Huskies

Flanked by his grandparents and high school coach, Ahmaad Rorie sat in front of friends and classmates inside the Lincoln High gymnasium. He reached underneath the table and dug into his backpack pulling out a bright yellow Oregon hat, which capped his three-week recruiting whirlwind. “Next year I’ll be playing at the University of…

Lincoln High star guard Ahmaad Rorie visited Oregon on Tuesday. The Ducks will likely give the last pitch to the four-star point guard, who is expected to make his college choice Wednesday. He’s made officical visits to Washington and Washington State. He’s also considering Missouri and Wichita State. Rorie signed with California last year, but was…

Mike Moser did it again. For the second straight week, the Oregon senior forward won the Pac-12 player of the week award. The Portland, Ore., native averaged 16.0 points and 13.5 rebounds to the Ducks to their second-straight weekend sweep. In the 85-78 win over Arizona State, Moser finished with 22 points and 17 rebounds, just…

Oregon’s Mike Moser could have won the Pac-12 Player of the Week award last week after a couple of standout performances against Washington and Washington State. The Ducks senior forward had another brilliant week in Los Angeles and on Monday he was awarded the weekly honor by the conference. Moser averaged 16.0 points, 16.0 rebounds and…

It says a lot about how far the Washington Huskies have fallen when coach Lorenzo Romar applauds the players’ resolve after a 78-71 defeat for their seventh straight road loss. He made a point to say UW didn’t make enough plays at the end to snap the road losing skid, but after chiding their mental toughness days…

Here’s video of the postgame interview with coach Lorenzo Romar following Washington’s 78-71 loss at Oregon. “Oregon, as we knew, is an explosive offensive team and they showed that in the second half,” Romar said. “They got into a rhythm. They hurt us with the ball screen. We did a good job against it…

Here’s video of the postgame interview with Perris Blackwell following Washington’s 78-71 loss at Oregon. He finished with 17 points and five rebounds in 33 minutes off the bench.

Here’s video of Andrew Andrews after Washington’s 78-71 loss at Oregon. He finished with 15 points.

Here’s video of Oregon coach Dana Altman after the Ducks’ 78-71 win over Washington.

Congrats to dawgpound99 who won Saturday’s Guess the UW Score contest. DP99 predicted California would beat Washington 72-65 and the Huskies fell 72-59. Good job. Please contact me via email (pallen@seattletimes.com) or Twitter to claim your prize (a hot dog and soft drink at a UW home game). The season is quickly winding down for the…