The Pac-12 Conference Thursday announced dates, times, and TV information for the 2016-17 season men’s basketball season. The Huskies will be featured on national TV at least 13 times. Game times for UW’s road contests in non-conference action are determined by the opponent and will be released later.

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The Pac-12 Conference Tuesday announced weekly pairings and site designations for all league play during the 2016-17 men's basketball season. Specific dates and times for each game will be disclosed later once television selections are finalized. Every conference contest will be shown by either ESPN, FOX, CBS or the Pac-12 Network.

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University of Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced Wednesday that junior guard Donaven Dorsey will transfer from the Huskies program. Dorsey has been given a full release and will have two years of eligibility remaining when he enrolls at a new school.

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The long reach of coach Lorenzo Romar pulled in perhaps the most highly regarded player in his tenure at the University of Washington. Michael Porter Jr., the No. 4 player in ESPN's top-100 class of 2017, committed orally to the Huskies, where his father, Michael Sr., was recently hired as an assistant coach.

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The University of Washington Wednesday announced its 2016-17 non-conference basketball schedule, which includes eight home games, a Thanksgiving tournament in Las Vegas and three true road contests. Among the foes: Yale, which advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in  March, and Gonzaga, which reached the Sweet 16.

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Harold Baruti, a 6-foot-6 guard most recently from Virginia, signed a national letter of intent as a member of the 2016 University of Washington basketball recruiting class. Coach Lorenzo Romar said Baruti is immediately eligible.

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Marquese Chriss didn’t have to wait long to have his name called at the NBA draft Thursday, taken eighth by the Phoenix Suns, via the Sacramento Kings. Fellow ex-University of Washington star Dejounte Murray nearly slipped out of the first round, before the NBA's most successful team, the San Antonio Spurs, took him at No. 29.

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Two-time Olympian and 10-year head coach at Stanford, Yasmin Farooq has been hired as women's rowing coach at the University of Washington. Farooq succeeds longtime coach Bob Ernst, who was fired controversially Nov. 24 in one of the last actions by athletics director Scott Woodward, who left to become AD at Texas A&M.

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The University of Washington men's varsity eight saw its five-year winning streak at the  Intercollegiate Rowing Association end Sunday on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, NJ. The Huskies finished fourth in the grand final, behind winner California. The Bears also won the overall points trophy, ending the record Huskies streak at nine in a row.

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The worst thing about contemporary Pac-12 Conference football -- late Saturday starts for TV -- apparently will get some reduction, but not elimination. The Pac-12 announced Tuesday that presidents and chancellors approved a plan to pursue more starts at 2:30 and 6 p.m. local times, instead of 7 p.m. or later.

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After a national search, the University of Washington stayed in-house, naming Jennifer Cohen Tuesday as the school's new athletic director, replacing Scott Woodward, who abruptly departed four months ago for the same job at Texas A&M. Cohen served as interim athletic director since, and will officially assume her new duties June 1.

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Lou Gellermann, a University of Washington rowing legend who later served for many years as a popular public address announcer at Huskies football and basketball games, died Friday, according to an announcement Sunday by the school. Gellerman was 79.

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Seven individuals, led by former basketball/football star Nate Robinson and Olympic gold medal coxswain Mary Whipple, along the 1984 University of Washington football team, were named Tuesday to the Husky Hall of Fame. The 2016 class will be inducted during a campus ceremony Oct. 22.

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The University of Washington's men's and women's varsity eights rowed to open-water victories Saturday at the 30th annual Windermere Cup races on the Montlake Cut. The men won for the first time since 2013 while the women notched their 10th consecutive victory in a competition that preceded the official opening of boating season.

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Ken Bone, the rare individual who enjoyed basketball success as a Husky and a Cougar – not to mention a Falcon – is on the move again. A former Washington State and Seattle Pacific head coach and Washington and SPU assistant coach, Bone resigned as the associate head coach at Montana.

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Hope Solo, who starred for the University of Washington from 1999-02 before embarking on a successful career with the U.S. Women's National Team, was selected Monday as the Goalkeeper on the Pac-12's All-Century Soccer Team. Another ex-Husky, Tina Frimpong, was named as a reserve forward.

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Despite the heralded revenues anticipated from the Pac-12 Networks, athletics departments of four of the 10 public schools in the conference operated at a deficit in 2015, including the University of Washington. UW had revenues of $103.6 million and expenses of $104.4 million. But the deficit was small compared to the $13.3 million reported recently by Washington State athletics director Bill Moos.

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The exodus of basketball talent from Washington colleges continued Wednesday when multiple Gonzaga sources confirmed that sophomore power forward Domantas Sabonis is headed to the NBA. A Sportspressnw.com source said Sabonis plans to hire an agent, which will end his amateur eligibility.

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Takeaway

Syracuse double-teamed All-America selection Kelsey Plum out of the game, rendered cult hero Chantel Osahor a non-factor and bludgeoned Washington 80-59 Sunday night in Indianapolis, easily knocking the Huskies out of the Final Four (box). Syracuse took a double-digit lead early in the game and expanded it throughout to earn a spot in the national championship Tuesday night opposite top-seeded Connecticut.

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Kelsey Plum smolders.

That's what most top-shelf competitive athletes do. Whether it's Michael Jordan bringing the ball up, or Randy Johnson throwing the ball chin-high or Earl Thomas vibrating like a jackhammer, their intensity radiates. Intimidates foes. Elevates teammates.

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