Both Washington teams lost today; for the Huskies, it was their first loss. Washington at Louisville was one of the best games I’ve seen. Louisville played more bothersome defense, and effectively attacked the Husky defense (2nd in the nation in FG% allowed before this game).
Auburn 69 Washington St. 62
The fast break when the ball doesn’t touch the floor is a pleasure to watch, at any level of basketball savvy.
Washington St. star Charlisse Leger-Walker was the middleman on one of those a minute ago at Auburn. She pointed acknowledgement at two teammates: Wallack, who finished, and the rebounder, who hit Leger-Walker from the baseline.
It’s a curious sight: Player pointing thanks with both hands toward opposite ends of the floor.
Hockey does it right by awarding assist credit to two passers before the shot. The Cougar rebounder gets credit for a defensive rebound, but no part of the assist, though hers was the more difficult pass.
Dr. Naismith didn’t build dribbling into the game at first. Maybe he envisioned great plays like that one, but the game evolved with dribbling, because opportunities to make those great plays are few.
Washington State is such a good team, but if you put them in middle of the stacked Pac-12 — maybe 5th, or as low as 8th! — no one argues.
Last I looked, NET had them 7th in the league, which is nuts. The Cougars won the conference tournament last season, and NET says: *This* season, you’re behind three California teams, two Mountain teams, and the cross-state Huskies, who kicked your ass last week.
The Pac is that good, but the greedy twats in its administration wanted more than a fair share of a huge effing pie, and next season, there’s no pie.
At the start of the 3rd, Leger-Walker has 4 6 7, on her way to a second straight triple.
In an alternate universe, I’m *at* this game. Married my ex, moved to Auburn, didn’t get killed by an in-law or a redneck, friendly with the Auburn sports information department and WBB program. It’s the “not killed by an in-law or a redneck” part that was going to be most difficult.