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Audio: Lorenzo Romar talks with media after Saturday’s practice

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Know your enemy: Oregon State game notes for Sunday

Husky hoops game notes for Oregon State

Morning run: Four Pac-12 games slated for Saturday

Pac-12	Conf	All
California	9-3	19-6
Washington	9-3	16-8
Oregon	8-4	17-7
Arizona	8-4	17-8
Colorado	8-4	16-8
UCLA	7-5	14-10
Stanford	6-6	16-8
Oregon St.	5-7	15-9
Washington St.	5-7	13-11
Arizona St.	4-8	8-16
Utah	2-10	5-19
USC	1-11	6-19

Utah at Arizona, 11 a.m. FSN

Well, this should be a blowout. Arizona might have a little bit of a letdown from the …

Radio-palooza: Isaiah Thomas, Jim Shaw and me on KJR; Joe Lunard on 710

What do the former Husky hoop star, the UW assistant coach and I have in common? We were all on KJR talking hoops on Friday.

Isaiah talked about life in the NBA, guarding Kobe Bryant and other things. But the most interesting aspect was toward the end when he said that Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten should stay for another season.

Shaw tried to discuss what exactly went wrong last night in Eugene. He was disappointed by the Huskies inability to get up after getting knocked down early by the Ducks …

Pac-12	Conf	All
California	9-3	19-6
Washington	9-3	16-8
Oregon	8-4	17-7
Arizona	8-4	17-8
Colorado	8-4	16-8
UCLA	7-5	14-10
Stanford	6-6	16-8
Oregon St.	5-7	15-9
Washington St.	5-7	13-11
Arizona St.	4-8	8-16
Utah	2-10	5-19
USC	1-11	6-19

And we now have a tie atop the Pac-12 standings with Cal and UW. Remember the Bears hold the tiebreaker after their win over …

Wrapping up the Huskies’ 82-57 loss to Oregon and post-mortem thoughts

Well that was sort of unexpected. It’s not like you didn’t think the Huskies could lose. Any team can lose on the road in this league. But it’s the way they lost that was pretty surprising. The lack of envery and the number of defensive breakdowns were startling.

Yes, the Huskies were late to the arena and everything kind of got messed up. But that excuse won’t work with Lorenzo Romar.

“I do believe in excuses when it’s a legitimate excuse. I don’t know if I can claim that one.
he said.

Being late wasn’t an excuse for the …

Audio and video: Lorenzo Romar postgame comments

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Audio: Darnell Gant and Desmond Simmons postgame interviews

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Oregon postgame quotes: head coach Dana Altman, E.J. Singler and Jeremy Jacob

Head Coach Dana Altman

Opening statement…

“We set the tone the first eight minutes of the game. I thought our enthusiasm and passion tonight really showed, the crowd had great intensity…that is the type of energy you should have at home all the time. We have needed it all along.”

On coming back after Colorado…

“We were disappointed after the Colorado game, we let them get the last possession…we really bounced back tonight.”

On upcoming Washington State…

“Washington State will be here at three on Saturday. We are going to have to turn around and get focused and ready for …