The Huskies lost 76-73 to previously winless California but won the outright Pac-12 regular-season title because Arizona State and Oregon State lost.
BERKELEY, Calif. – Pac-12 champions again.
However, this isn’t how the 25th-ranked Huskies envisioned they’d win the title.
Not on a night when they suffered a disheartening 76-73 defeat against a struggling California team that entered Thursday’s game at Haas Pavilion with a 16-game losing streak.
Despite the loss, Washington clinched the outright regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, which includes a first-round bye due to defeats earlier in the night by Arizona State and Oregon State.