At some point in this whipsaw of a season, the Huskies might figure themselves out. They might land on a starting lineup, find some composure on the road, and calm down enough to chill on offense and drill on defense.

Kinda like what happened in the second half Wednesday night at Hec Ed against a good Stanford team.

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GAME: Stanford (15-7 overall, 6-4 Pac-12) at Washington (13-11 overall, 5-6 Pac-12). WHEN: Wednesday, 6 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 140th (Cardinal leads 71-68). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Johnny Dawkins, Stanford; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: ESPN2. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Normally unflappable Lorenzo Romar seemed flummoxed Sunday after his Washington Huskies started with a whimper and ended with a thud in a 91-65 loss to the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder. The 26-point clobbering matched UW's largest of the Pac-12 season (Cal, Jan. 15) and represented a 43-point swing from the first meeting between the schools, a 71-54 win Jan. 12.

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Rarely do Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies endure humiliations, but they absorbed a huge one Sunday night. After sleep-walking through the first seven minutes, during which they fell behind by 10, the Huskies napped the rest of the way to a 91-65 blowout loss to Colorado in Boulder. The altitude may have affected UW, but poor shooting and a horrific defensive effort ruined its chances from the start.

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GAME: Washington (13-10 overall, 5-5 Pac-12) at Colorado (17-6 overall, 6-4 Pac-12). WHEN: Sunday, 5 p.m., Coors Events Center, Boulder, CO. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 17th (UW leads 9-7). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Tad Boyle. TV: ESPNU. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

University of Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar admitted after Thursday night's 78-69 loss at Utah that his Huskies "may have run out of gas" in the second half. UW held a lead with 10:49 to play, but couldn't keep up with the Utes at high altitude (4,800 feet), dropping its second of three road games in a row.

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Taking advantage of eight Washington turnovers in the second half, the Utah Utes pulled away for a 78-69 victory over the the Huskies Thursday night at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. UW, which led for most of the first half and played evenly with Utah for the first 10 minutes of the second, collapsed down the stretch and fell to 13-10 overall and 5-5 in Pac-12 play.

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GAME: Washington (13-9 overall, 5-4 Pac-12) at Utah (14-7 overall, 3-6 Pac-12). WHEN: Thursday, 6 p.m., Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 15th (UW leads 8-6). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Larry Krystkowiak, Utah. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies launch the second half of their Pac-12 schedule with a rematch against the Utah Utes, a team UW barely defeated (59-57) at Alaska Airlines Arena a month ago. In fact, it took a superb effort by Andrew Andrews -- 12 points in the final nine minutes -- and a missed 3-pointer by Utah's Delon Wright at the buzzer for Washington to escape with a victory.

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PULLMAN – The Washington Huskies came to the Palouse to bury the Bone. Instead, they granted Ken Bone a stay of execution.

The Washington State Cougars quieted – however temporarily -- the increasing clamor of fans calling for Bone’s head by giving Cougars fans what they cherish most: A win over the Huskies.

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GAME:Washington (13-8 overall, 5-3 Pac-12) at Washington State (8-12 overall, 1-7 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 3 p.m., Friel Court, Beasley Coliseum, Pullman. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 278th (UW leads 177-100). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Ken Bone, Washington State. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Between now and Feb. 12, when Washington hosts Stanford at Alaska Airlines Arena, the Huskies play three road contests, at Washington State Saturday and at Utah (Feb. 6) and Colorado (Feb. 9) the following week. UW will close out its Pac-12 regular-season schedule with five of seven at home before the conference tournament begins March 12 in Las Vegas.

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PULLMAN – The young men on the Washington State basketball team seem like an unusually mature lot.

Opponents praise the Cougars for playing hard, even in lopsided defeats. Players meet with the media after losses – never a pleasant task – and answer questions directly and politely. Coach Ken Bone frequently praises their effort and camaraderie.

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Freshman Nigel Williams-Goss scored a career-high 32 points, Washington made an astonishing 20 layups, and the Huskies rallied from 12 points down in the second half to defeat Oregon State 87-81 Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. UW extended its winning streak over the Beavers in the building to 11 games and improved to 13-8 overall and 5-3 in Pac-12 play.

