New PAC 10 logo

The PAC 10 is gaining momentum across the nation. To help with their goal of not being overshadowed by the East coast schools the PAC 10 added two more schools and almost caused the destruction of the Big 12.

Once Colorado and Utah join, the Conference announced the name will change to the PAC 12.
And sticking with the theme of change, the PAC 10 unveiled a new logo.

Here's the old logo:


And the new:

What do you think about the change? I really like it. The new logo is crisp and sharp. It features the mountains of the northwest, the ocean waves of the coast and the desert sun. Pretty sweet.

Also what's pretty sweet is that it's almost football season. Check out this preview for PAC 10 football.

Washington Huskies Weekly Update

No Sweet 16 for Stanford. The Huskies finally broke through and beat the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto for the first time since 1993 on Sunday. The Cardinal scored 12 straight points midway through the first half to go up 25-15, but the Huskies closed the first half strong and went into the break up 35-34. UW kept up the pressure in the second half and ended up defeating the Cardinal 75-68. Quincy Pondexter lead the Dawgs with 20 points, Isaiah Thomas added 17 for his 17th consecutive game in double figures and Jon Brockman added his 11th double-double of the season.

Unfortunately the Huskies lost the first game of this Californication on Thursday night when they were soundly beaten by the California Golden Bears. UW held a 43-34 lead early in the second half but imploded after that and went on to lose 86-71.

The Huskies currently ranked 22nd in the nation are now a half game back of the UCLA Bruins for 1st place in the Pac-10 at 8-3.

This week the Huskies head back home to battle the Oregon State Beavers on Thursday and the Oregon Ducks on Valentines Day. Fitting because the Huskies Ducks have a real love/hate relationship, mostly hate. The Huskies are 13-1 this season at home, and with the Oregon schools being two of the worst in the Pac-10 the Dawgs should prevail in both of these games.

By the way, isn't it a shame that Oregon State and South Carolina don't play every year?

Washington Huskies Weekly Update: Tucson, Tempe Split

The Washington Huskies salvaged a split on the first half of there 4 game Pac-10 road trip. On Thursday night the Dawgs were in Tucson taking on the Arizona Wildcats and were ahead 38-37 at halftime. The second half turned out to be a free throw bonanza for the Wildcats as they went 34 of 40 from the charity stripe and beat the Huskies 106-97. With the loss Washington falls to 6-2 in the Pac-10 and back into a tie with the UCLA Bruins. The Huskies will surely be looking for revenge when they host the Wildcats on February 28th.

On Saturday the Huskies went into the home of the Arizona State Sun Devils and left with an 84-71 victory. They held the Pac-10's leading scorer James Harden to 15 points which is about 7 points below his average (22.2) and scored 41 in the first half which is the most points the Sun Devils had given up in the first half all season. With UCLA winning also, the Huskies remain in a tie with the Bruins for first in the Pac-10.

The biggest story of this game (other than locking down Harden) was the continued great scoring output by Justin Dentmon. Love him or hate him it is hard to argue his offensive production over the last 7 games. Dentmon has averaged 21.4 points per games over his last 7 games, up from the 12.5 points a game he averaged over the teams first 14 games.

Couple Dentmon with the solid play of Jon Brockman (15.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game) and Isaiah Thomas (16.7 points per game) and the Huskies are looking like a tough tournament team. A welcome ray of sunshine in this gloomy and dark Seattle sports (and weather) world.

No time for the Dawgs to bask in glow of the victory on Saturday as they head to Berkeley for a date with the California Golden Bears on Thursday (2/5) and then to Palo Alto to tangle with the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday (2/8).

Additionally on the docket this week for the Huskies football team is National Signing Day, which is right up there with the opening Thursday and Friday games of the NCAA Tournament in March as my favorite days of the year. Look for a breakdown of UW's incoming recruiting class on Wednesday the 4th once the recruits start sending in there letters of intent.