Washington jumped on Oregon State early for a big lead and never let the Beavers back into the game before cruising to a 79-69 win on Saturday at Gill Coliseum.
It was the ninth straight victory for the Huskies who made a little bit of history while improving its Pac-12 record to 7-0 – their best conference start since the 1952-53 season when they began 14-0 in the league and advanced to the NCAA tournament Final Four.
Here are three impressions.
IT STARTS WITH DEFENSE
(Full disclosure, I hate zone defenses. Doesn’t matter if it’s a 2-3 zone, matchup zone or the Twilight Zone.