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GAME: Oregon State (11-7 overall, 3-3 Pac-12) at Washington (12-8 overall, 4-3 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 2 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 294th (UW leads 155-138). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Craig Robinson, Oregon State; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

A week ago at Stanford, C.J. Wilcox delivered a rare clinker, scoring only nine points in Washington's 79-67 loss to the Cardinal in Palo Alto. But with the outcome on the line Wednesday against Oregon Thursday, the fifth-year senior stepped up and knocked down a deep three with 44 seconds remaining that sealed an 80-76 victory over the Ducks.

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C.J. Wilcox scored 23 points, Andrew Andrews added 17 and the Washington men's basketball team held on at Alaska Airlines Arena Thursday to secure a 80-76 win against Oregon. The win snapped UW's two-game losing streak and further pushed into a spiral the Ducks' (13-5, 1-5 Pac-12) once-promising season.

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GAME:  Oregon (13-4 overall, 1-4 Pac-12 ) at Washington (11-8 overall, 3-3 Pac-12). WHEN: Thursday, 8 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 296th (UW  leads 187-108). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Dana Altman, Oregon; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Fox Sports 1. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Lorenzo Romar's Washington Huskies got off to a 3-1 start in Pac-12 play largely by tightening up a defense that allowed an average of 79.2 points per game during the non-conference schedule. In their first four league games, UW brought that number down to 64.3, using it to score wins at Arizona State and over Utah and No. 15 Colorado at home.

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It's not often that senior C.J. Wilcox delivers a clinker, but he had a big one Saturday night in Palo Alto, scoring only nine points in Washington's 79-67 loss to the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion. It marked the first time this season that Wilcox failed to reach double figures and, as a result, the undersized Huskies found themselves overmatched.

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GAME:  Washington (11-7 overall, 3-2 Pac-12) at Stanford (11-5 overall, 2-2 Pac-12). WHEN: Saturday, 8 p.m., Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, CA. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 139th (Cardinal leads 70-68). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Johnny Dawkins, Stanford. TV: ESPNU. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Washington had a nice run going through the first two weeks of Pac-12 play, winning three of four and narrowly losing at No. 1 Arizona. But the Huskies ran into a superior, much taller Cal team. Despite an early 8-2 lead, UW withered fast and suffered its most lopsided loss of the season, 82-56. So out of sorts were the Huskies that they missed their first eight 3-point attempts.

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After wins in three of their first four Pac-12 games, the Washington Huskies came crashing back to reality with an 82-56 defeat at the hands of of the Cal Bears Wednesday night. The Huskies (11-7, 3-2) beat the Bears in four of the past five meetings, including the past two in Berkeley, but this one was over in the first five minutes.

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GAME: California (12-4 overall, 3-0 Pac-12) at Washington (11-6 overall, 3-1 Pac-12). WHEN: Wednesday, 8 p.m., Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 157th (series tied 78-78). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Mike Montgomery, Cal. TV: ESPNU. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Washington struggled through much of its non-conference season while trying to adjust to the losses of Jernard Jarreau (ACL) and Desmond Simmons (since returned), and adapting to NCAA rules changes that drastically limited how the Huskies played defensively. But they seem to have gotten the hang of things, as their results in Pac-12 play show.

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C.J. Wilcox dropped in four 3-pointers in a five-minute stretch of the second half and the Washington Huskies continued their remarkable defensive turnaround, routing No. 15 Colorado 71-54 Sunday at Alaska Airlines Arena. UW improved to 17-12 against ranked opponents under Lorenzo Romar, and also snapped a 12-game losing streak to such foes that dated to a March 2011 77-75 overtime win over Arizona.

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GAME: Colorado (14-2 overall, 3-0 Pac-12) at Washington (9-6 overall, 1-1 Pac-12). WHEN: Sunday, 12 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 16th (UW leads 8-7). RANKINGS: Colorado 15 AP, 17 USA/Coaches. COACHES: Tad Boyle, Colorado; Lorenzo Romar, Washington; TV: Fox Sports 1. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

Throughout non-conference play, the Washington Huskies ranked last in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, allowing more than 80 points per game, worst of the Lorenzo Romar era and nearly the worst in any era (82.5 in 1999). But in their first three league games, the Huskies held Arizona State, Arizona and Utah to an average of 64.3 points in winning two of the three.

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It wasn't the end-of-game execution envisioned by Washington coach Lorenzo Romar. In the final two minutes Wednesday night, the Huskies turned over the basketball twice and missed the front end of a one-and-one. But they made a last-second stop when Delon Wright's potential game-winning three grazed the rim, sending UW to a 59-57 win over Utah in the Huskies' Pac-12 home opener.

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