Washington Huskies Men's basketball team won the Pac-12 title though they lost against California on Thursday however had another tough game against the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday afternoon. They showed it is never easy to win on the road no matter how good or bad the other team is especially this time of the year when the season is almost over. The other teams want to show off that they are better than people expect.
The game was really close throughout though the Huskies on a couple occasions looked like they should pull away. Two reasons they didn't was, in my opinion, the players were passing the ball around too much and Standford wasn't giving up.
I believe the players should look at making one pass before shooting possibly two depending on who has the ball. Although they should be playing as a team they need to know where their teammates can shoot. I thought they gave the ball to a teammate where they wouldn't have the best success. Only a couple times did they make the right pass when they passed the ball more than once. The first instance the ball was passed to Sam Timmins where he took the ball to the basket. I was surprised because he normally makes the shot. He must be working on that part of his game. The other was Hamier Wright made a pass to Jaylen Nowell for an easier shot. It was a good decision on the part of Wright because he wasn't in a good spot to shoot however he doesn't always pass well, however, in this instance he did a good job.
In other game, in the Bay area, the California Golden Bears beat the Washington State Cougars 76-69. The Golden Bears hadn't won a Pac-12 game before the Washington schools came to their house. It shows though Golden Bears do have pride and didn't want to lose all their games in the Pac-12. The Cougars had a good stretch of games recently but they show not being a good team overall. My opinion they need to make a change in coaching after the season.
Stanford Cardinal though they didn't have a great season they are tied with Arizona for ninth in the Pac-12 conference with one game remaining. Arizona takes on their in-state rival Arizona State on Saturday. So will be interesting to see whether they tie or not.
When it comes to women's basketball both the Huskies and Cougars had a poor season. The Cougars ended the season in 10th place with a record of 4-14. They take on California Golden Bears on Thursday in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament while the Huskies ended in 11th place at 2-15. They will take on Utah in the first round of the tournament.
The Washington Huskies softball team on Saturday lost the opening game to Michigan 4-2 then beat hometown team Cal State Fullerton. The Huskies right now are 16-2 on the season.
Washington Huskies men's baseball team swept Cal Poly three times over the weekend on their home field 9-3, 11-7, and 5-0. The Huskies have won six games in a row and now have a record of 7-2. Designated hitter Joe Wainhouse had a home run each in the first two games so now he has four home runs on the season. Last year he hit 19 on the season. Looks like he should surpass last years total in his last season with the Huskies. No other home runs were hit by other players in the series outside of Wainhouse.
The Washington State Cougars are now 4-7 on the season in men's baseball. They beat Nevada on Thursday 16-2, lost 8-1 on Friday, and won on Saturday 3-1. Brandon White a freshman righthander started the opening game of the season but didn't record the victory. It went to reliever Zane Mills. Ky Bush a freshman left-handed pitcher lost the opening going only two innings. In all the Cougars used six pitchers. Right-handed starter Hayden Rosenkrantz recorded the win in the third game so he is now 1-1. He went five innings in the game.
In pro-ball the Seattle Mariners have Monday off and will resume spring training games on Tuesday.
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