Huskies Update: Going back to Cali
In the past two weeks, I’ve been experimenting (not like that!) with whether or not I was jinxing the Huskies. Sad to say, I must have been. Evidence: I watched the Arizona and WSU games, both of which were tragic defeats for UW. I declined to watch the next four games, all of which resulted in wins. I’ve decided that I’m just going to have to watch teams I secretly want to lose and try to disperse some of my bad basketball mojo their way. For instance, Arizona…maybe I’ll watch their out of conference game against UNC this weekend. I’m just saying.
Regardless, I’m still keeping up on Husky previews and game recaps, but am studiously NOT watching the marvels of UW’s seniors taking over games and playing the way they know they should. It’s a little sad for me. But a fan’s gotta do what a fan’s gotta do.
That said, here’s the match up info for this week’s trip down to California. Huskies play California tonight at 7:30 and Stanford on Saturday at 5.
California would be a great game to watch. Good thing I won’t be tempted, since it’s not being televised. The historical match up between the two teams is 70-70. In Cal’s favor is that they’re virtually unbeaten at home and that they have their star Leon Powe back (who did not play last year when UW won). In UW’s corner, Cal has been on a losing streak AND our three seniors have finally taken leadership of the team – as evidenced by the current 4 game winning streak.
As for the Stanford game (which will be on FSN), Dan Raley of the P-I is calling it the game of the week:
“Somebody in Seattle might actually watch this game — the Super Bowl is the following Sunday. This Pac-10 matchup is intriguing because the Huskies don’t win on this campus, losing their previous 12 visits, and 18 of the past 19, and the Cardinal (8-7, 4-3) is improving after a dismal start. Last year, the UW closed out the regular season at Maples Pavilion, needing a win to claim its first league title in 20 years. A 77-66 defeat resulted.” [p-i]
Go Huskies! I hope to see you on SportsCenter tonight.
