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Everything about Washington's matinee matchup today screams trap game. It's not so much the San Francisco Dons that alarm Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar, it's everything else.

For as long as he's played basketball, Isaiah Thomas has thrived on contact. He has sought it like a fullback in short-yardage. He has used his strength to punish much bigger Pac-10 guards.

The Washington Huskies agreed they hadn't been satisfied with their recent play.

Talked to coach Lorenzo Romar before the press conference at the John R. Wooden Classic and here's the highlights of that interview: --- The Huskies held 90-minute practice this morning at the Honda Center.

SEATTLE Like a car mechanic with his head under the hood, Lorenzo Romar tinkered Sunday with the lineup of his No.

Just past the midway point of the non-conference basketball schedule, we're still learning about the Washington Huskies.

Pat Knight wanted his Texas Tech team to go into a zone defense out as it came out of a timeout by No.

Darnell Gant lost his spot in the Washington Huskies' starting lineup to Tyreese Breshers in UW's win over Montana on Sunday.

The University of Washington men's basketball team shuffled its starting lineup for Sunday night's game against Montana.

With one of the quickest and deepest backcourts in the nation, Washington is planning on pushing the pace as it tries to defend its Pac-10 regular-season title.

Arizona State's James Harden, left, is fouled by Washington's Darnell Gant, center, as Matthew Bryan-Amaning also tries to block his shot during a Pac-10 tournament game last March.

Danny Moloshok / Associated Press Washington's Darnell Gant and Matthew Bryan-Amaning defend James Harden during a game last season.

Lorenzo Romar was talking about one of those so-called pleasant problems that coaches have Tuesday afternoon.

Playing in an exhibition game that did not count against its record, the University of Washington men's basketball team looked ragged at times but still manhandled visiting Central Washington University.

This time last year, Archbishop Murphy High School graduate Brendan Sherrer was just another University of Washington freshman going to basketball games on Saturday nights.

Junior Matthew Bryan-Amaning provides an inside presence for the Huskies, but also can get up-and-down the court Oct.

It has been so long since Tyreese Breshers felt like himself on the court, he has almost forgotten what it's like to play basketball without some kind of pain.

Flu symptoms are running through the University of Washington men's basketball team so deeply that coach Lorenzo Romar hasn't been able to stick with his normal practice plans this week.

Gonzaga's Jeremy Pargo and Washington's Justin Dentmon battle in a 2006 game at Spokane, the last time the teams faced each other.

SEATTLE The Washington Huskies are too sick to fully begin practicing for the season.