The Husky head hoops coach discusses Tony Wroten’s health, the challenges of playing Seattle Pacific University, the role of exhibition games and the fall signing period.

Here’s the full transcripts from the Pac 12 media day.

Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott

Arizona State — Herb Sendek and junior guard Trent Lockett

Oregon State — Craig Robinson and junior guard Jared Cunningham

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Larry Scott, Pac 12 Commissioner

Excited to announce that every single men’s basketball and football game will be televised next season on some network whether it is Fox, ESPN and the new Pac 12 Network (s).

He uses Derrick Williams as an example of the lack of national coverage last season, pointing to the fact that Williams didn’t truly emerge as national star until late in the season.

“This conference is a virtual pipeline into the NBA”

“We are going to be on the cutting edge of what conference can be. We are going to control our own media platform, paving the way in the future of college sports and broadcasting.”

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Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar was on Mitch in the Morning talking about hoops and specifically the minor knee surgery that Tony Wroten underwent yesterday. Romar characterized it as even more minor than the knee surgery that Chris Polk had preseason that never kept him out of  game.  Wroten could be back practicing next week if everything goes well.

The University of Washington announced that touted freshman Tony Wroten underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Thursday. The surgery was considered minor and he isn’t expected to miss any regular season basketball games.

“Tony could have probably gone the whole season with a little discomfort at times and played through this,” said head coach Lorenzo Romar. “But he and his family, plus our staff, thought it would be better to take care of this now so he would be fine for the rest of the year. It has been nagging him a little bit, but he’ll be ready to …

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The Pac-12 released the men’s basketball schedule for the 2011-12 season today.

According to a conference press release, 56 Pac-12 games will be broadcast nationally or regionally on FSN, seven nationally or regionally on CBS and four nationally or regionally on ESPN or ESPN2.

Four Washington games will air on national television:

Saturday, Dec. 10 – Washington vs. Duke, 9 a.m., CBS
Saturday, Dec. 31 – Oregon at Washington, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Jan. 28 – Washington at Arizona, 4 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Feb. 2 – UCLA at Washington, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2

Here’s the entire schedule (Washington games have been italicized):

Mon., Nov. 28 Georgia at Colorado 8:30 p.m./5:30 p.m. FSN
Sat., Dec. 3 Texas at UCLA (1) 4:30 p.m./1:30 p.m. FSN
Sun., Dec. 4 North Carolina State at Stanford 4:00 pm/1:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Dec. 10 Washington vs. Duke (2) 12 noon/9:00 a.m. CBS
BYU at Utah 2:00 p.m./11:00 a.m. FSN
Clemson at Arizona 4:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Dec. 17 Arizona vs. Gonzaga (3) 4:00 p.m./1:00 p.m. CBS Read more »