Washington Wins in Pullman

Saturday night the Washington Huskies beat the Washington State Cougars in Pullman in a close game that came down to the wire 72-70. 

Until both teams took a trip to Arizona to take on the Wildcats along with Arizona State the Huskies and Cougars were going in opposite directions. The Huskies were undefeated in the Pac-12 going into those two games while the Cougars had only won one game. The one victory for the Cougars was against California Golden Bears who haven't won a game in conference play at all. They still haven't won any more games.

Somehow the Cougars changed things around and swept the Arizona schools. Arizona did have a player who was injured and didn't play along with not having a good year or at least not a normal year for them. Arizona State played well in non-league going into the Pac-12 they were ranked number 17 in the nation.  Since then they are 8-5 in the Pac-12.  They are in third place tied with Utah who will be playing Washington and Washington on the road this week. 

The Cougars and Huskies have six games remaining on the season. They each play four of those games at home. The road games are against California and Stanford. A good chance to at least split those games. They both finish the Pac-12 schedule at home against Oregon and Oregon State. Won't be an easy task though the Huskies did beat them both on the road.

The Cougars don't have any chance to win the Pac-12 title. In fact, not many teams do outside of the Huskies. Utah will need to beat the Huskies and Cougars to remain any chance to do so. The Cougars stay playing well they will have a good chance to do well in the Pac-12 tournament. 

In other local sports, the Seattle Mariners have their first spring training game on Thursday February 21 against the Oakland A's.  This is about away from the opening of the regular season for both teams against each other in Japan beginning on March 21. 

With so many new players in training camp, players will be fighting for spots on the roster, especially in the bullpen. It will be interesting to see who makes it and those who won't. I will keep everyone here up to date. 

There are those who love to keep on top of the Seahawks twenty-four hours a day. I am not one of those guys since I do like baseball and college basketball. I will give my take on any free agent signings and the draft in April.