Photo credit: AP PHOTO - Denis Poroy
No shift in the top four, but we've got a whole lot of movement starting at No. 5 where Stanford checks in largely because of Landry Fields (above). Despite some minor improvements from a couple of teams, it's [...]
TEN REASONS FOR HUSKY BASKETBALL FANS TO BE THANKFUL
10. Venoy Overton's pressure man-to-man defense
There's no better ballhawk in college basketball. Overton (above) can change a game without scoring a point, which is a rare trait.
9. Enes Kanter
You can't have a' [...]
Photo credit: Stoneridge Preparatory
Spoke with Stoneridge Prep coach Derryck "Tank" Thornton who coaches Enis Kanter (above), the Turkish star who verbally committed to play basketball at Washington.
(How did this happen?) "It happened because of coach Chill (Raphael Chillious), the coach at the University of Washington. He" [...]
The Pac-10 announced Washington State sophomore guard Klay Thompson has been named the conference's men's basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 16-22.
Here's the release.
Thompson led the Cougars to a pair of victories over Eastern Washington and IPFW last week. He averaged 30.5 points per game, accounting [...]
Week 2 PAC-10 RANKINGS
Quite a few shifts after the preseason rankings and only one team didn't move. Washington took over the top spot, Arizona State made the biggest jump and Oregon State, the only conference school with two losses, tumbled hard.
1. (2) Washington (3-0): It's blasphemous around Montlake to' [...]
During his weekly press conference coach Lorenzo Romar didn't have much information on redshirt forward Tyreese Breshers, who injured a right finger in Saturday's game against Belmont. Breshers sat out Sunday because he felt discomfort and couldn't grip the basketball.
Breshers, however, was back on the court Tuesday night at practice [...]
The word is starting to spread about the Huskies.
Sports Illustrated put UW guard Isaiah Thomas on the regional covers of its college basketball preview, which hits stands tomorrow.
SI ranks the Huskies No. 9 in its preseason poll and Thomas is named to the Third Team All-Americas [...]
Washington men's basketball analyst Jason Hamilton shares his thoughts after the Huskies perfect weekend performances against Wright State, Belmont and Portland State.
RECRUITING NOTE:
Read more... [...]By nature, sometimes we stray into the realm of high school sports and today is one of those days. I've been trading e-mails with Kevin Cacabelos at SeatownSports.net and he asked my opinion about the top 25 high school boys basketball list he put together.
I told him it's a great' [...]
Salesian High forward Desmond Simmons is the newest member of the Washington men's basketball team.
He signed a natiional letter of intent to UW this morning during a celebration at his high school.
No news yet on anyone else. And I'll know more later today when coach Lorenzo Romar meets with' [...]
Talked to Salesian High (Richmond, Calif.) basketball star Desmond Simmons, a 6-7, 205-pound senior forward, last night before this morning's news conference at his school when he'll sign a letter of intent to play at Washington.
By all accounts it looks as if Simmons will be UW's only commitment today. There's [...]
The college basketball regular season begins tonight.
Here's a rundown of this week's games and my picks.
Monday: Cal vs. Murray State. Here's a write-up in the Mercury News.
My pick: Cal.
Wednesday: Cal vs. Detroit
My pick: Cal
Friday: Arizona State vs. Western Illinois, Oregon vs. Winston Salem State, Oregon [...]
You'll notice the first rankings are different than my prediction at how the standings will look when the Pac-10 season ends.
Rankings are a snap shot of the teams at this moment. And let's face it, a lot has changed in the past two weeks.
1. California: The No. 12 Golden' [...]
The men's college basketball season begins tonight with a handful of games, so here's a look at my top 25 ranking.
Bob Condotta was the the official Associated Press voter last season and now it's Scott Johnson at the Everett Herald. Still, I'll give you my rankings here each week.
1. Kansas
Not sure if it's one last push or what, but our Mason Kelley reports he saw coach Lorenzo Romar and assistant Paul Fortier in the Kentwood High stands last night.
Obviously they were there watching star basketball player Josh Smith, who is playing football this season.
The early signing period begins [...]
