Huskies Lose Twice in Texas

Texas Tech's last-second shot had swished through the net, I had uttered the word "shit," the Huskies were standing in shocked disbelief, TTU students were storming the floor, and my friends and I really wanted to watch the Oregon/Oregon State football game.

So we switched over to that game--the winner of which would go to the Rose Bowl. We saw a few plays when I noticed something odd on the scoreticker at the bottom of the screen: "Washington 90 Texas Tech 90 End 2nd."

"Go back! Go back!" Indeed, back on ESPN2, the officials had ruled after a replay review that Texas Tech's Mike Singletary had released his apparent game-winning shot a split-second after the clock hit zeroes. Students off the court. Game on.

But we had already moved on, emotionally. It's early. It's tough to win on the road. The Dawgs missed a bunch of free throws. Now we had to reprocess the possibility of a win--or once again deal with the pain of a loss.

As it turned out, it was the latter. In overtime, the Huskies fell behind, then were sunk by a terrible Matthew Bryan-Amaning inbounds pass that Texas Tech converted into a lay-in for a four-point lead.

Texas Tech hit their free throws and won the game without needing a last-second shot. The fans stormed the court yet again. You can watch highlights here.

Seattle's other D1 team, Seattle U, also lost last night. The Redhawks were even worse from the free-throw line, missing 26 out of 48 free throws. Can't win that way. The 85-74 loss came at Cal Poly and their coach, former Seattle U head man Joe Callero. Rough.

The Huskies' next game is Sunday night at Hec Ed against Cal State Northridge, an NCAA tourney team last year (though they lost most of the players off that team). Seattle U plays Saturday at UC Davis.