Washington Tournament Resume

Washington (28-5, 14-4, 2nd Pac-10)
Seed: #1 Albuquerque
How they got here: Won Pac 10 tourney
Against the Field (9-4):
W (N)Utah 78-71
W (N)Oklahoma 96-91
W (N)Alabama 79-76
W NC State 68-64
L @Gonzaga 87-99
W Stanford 76-73
L @UCLA 86-95
L @Arizona 82-91
W UCLA 82-70
W Arizona 93-85
L @Stanford 67-77
W (N)Stanford 66-63
W (N)Arizona

Tournament Games:
(1) Washington 88 - (16) Montana 77

The good: 17-4 against the Top 100 RPI, 9-4 against the field. They are a fast explosive team well built for the NCAA tourney. Look at all the wins at the neutral sites (against solid tourney teams as well). Very good shooting team. Averages over 86 points per game. Margin of victory +12.8. 1.3/1 assist/turnover ratio. Best 3 games to start the season of any team. What's not to like?

The bad: Not the best road team, especially for a #1 seed (6-5). If the crowd starts to smell an upset they will turn against the Huskies in a hurry (and they always do against a #1 seed) and it will seem like a road game instead of a neutral site game. Not the best team defensively. Tough bracket. Probably have the hardest sweet 16 draw of all the #1's.