Washington Defeats No. 7 Oregon, 89-77 :: Dentmon leads winning effort with 24 points.
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No Pac-10 team has ever made the NCAA tournament without a winning conference record. Washington must win eight of its last 10 games inside the Pac-10 to finish 10-8 in the league. The Huskies now have wins over then-No. 12 LSU and the Ducks (#7).
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Considering the strength of the PAC-10 this year, it is possible that a team with a 9-9 record that makes it to the Conference semis would go to the Big Dance. I am certain that a team that makes it to the Finals with a .500 overall record would make the Tourney.
Washington's youth has hurt it, having lost games at USC (double OT), at Stanford(One Point) and at Cal (OT) that were all winnable.
The Dawgs have games coming up at Arizona (#19), at Pittsburgh (#9), and hosting USC (#26), UCLA (#2), WSU (#18).
Plenty of opportunities for quality wins, but the club also needs to win against the few lesser opponents left on the schedule.
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