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Another North West Coach in the spotlight today. Past University of Washington Huskies head football coach Rick Neuheisel. Clinton Bell one of our Washington Huskies bloggers points out his Huskies career started in 1999, and he was there until 2002. One of the first orders of business for Neuheisel when taking over in Seattle was restoring the Huskies tradition of wearing gold helmets.
Did you miss the Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington Huskies Pac 12 basketball game Saturday afternoon? We’ve got the highlights loaded for our Pac 12 Hoops fans. Terrance Ross scored 25 points, while Tony Wroten added 22 to lead Washington over Arizona. Arizona’s leading scorer, Kyle Fogg, scored 11 points, but just two in the second half.
Did you miss the Arizona St. Sun Devils vs. Washington Huskies Pac 12 basketball game Thursday night? We’ve got the highlights loaded for our Pac 12 Hoops fans. Terrence Ross scored 18 points and Washington remained in a tie for first place in the Pac-12 with the victory over the visiting Sun Devils.
NWSB insider and Washington Huskies blogger Jason Green tells us Jake Locker did enough in 2011 to further cement the fact that he’ll have a fine NFL career with the Tennessee Titans. Cam Newton and Andy Dalton got all the press this season, but Jason doesn’t think it will be long before Locker is the best rookie QB from the 2011 class.
NWSB Insider and Oregon State Beavers blogger Blair Thomas tells us the belief is cultivating at Gill Coliseum. Everyone in the gym knows that junior guard Cunningham is more than capable of turning Staples into Hinkle Fieldhouse. If UW gets eliminated early, why can’t the Oregon St. Beavers spoil the fun at the 2012 Pac 12 conference basketball tourney?
NWSB Pac 12 Insider Jason Green weighs in with a short piece detailing the Pac 12 football players from the Oregon Ducks, Washington Huskies and Oregon State Beavers that have been invited to Indianapolis Indiana for the 2012 NFL Combine. LaMichael James, Chris Polk, Darron Thomas, Cliff Harris, Senio Kelemete, James Rodgers, Jermaine Kearse are some of the names.
Did you miss the Washington Huskies vs. Oregon Ducks Pac 12 basketball game Thursday night? We’ve got the highlights loaded for our Pac 12 Hoops fans. Carlos Emery had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Ducks. E.J. Singler and Devoe Joseph added 13 points apiece. Washington’s Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross were a combined 8-of-24 shooting for 22 points.
Washington Huskies blogger Clinton Bell tells us freshman phenom Tony Wroten will return in 2012 for his sophmore season at the UW. Does Lorenzo Romar get his wish? He is becoming an all around style player as it is, the upswing of this kid is pretty remarkable. He brings you five reasons why he thinks he will return for his sophomore season and beyond.
Northwest college basketball blogger Jason Green tells us the 2012 Pac-12 basketball betitng odds and gambling futures. Plus predicted Pac-12 order of finish and possible NCAA Tournament teams.
Huskies insider Brandon Choate brings us a recap of Saturday’s BIG hoops matchup between the Washington Huskies and the Arizona Wildcats. The Pac-12 is wide open and the Huskies were looking to step up and take the lead…and they did. Behind Tony Wroten, Terrence Ross, Aziz N’Diaye and CJ Wilcox, the Huskies defeated Arizona in a primetime game.
Another North West Coach in the spotlight today. Past University of Washington Huskies head coach Don James. Clinton Bell one of our Washington Huskies bloggers points out the longest tenured coach at Washington, James also has the most career wins, with 153, winning 98 more games than he lost at the helm in Seattle. James was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
Washington Huskies blogger Clinton Bell tells us the core of Darnell Gant, Tony Wroten, and Terrence Ross have shown that they don’t need one go to guy, that all three of them can take over a game, just like they did versus the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday. And add a healthy C.J. Wilcox, and Abdul Gaddy to the mix, and you’ve got a nice starting five.
