UW basketball

TUCSON, Ariz. – The impending finality of the Washington men’s basketball team’s last days in the Pac-12 never felt more intense and visceral than it did at the start of Saturday’s game against No. 4 Arizona.

TEMPE, Ariz. — The first half was all bubbly elation for the Washington men’s basketball team, which did everything right while building a seemingly insurmountable lead.

SEATTLE – After weeks hoping it would not be true, Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins confirmed what many Husky fans suspected for a long time: Franck Kepnang is done for the season.

SEATTLE – Late-game execution has been a problem all season for the Washington men’s basketball team and one the biggest reasons why UW had fallen short of preseason expectations.

SEATTLE – Koren Johnson scored a career-high 30 points off the bench and Keion Brooks Jr. had 20 points and several highlight dunks for the Washington men’s basketball team which steamrolled Stanford in the second half en route to an 85-65 win on Thursday night.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – For anyone old enough to remember legendary Oregon State men’s basketball coach Ralph Miller, it was impossible not to note the historical implications of Saturday’s game between Washington and the Beavers, which could be their final matchup.

SEATTLE – If you want, you can point to a missed free throw in the final 10 seconds of regulation, which allowed Washington State to tie the score before OT.

SEATTLE – Riding a two-game losing streak in which its defense was virtually nonexistent, the Huskies unleashed a week’s worth of frustration on Saturday night.