During his 15-year tenure with the Huskies, there are a few losses that keeps Lorenzo Romar up at night.
The 98-92 overtime defeat to Connecticut in the 2006 NCAA tournament Sweet 16 is possibly the most painful defeat since he’s been the Washington men’s basketball coach.
However, last season’s 82-81 loss at Oregon State on Feb. 24, 2016 at Gill Coliseum ranks right up there with the most heartbreaking setbacks he’s ever endured.
“It’s still there,” Romar said Friday when asked if the defeat still stings. “There was a lot of meaning to that game.