Road to March Madness is Long for the Washington Huskies

Published: December 21, 2007, 7:46 am

First published over at Stupid Sideline Reporters : It's now or never for a Washington Huskies squad that has won just 2 games away from home since 2006 In 2004-05, and 2005-06, when Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson, Bobby Jones and Jammal Williams were the stars of this school, Washington was dominating the Pac-10, won a Pac-10 tournament title, had a #1 seed for the first time ever. But they still never got past the sweet 16 when it really mattered. Even so, Washington was no longer a joke, they were a new force to be reckoned with. Fast forward 2 years, all of the players mentioned are gone, and so is the great play. Everyone thought that with the addition of Spencer Hawes in 2006 would boost up a Huskies team that lost Brandon Roy and Bobby Jones, who were seniors after their OT loss to UConn in the sweet 16. But he never got healthy, never developed his game, and neither did the team. It was a young squad indeed, Justin Dentmon was a sophomore, Jon Brockman was a

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