<p>U-G-L-Y. Today's game was absolutely despicable. Just when I thought we were going to be back in the top 4. Sigh.........next game agaisnt SUC.</p>
<p>Washington was a team that had nothing to lose. They were booed halfway through the 2nd half the game before by their own fans. The coach just admitted the poor performance was his fault (motivation for his players). And was it me, or did every bounce seem to go right to a WU player. I think they would have taken it to any team this Sunday for those reasons. Lets see if they keep it up.</p>
<p>Are you delusional? </p>
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<p>And we had everything to gain as a top 5 team in the country. </p>
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And was it me, or did every bounce seem to go right to a WU player.
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<p>It was just you. Wash shot around 50% from the line...the 10 point loss didn't come close to representing how one sided this game was and how bad UCLA got dominated. </p>
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I think they would have taken it to any team this Sunday for those reasons.
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<p>Ummm....no they wouldn't? Washington didn't play a great game, UCLA just played an absolutely horrible one. By far the worst loss of the season. Westbrook looked out of control, Love was getting pushed around down low, and nobody stepped up on the bench. Not to mention Collison who scored 3 points, had 4 assists, and turned the ball over 9 times in addition to getting dominated on every drive as the U-dub PG blew right by him. UCLA didn't look like an NCAA title contender against washington, let alone a top 25 team. The inability to hit the outside shot (1-13 from behind the arc) coupled with their lacking a true outside presence ensures that this team will not get to the final four unless they fix this stuff. Great teams, teams that get to the final four, don't lose games like this. They certainly have time to fix it, and I think they can (they have all the tools), but if they don't they wont advance past the elite 8. </p>
<p>I think it's also important to note that another loss would really hurt their chances for a #1 seed. As a #1 seed they'd get to play their first 2 games in Anaheim and their next 2 games in Phoenix....which would be huge. If they get a #2 seed this scenario is in serious jeopardy. With a remaining schedule which includes Stanford + SC + U of A + the pac10 tourney losing one more game is a very real possibility, especially if they have these sporadic lackluster efforts.</p>
<p>i don't think we played a horrible game...USC was a horrible game, this was just a mediocre performance most of the time. Shipp and Westbrook were hitting their shots, and no one else...not hitting three-pointers happens every now and then, deal with it. Howland went to the bench to early, Keefe sucks, Mata hasn't been playing well since conference play, and some UW players stepped up and played better than they usually do.</p>
<p>what was really stupid was when we started clamping down in the second half (UCLA 5/10 FG, UW 2/8), and then Collison gets called for a bogus technical and we completely lose our momentum. and the flagrant foul on Aboya which was a conspicuous no-call.</p>
<p>This game was much worse than SC. At least SC played a good game, shooting 60%. Wash sucked last night, we just managed to suck more. </p>
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<p>That's not a flagrant foul. It's only a flagrant foul if it's intent is 100% to injure. What the player did was 100% legal, even if it was dirty. That being said it's certainly no foul.</p>