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Anyone else trying to figure out how we got here?
From 12-7 overall (3-5 in the Pac-10) less than two months ago to. . .
THE SWEET 16!
The Huskies obliterated the #8 team in the country, the New Mexico Lobos, 82-64.
The Huskies had plenty of stars, including Quincy Pondexter (18 points, five rebounds), Isaiah Thomas (15 points, seven assists), Matthew Bryan-Amaning (15 points, nine rebounds, three blocks), and Elston Turner.
But, the Dawgs also got significant contributions from unlikely sources, such as Darnell Gant (five rebounds, two blocks) and Abdul Gaddy (five points, three assists, one turnover).
UW now plays one of the most significant games in school history as it attempts to advance past the round of 16 for the first time since Tippy Dye’s 1953 team made the Final Four (in a Tournament bearing little resemblance to today’s 65-team fete).
The Huskies will play the winner of #2 seed West Virginia vs. #10 Missouri next Thursday in Syracuse, NY. More later. . .
Go Huskies! (And, if you’ve seen West Virginia play this season, I hope you’ll join me in a very loud “Go Missouri!”)
Thanks for coming!
Tags: Sweet 16!!!!!, Themod
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Talented players becoming a team, and peaking the right time. Unbelievable.
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Three straight games that look like a totaly different team than the 2009 Huskies. I’ve got to give Thomas a lot of the credit. In the two tournament games he has 15 assists, 3 turnovers and 34 points. Really incredible line. He’s cut way back on the tos’, is passing well and shooting the three. Awesome. Should be the San Jose tourney mvp.
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So if Missouri wins, we’ll be playing a Mike Anderson-coached team–which is to say, one of the rare teams out there that wants to run faster than us–for the right to face #1 seed Kentucky.
Sound familiar to anyone?
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Fantastic game! Go Tigers! (Mountaineers are tough.)
Either way we’ve been waiting for another shot at the sweet 16 vs a team that isn’t UConn for long enough, here we go!
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Unreal. Huskies’ best performance since Truman was President.
Go Dawgs!
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Where’s the party in Syracuse? I’ll see ya’ll there!
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