Washington Huskies NCAA Basketball News

So much for Washington's soft preliminary warmup acts, the ones padded with second-rate opponents and homecourt spoils.

The Huskies will practice today in Seattle at 2:30 before climbing on a bus after 4:30 and heading to SeaTac to catch an evening flight down to Anaheim.

Playing in front of a hostile crowd and in a packed gym, the Washington women's basketball team found a way to escape with a win.

Don't read too much into one outing, but Abdul Gaddy played his first game with the Huskies last Sunday where he looked comfortable on the floor.

Hey GoZags07, I don't know what you are sitting on but it isn't flat. Congrats to the Zags, a good program.

The 12th-ranked Washington Huskies will try to bounce back from their first loss tonight, as they entertain the Cal State Northridge Matadors in non-conference action at Bank of America Arena.

Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points - 13 from the foul line - Quincy Pondexter added 20 and No.

So far this season, Washington has proved the main flag bearer for the struggling Pac-10, but even it couldn't stay unbeaten in non-conference play.

Pat Knight was willing to let John Roberson change the plan with less than a minute left and a 2-point margin in Tech's biggest game so far this season, but his concession came with one warning.

No one took Washington's first defeat harder than senior captain Quincy Pondexter .

Isaiah Thomas says he can't wait to play on the road. Isaiah Thomas wants to mess with Texas.

This Thursday, the 10th-ranked Washington Huskies face their most trying test of the season when they travel to Lubbock, Texas, to battle the 7-0 Texas Tech Red Raiders as a part of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series.

Washington and Washington State remain Pac-10's lone undefeated teams. Quincy Pondexter and the Huskies have risen to the occasion so far this season, but the road will get tougher over the next month.

Today Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arizona State, 6 p.m. Wednesday California at New Mexico, 6 p.m. UNLV at Arizona, 6 p.m. Washington State at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. Thursday Washington at Texas Tech, 4 p.m. USC at Texas, 6 p.m. Baylor at Arizona State, 7:30 p.m. Friday Colorado at Oregon State, 8 p.m. Saturday Oregon at Missouri, 2 p.m. USC at Georgia Tech, 3 ...

Mark Twain is credited with saying Wagner's music is better than it sounds. Coach Lorenzo Romar makes the same point about the Washington men's basketball schedule.

GAME NOTES: The 14th-ranked Washington Huskies wrap up their season-opening five-game homestand tonight, as they entertain the Montana Grizzlies in a non- conference play at Bank of America Arena.

SEATTLE _ The big moment came four games into the 2009-10 season, and 32 minutes into a contest that had long since been decided.

Quincy Pondexter's Jon Brockman moment came sooner than he imagined. Several minutes into Washington's last basketball game, Pondexter picked up a questionable second foul while driving for a layup and he knew the Huskies weren't going to blow out San Jose State, like they did to two previous opponents.

This early in the season, conference statistics can be misleading. However, four games into the new men's basketball season, the Washington Huskies lead the Pacific-10 Conference in scoring , free-throw percentage , rebounding margin and assist/turnover ratio .

Spurned by Kentwood High School basketball star Joshua Smith, who signed with UCLA last week, the Huskies went to Las Vegas over the weekend and hit the jackpot.