Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies, seeded No. 6, will face Ken Bone's No. 11-seeded Washington State Cougars in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament Wednesday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They play the 8:30 p.m. late game on the first day of the four-day event.

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With a boisterous Senior Day crowd urging them on, the Washington Huskies had a splendid opportunity to deny UCLA a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. Instead, Washington booted away a winnable game in the final six minutes by committing too many turnovers, clanking too many free throws and failing to knock down makeable shots.

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GAME: UCLA (22-8 overall, 12-5 Pac-12) at Washington (17-13 overall, 9-8, Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 11 a.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 134th (UCLA leads 93-40). STREAKS: UW W 3; UCLA L 1. RANKINGS: UCLA 23d AP. COACHES: Ben Howland, UCLA; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: CBS. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

The Washington Huskies close out their Pac-12 regular-season schedule Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena hoping to continue recent home dominance of UCLA. UW's eight-game winning streak over the Bruins dates to 2005, when current Husky players were in either in middle or elementary school.

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The home team in the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament was eliminated Friday when cold-shooting Washington fell to Colorado 70-59 at KeyArena. The fifth-seeded Huskies lost their last four regular season games, then had to come from 22 down in the tourney's first round against last-place Oregon to win and get to Friday's game. The 20-11 Huskies will probably be invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the second year in a row.

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As the general astride the white horse, Larry Scott will not be offering politenesses such as such as “excuse me,” “pardon us” and “mind the hooves” as he sends the Pac-12 battlewagons across the college sports landscape.

“People accept the arms race as a given,” he said with a shrug Friday morning in Seattle. “We want to be very successful. If we’re honest, the conference had been thinking for some time that we were great enough as institutions with incredible pedigrees that we didn’t have to engage.

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It appeared the Huskies were upon one of the largest late-season collapses in program history. After finishing the regular season on a four-game losing skid, the Huskies overcame a 22-point, first-half deficit -- biggest in program history -- against the 12th-seeded Oregon (4-27) to prevail 69-62 Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals in the women’s Pac-12 Tournament.

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The University of Washington dropped its regular-season finale at home to sixth-ranked California 78-50 Saturday. But it was not the Huskies final game in Seattle this season. For the first time since the women’s Pac-12 Tournament debuted in 2002, the tournament will be held in Seattle at KeyArena.

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The Washington Huskies are starting to make some noise as they aim for the Pac-12 Tournament next week. With a 65-57 victory over USC Wednesday night at Hec Ed, the Huskies have won three in a row, longest streak since they opened league play 4-0.
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GAME: USC (14-15 overall, 9-7 Pac-12) at Washington (16-13 overall, 8-8, Pac-12). WHEN: Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 138th (USC leads 69-68). STREAKS: UW W 2; USC W 1. RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Bob Cantu, USC; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

The Huskies wrap up the regular-season portion of the schedule with a pair of games this week, starting with USC Wednesday. The Huskies need one more victory to assure themselves of a record above .500, but the Trojans will enter the absurdly late 8:30 p.m. fray coming off victories over Arizona and Arizona State.

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Now it is settled, the battle to be the second-best men's college basketball team in the state. After the 72-68 win over Washington State Sunday at Hc Ed, Washington is 3-0 against the Cougars and Seattle U. If you don't know who No. 1 is, well, it's understandable. From here, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are a mere dot on the far horizon. But check the Associated Press poll Monday morning, and the Zags will be better than anyone else in the country too.

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GAME: Washington State (11-17 overall, 2-13 Pac-12) at Washington (15-13 overall, 7-8, Pac-12). WHEN: Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 276th (Washington leads 175-100). STREAKS: UW W 1; Washington State L 8. RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Ken Bone, WSU; Lorenzo Romar. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Sunday's 276th meeting between Washington and Washington State will showcase -- or further expose -- two of the most disappointing teams in the Pac-12 Conference. The Huskies haven't won back-to-back games since mid-January and are, at best, an NIT bubble team. The Cougars have dropped eight in a row and are 2-13 in conference play, placing head coach Ken Bone's job in some jeopardy.

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The fourth-ranked Stanford women cruised to a 71-36 win over the University of Washington Thursday night at Hec Ed. But the Huskies lost the Pac-12 Conference hoops  matchup Tuesday, when coach Kevin McGuff announced the one-game suspensions of two of his top players, Jazmine Davis (19.2 ppg), Talia Walton (13.9) and reserve Deborah Meeks.

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So, Huskies and Cougars basketball fans -- on the week of the clash between the state's tiny titans, are you feeling magnanimous or provincial regarding the colossus among us? Never before has Gonzaga been so high and the big state schools so simultaneously so low.

After No. 1 Indiana was defeated Tuesday night by Minnesota, the No. 2 Zags (14-0, 27-2) need to win at BYU (9-5, 20-9) Thursday and at home against Portland (4-11, 11-19) Saturday and will probably be put atop the next Associated Press poll.

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Washington’s gloomy season would have gone much better if the Huskies played in the Pac-2 with Arizona State instead of the Pac-12. The Huskies downed the Sun Devils 69-58 in Tempe Saturday in the team’s first complete-game effort since beating Arizona State in Seattle three weeks ago.

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GAME: Washington (14-13 overall, 6-8, Pac-12) at Arizona State (20-7 overall, 9-5 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 8 p.m., Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 76th (Washington leads 39-36). STREAKS: UW L 1; Arizona State W 1. RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Herb Sendek, Arizona State. TV: ESPNU. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Lorenzo Romar rarely allows the public to glimpse his exasperation, but Wednesday in Tucson he had -- for him -- a remarkable outburst of temper as his Huskies wussed their way to a 70-52 loss to No. 12 Arizona.

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For 12 minutes Wednesday night in Tucson, Washington shared no resemblance to the team that lost seven of its last nine. The Huskies were creating turnovers and turning them into points, leading the 12th-ranked Arizona Wildcats, 13-8. The Washington lead was almost as surprising as the snowstorm that dropped a few inches of snow on the Arizona campus.

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GAME: Washington (14-12 overall, 6-7, Pac-12) at Arizona (21-4 overall, 9-4 Pac-12). WHEN: Wednesday, 8 p.m., McHale Center, Tucson. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 74th (Arizona leads 45-28). STREAKS: UW W 1; Arizona L 2. RANKINGS: Arizona 12 AP, 12 USA Today. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Sean Miller, Arizona. TV: ESPN2. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies wrap up the road portion of their regular-season schedule this week with a pair of games in Arizona. A victory against either the Wildcats Wednesday or the Sun Devils Saturday would significantly boost UW's chances of receiving an invitation to the NIT and extending a mostly disappointing season for the Huskies (14-12).

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Explaining how his 14-12 Huskies are still worthy of attention from sentinent beings, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar likes to use the analogy of dormant seeds.

"The seeds are in the soil, but you drive by every day and all you see is dirt," he said Tuesday. "Underneath, something is growing. All of a sudden, there it is. It's very late in the year, but I see some things growing."

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Desperate for any sort of momentum, Washington knocked off Oregon State 72-62 Saturday night, the first win in two weeks and just the second in the Huskies' last nine games.

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Rookie Terrence Ross, who bolted the Washington Huskies in the spring after his second year of collegiate eligibility, won the NBA Dunk Contest Saturday night in Houston during All-Star Weekend, besting defending champion Jeremy Evans of the Utah Jazz in the championship round on the strength of a 180 wraparound dunk and a through-the-legs jam over a ball boy. Ross earned 58 percent of the public vote in the championship round.

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