Husky Men's Basketball Blog

If you believe that good teams don't play two bad games in a row, then Pittsburgh's loss at home to Louisville last night doesn't auger well for UW's visit there Saturday.

That's the view of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Greg Prisuta, who predicts plainly that there will be "bad news for Washington on Saturday'' due to the Panthers' loss to Louisville.

Here's a game story from the same paper quoting star center Aaron Gray as saying the key now will be how the team responds.

Here's a story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noting that Louisville's quick pressure defense forced the Panthers into 19 turnovers. That would have been the perfect recipe for the UW team of last year, but not so sure if this year's team can pull that off.

And here's a story about what a hot ticket Pitt basketball has become with a long list of celebs seen at recent games including Joey Porter and Hines Ward. Good things usually don't happen to Seattle athletic teams when those guys are around. Hopefully Porter doesn't realize Jerramy Stevens is a UW grad.

Here's a story from today on Jon Brockman being named Pac-10 Player of the Week as well as some additional TV info.

Today is the regular weekly press conference for Lorenzo Romar so we'll have more later on.