Freddie Barnes
Don't look now, but...
Offensively this team is now almost exactly as efficient as last season (.001 points/possession better actually).
Defense… not so much.
CBS is on drugs if they think Cal would be out with a loss today.
Come on Huskies!
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
I like Overton. But he's an extreme offensive liability.
This game is falling apart in other news.
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
And he turns it over again.
That has to be worked on in the offseason.
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
I LOVE YOU OVERTON!
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
yes- extreme offensive liability ...
… except when he is pushing the ball in transition and draining wicked threes.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Congrats, UW
that was a great, back and forth game. A well deserved tournament title for a team that put it all together during the 2nd half of the conference schedule. Go Pac-10 at the NCAAs!
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
We also in the process just knocked Arizona State out.
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
they were already done with the first round exit
And doubly with Ill. And Minn. winning today.
by B Money on Mar 13, 2010 5:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This was the confirmation.
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
Congrats Dawgs
It was a hard fought game down to the end and we just couldn’t match the intensity your team brought. Obviously your boys wanted it badly and would not be denied.
I’m disappointed by our loss, but at least it wasn’t to the furd or the bruins. And I’m glad there is another pac-10 team that will be dancing with us. Good luck with the rest of the tourney!
Both teams looked impressive
I’ve had a hard time believing the idea that we match up well with Cal. But I am a firm believer now. We put multiple bodies on Randle and we locked him up pretty good (only 12 points). And we smothered Patrick Christopher for much of the game. The only two Cal guys that hurt us were Jamal Boykin and Theo Robertson. Robertson was streaky and got going in the 2nd half during spurts, but that’s the way you beat Cal, you want the offense going thru Boykin rather then the 3 amigos going OFF! Try to keep them at bay with good ball pressure D and force Cal to push the offense thru Boykin. I thought that was a huge feather in our hat.
Robertson scored 25 points but all or the majority of his scoring binges came while Cal was playing catch up. That’s GOOD! I thought this Husky win was a complete team victory. Seemed as if everyone contributed to the victory in some way. Breshears played as well coming off the bench as I’ve seen for the majority of the season. Annoying Overton hit critical free throws, Holiday added some quick put backs, and Turner hit a crucial bucket in the wanning minutes. Everyone stepped up last night and that is how you play if you want to go far in tournament play. This team is playing better now then they have all season.
All I saw was purple
FREE THROW IMPROVEMENT
Didn’t see IT miss one. Venoy was Mr. CLUTCH. Must have shot well over 90 percent. What a turaround there. Solid effort by everyone on the team.
Hard tp pick an MVP but my vote would go to Venoy Overton.It seems every game he hits the “must make” free throws and a three pointer thrown in. The guy that steps up under two minutes remaining is a true MVP.
Solid, rock solid defense. A game I now wish I had taped. The comeback DAWGS from oblivion. Job well done Lorenzo Romar. Playing all ten players is critical when playing three tough must win games in a row. Mister COOL award to everyone.
I'm just glad he has accepted his role
And that is the beauty of Overton. He plays unselfish and does what is asked of him. I’ve noticed they are calling fouls on him a little tighter this season and he seems to have adapted to it. Overton is the kind of guy every program wants on their roster. A rock solid ball pressure defender on the perimeter, a relentless critical free throw shooter down the stretch, a guy that can take the ball coast to coast in a fraction of a second and score on a drive, and an unselfish player that has accepted his role as a back up so that Romar can groom a talented youngster. Overton is a HUGE part of what makes the Washigton Huskies what they are.
How about Overton’s block shot on Randle? “Y-0-U G-O-T S-W-A-T-T-E-D”
All I saw was purple
Congrats on your tourney birth. Rep the Pac well guys.
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WOOOHOO!!!! ARE YOU READY TO DANCE?
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Congrats, good work
It was an entertaining game and you took care of business. Well done and good luck
under the rader contributers
Bresshers 6 points and 4 blocks in 10 minutes of play. For a guy 6’7 270 he is a real good shot blocker. He is 4TH in pac 10 in blocks per 40 minutes I think that would come as a surprise to a lot of people. Gaddy also got some good run 16 min no turnovers couple of assists he needs to add 7 or 8 pounds of muscle this off season and go to the hoop more often as he did early in todays game Randal is real small and slight and was just asking to be abused by a bigger point gaurd today. I think UW will be a 10 seed possible 7’s maybe xavier temple UNLV Gongzaga maybe. Overall super entertaining game only thing missing was a MBA dunking on somebodies face.
Seeding
… at this point, I think the higher priority for the selection committee will be the venue not the seed #. If we have to take a higher seed in order to get to play our first two in Spokane, so be it.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Yeah I'll take pod site over seeding any day.
I would be completely satisfied with a lower seed if the venue was ideal for the 1st and 2nd rounds. Hopefully we land in Spokane.
Last season if I am correct we drew a 4 seed and had a tough 1st and 2nd rounds (Mississippi State and Purdue) on top of that if we’d beaten the Boilermakers we were going to face UConn. That was a brutal 3 game stretch for a Pac 10 regular season champion- all 3 matchups were bigtime programs.
All I saw was purple
Agreed
But the first three rounds (Mississippi State, Purdue, and UConn) was out of character for a selection committee to offer a BCS regular season champion. Talk about BRUTAL!
All I saw was purple
You're giving Mississippi State too much credit.
They weren’t that good. And really, once you get out of the first round it’s always brutal.
Now the question is...
Who will be seeded higher? Cal or Washington? And I know it’s an unpopular discussion, but does Arizona State get an invite? With all the at-large bids shrinking, I imagine they will be left at home wondering what the hell happened? It’s got to be tough being a SunDevil fan right now. No love….
All I saw was purple
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