UCLA at Washington

I watched a pretty entertaining 2nd half between Washington and UCLA, where Washington came out on top 60-57. The loss drops UCLA to 10-3 in the Pac-10, as Washington moves to 7-5, and gives them another quality win. Here's some things that I liked and didn't like from both teams.

- Brandon Roy for Washington is capable of carrying this team. He's 6'5'', can guard point guards (blocked Farmar's last 3-point attempmt), finishes well, and hits free throws. One of the top players in the Pac-10.

- I really like Justin Dentmon, Washington's freshman point guard. He's really quick, can knock some shots down, and hit a couple of key free throws late to push the lead to 3 with 8 seconds left. He's really a solid player.

- Lots of ticky-tack fouls in this one, as the teams combined for a whopping 54 fouls, including 4 guys fouling out, and 7 more having 4 fouls.

- I really like UCLA's Freshman post combo of Alfred Aboya and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. Both are fast, solid defensively, and they rebound well on both ends of the floor.

- If everyone for UCLA stays in school, they're going to be really good next year. They've got really good sophomores in Jordan Farmar, Aaron Afflalo, and Josh Shipp (hurt this year), and they have three freshman that are key to this year's team and playing well in Alfred Aboya, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, and guard Darren Collison. This team is young and very talented.

- Props to Steve Lavin for talking about Washington's "spurtability." Always good to hear announcers make words up!

Around the country, some surprising Big 10 scores, as Minnesota knocks of Michigan St. by double-digits, and Purdue beats Michigan by 14. Not a good day for the Michigan squads!