Almost 10 thousand people stuffed in an arena. An alley-oop and-one in the final minutes of the game.
A second-half comeback, an All-American performance from their best player, a late go-ahead three-pointer, and yet the most memorable sound from the Huskies’ Pac-12 opener was…
Silence.
Thursday night at Hec-Ed, an epic showdown ended in a biting letdown. The near sold-out crowd used every inch of its collective larynx, but left with nothing to celebrate.
Everything was in place for the Huskies to start league play in the most emphatic of fashions. But like so many possessions Thursday, they let it slip away.