The CBE Classic is part of the College Basketball Experience, a permanent tribute to the game located adjacent to the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City. I was able to spend a couple of hours there this afternoon, and it’s a lot of fun. I bumped into several Huskies fans in there, and if any of you are ever out this way, I certainly recommend it.

It is mostly made up of two part: an upstairs area that has lots of participation areas: a full open court, a 3-on-3-court, some free throw shooting areas, a 3-point shooting area

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Here’s my UW-Kansas preview from this morning.

I have made the trip from Pullman to Kansas City, and right outside my hotel window is the Municipal Auditorium - the site of the the NCAA 1953 national semifinal game when Washington lost to Kansas.

The Huskies and Jayhawks will meet again at 7 p.m. Monday in a semifinal game of the College Basketball Experience Classic — just three or four blocks from the old auditorium in the new Sprint Center. The earlier game will pair Florida and Syracuse, meaning that four of the last six national championships

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Here’s a link to the bulk of our Apple Cup stories, along with this photo slide show.

Not surprisingly, the Huskies said this was one of their most disappointing games of the season.

Perhaps more surprisingly, they also said they’re glad there’s another game ahead. Maybe they have to say that. But they seemed to mean it. I might have thought that after all they’ve been through the last thing they would want would be two more weeks of practice leading to a game that they’ll likely be two-touchdown underdogs. Maybe three. But they seem to

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Several Huskies said this was the toughest of their losses.

None said they wish the season was over … they all pointed to the Cal game as one last chance to avoid 0-12.

Ty Willingham said he thinks he’s still the right coach to lead the team into that final game … and he clearly wasn’t happy about being asked.

Heading down: I’m going down to the field, and the interview/writing area is pretty far-removed here, so I won’t be filing again for a while. However, I will eventually be back for notes and quotes.

How’d

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Just arrived in Pullman, driving down from Spokane on a beautiful day.

The current forecasts call for something similar for the Apple Cup, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid- to low-40s for Saturday afternoon.

Not expecting much in the way of news updates today, but if anything does happen, I’ll post here.

Otherwise, the main news today is coming from far away, where Missouri has apparently reached a contract extension agreement with Gary Pinkel, whose name had been floated in connection with the UW job.

No. 21 Oregon State at Arizona. Beavers have won three straight at Arizona Stadium. OSU, 34-31.

Stanford at California. Bowl bid at stake for the Cardinal in extra-big Big Game. Cal, 31-27.

Washington at Washington State. I’ve covered every UW game this season, so I understand how punchless this team is. Yet, I look at those WSU scores and statistics, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it. If the Huskies are still up to giving full effort, they seem the clearly better team. UW, 21-10.

Last week: 5-0.

Season: 55-11.

UW

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UW moves to 2-1 on the season.

Once the Huskies shots started dropping the Panthers were toast. And did those shots drop: 21 for 32 in the second half.

Jon Brockman had eight points and eight rebounds — both season lows. And it was the first time in 40 games that Brockman scored in single digits.

Coach Lorenzo Romar said the FIU defense concentrated not only on Brockman with what have become the usual double-teams, but they really worked to stop the Huskies from running. It worked in the first half, Romar and several Huskies said,

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University officials aren’t commenting on the search for a new football coach. However, all indications are that Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood was in Seattle today to interview for the job. Although most indications also are that he isn’t expected to be the guy.

Back to news people will actually comment on: Tailback Brandon Johnson was back at practice Thursday after missing two days due to a death in the family. Coach Tyrone Willingham had said Johnson might have missed too much practice to play this week. But he said Thursday that Johnson probably will travel with

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