We’ll start with the obvious: Your team’s chances of losing are greater if it is trailing at halftime than if it is leading. A Mensa membership is not required to figure this out.
However, a great coach will often make the adjustments necessary to overcome a midgame deficit. And this is one area where Chris Petersen seems to have struggled at Washington.
With Petersen at the helm, the Huskies have lost their past 10 games in which they were behind at the half, and 15 of their past 16. They also have blown four first-half leads in that span, and lost to Oregon last season when the game was tied at the break.