The Sonics are on the road this week with games at Minnesota and Denver tonight and tomorrow night, respectively. Both the Timberwolves and the Nuggets have better records so far than the Sonics who will probably have two of their guards sitting out due to injury [espn]. On the other hand the Minnesota Timberwolves have dropped 6 of their past 7. Should make for an interesting match up.

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In other, more important basketball news, the Washington Huskies will play their first conference game against Arizona State tomorrow night (7 p.m.) at home (and Arizona on 12/31). Currently ranked #7 in the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls and #1 in the Pac-10, the Huskies are off to their best start in 30 years, but don’t count ASU out. Some think, due to their easy early season schedule, the “Huskies are still a mystery” [pi], not to mention that in “a long-standing hallmark of Rob Evans-coached teams, ASU will scrap, fight and work for every point they put up on the scoreboard.” [scout.com] It looks to be an interesting game for those eager to see if the Huskies can continue to rack up wins now that the “real” competition has begun. The ASU game will not be televised, however individual tickets are available still online [gohuskies] or you can listen on Husky Sports Radio Network / KKOL (1300 AM) in Puget Sound area.

The Zags on the other hand lost to Memphis last night in a 83-72 bout [espn] that clearly demonstrated the Bulldogs’ weakness this year. That is, when Adam Morrison is well defended, they have no other go-to guy. Sure J. Batista scored 15 points, but the rest of the team failed to pick up the slack with a combined point total 11 points less than Morrison’s (23-34). This loss brings Gonzaga to 9-3 and will surely drop their standings in the national polls this week. The Zag’s next game is at home on Dec. 31 (3 p.m.) against St. Joseph’s and will be televised on ESPN2.