Speaking to a circle of media members Tuesday, Chantel Osahor immediately gave off a vibe that all her University of Washington teammates would be able to identify -- there’s no one like her. Wearing pink slippers, a Sweet Sixteen sweatshirt, and a hat (she joked that she hadn’t had time to get her hair done), Osahor’s presence and poise went a long way toward explaining why she won the regional tournament’s MVP award to help the Huskies to their first NCAA Final Four appearance.

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Takeaway

A longshot to even reach the Sweet 16 after finishing fifth in the Pac-12 Conference, the University of Washington women's basketball team instead finds itself in historic territory. The seventh-seeded Huskies made the Final Four Sunday for the first time in program annals with a wire-to-wire, 85-76 win over No. 4 seed Stanford as Chantel Osahor dominated the Cardinal with 24 points and 18 rebounds. All-America selection Kelsey Plum contributed 26 points, eight assists and five rebounds (box).

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Takeaway

The University of Washington women's basketball team (25-10) continued its historic run through the NCAA Tournament Friday night and is now within one victory of reaching the Final Four. Talia Walton scored 30 points, Kelsey Plum adding 23 and Chantel Osahor 19 and 17 rebounds as the Huskies moved to the Elite Eight with an 85-72 victory over No. 3 seed Kentucky at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. (box).

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University of Washington senior guard Andrew Andrews Friday was selected first team All-District 20 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), his third major honor of the season. Andrews was also named First Team All-Pac-12 and USBWA All-District IX.

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The Huskies had no chance at keeping Dejounte Murray and Marquese Chriss. Particularly this year. Their decisions to go pro after one season had nothing to with the Huskies' record, coach Lorenzo Romar's coaching, the current half-decade absence for the tournament or the absence of a Louisville-style party dorm.

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Washington freshmen Marquese Chriss and Dejounte Murray are officially one-and-dones. The University of Washington men’s basketball team announced Wednesday that the two will declare for the 2016 NBA draft and not return to the program.

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The Washington Huskies sliced an 18-point, second-half deficit to five, but could not contain taller, older, home-standing San Diego State in a second-round in NIT game Monday, losing 93-78 (box) to end their year at 19-15.

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Behind Kelsey Plum's 32 points, the Huskies pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Washington women's basketball history by defeating powerhouse Maryland 74-65 Monday night on the Terrapins' home court in College Park, MD., in the second round of an NCAA regional.

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Tuesday’s NIT first-round matchup between the University of Washington men’s basketball team and Long Beach State University was a West Coast shootout: mistake-prone, defense optional. After trailing by 13 points midway through the first half, the Huskies clawed their way to a 107-102 win (box). Freshman guard Dejounte Murray had the second 30-point game of his career while the teams combined for 35 turnovers.

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LAS VEGAS – The Washington Huskies were eliminated from the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament after a stirring quarterfinal game with Oregon on Thursday. Nonetheless, Seattle continued to have an impact on Pac-12 hoops Friday when former Seattle SuperSonics and Oregon State star Gary Payton was named the greatest guard in conference history.

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LAS VEGAS – A Justin Bieber concert is the next major event scheduled for the MGM Grand Garden Arena once the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament concludes. The Beebs better bring his A game if he expects to top the Thursday afternoon performance of the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies.

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LAS VEGAS -- One year after Stanford ended Washington’s basketball season in heartbreaking fashion, the Huskies skipped on dramatics in favor of a quick execution of the Cardinal when the teams met in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament for the second consecutive year.

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LAS VEGAS – Welcome to Sin City, the national headquarters for regrettable decision-making. In other words, the perfect setting for basketball fans to witness the latest car crash resulting from another year of forgettable recruiting at Washington State.

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Speaking to media Tuesday ahead of a potential flurry of four games in four days at the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament in Las Vegas, an air of calm was felt from head coach Lorenzo Romar and senior captain Andrew Andrews about the team’s readiness for Stanford Wednesday (noon., Pac-12 Networks).

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The University of Washington men’s basketball team Monday placed four players on Pac-12 All-Conference teams, including senior guard Andrew Andrews, freshman guard Dejounte Murray, freshman forward Marquese Chriss and junior forward Malik Dime. This marks the first time since 2011-12 the Huskies have featured as many as four players on All-Pac-12 teams.

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The typical American sports fan regards women’s college basketball as the sporting equivalent of the box of baking soda in the back of your refrigerator. Both serve a purpose, but relatively few people pay much attention to them.

In most cities, anyway. Thankfully, Seattle is different. Way different.

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After Saturday’s season-ending slate of five Pac-12 games, Lorenzo Romar’s Washington Huskies finished in a three-way tie for sixth place in the conference race with USC and Oregon State and received the No. 8 seed for the league's postseason tournament that begins Wednesday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The Huskies will face No. 9 seed Stanford at 12 p.m.

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For yet another March, the Huskies' basketball program is the acme of awkwardness.

Headed into Thursday night's games, every team in the Pac-12 has lost at least four conference games. The Huskies have lost nine, which includes, in order: By five at home to Arizona, by five at home to Utah, by one on the road at Colorado, by three at home to Cal, by one on the road at Oregon State. All after beginning the conference season 5-1.

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In a game that was as brightened by the presence of senior guard Andrew Andrews as it was marred by the rest of the roster, the Huskies downed the last-place Cougars 99-91 Wednesday night at Hec Ed (box) in the Pac-12 regular-season finale for both. Andrews scored a career-high 47 points, second-highest total in school history, but Washington went 2-of-16 from the field in the final 7:14.

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Kelsey Plum, the fabulously ferocious point guard of the Washington Huskies, is every bit as intense as she is talented. On and off the court.

Plum might play with even more fire than usual when the Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball tournament kicks off Thursday at KeyArena for the fourth consecutive season. Plum, on pace to break the single-season conference scoring record, was not pleased to learn she was not named Pac-12 Player of the Year by coaches.

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