If the Huskies are going to win their fifth straight game (Thursday night at Oregon) they’ll need another solid performance from Dickerson, who is averaging 14.5 points and 10.8 rebounds during UW’s win streak.
Midway in the second half, coach Sean Miller was forced to accept what had seemed impossible before last Saturday’s game at Washington — Arizona had no one who could stop Noah Dickerson.
Not Deandre Ayton, a freakishly gifted 7-foot-1 freshman who is projected to be taken among the first three picks in this summer’s NBA draft. And not Dusan Ristic, a rugged 7-foot and 245-pound senior, who is arguably the best center in the Pac-12 behind Ayton.