Even as the Washington Huskies continue to rank among the Pac-12’s worst defensive teams, their foremost challenge on Sunday afternoon, coach Lorenzo Romar says, will come on the other end of the court.
That isn’t a good thing.
The Huskies (9-11, 2-6 Pac-12) haven’t guarded well for much of their conference slate. Such deficiency remains atop this team’s checklist for why it doesn’t win very often. But UW also hasn’t scored the way it would like, shooting only 42.0 percent through its first eight Pac-12 games, a mark that ranks 10th in the league despite that area being one of the Huskies’ purported strengths.