SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC Huskies&#39; splash-ing success
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Walking around Fisherman&#39;s Wharf earlier this week, Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak ran into players from Navy, New Mexico and Troy.
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Hasheem Thabeet scored a career-high 24 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked six shots in leading No. 19 Connecticut to an 80-68 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday, the Huskies' seventh consecutive win.
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DETROIT Connecticut cruised to a 39-to-ten win over Toledo tonight in the Motor City Bowl. The 8-and-4 Huskies dominated in every phase of the game.
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By Jordan Robertson  Associated Press  SAN JOSE, Calif.
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Tre Simmons scored 18 points and Bobby Jones had 16, leading five Washington players in double figures as the No. 13 Huskies beat California 81-67 Friday in the Pac-10 opener for both schools.
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The Washington Huskies look ready to make a run at the Pac-10 championship.
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The most successful program in women's volleyball faces a team playing in its first NCAA championship when Stanford meets Minnesota on Saturday.
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Scoring, rebounding &#151; even autographing a basketball and poster for two boys inside an empty arena. No problem for Quincy Pondexter in his first month of college basketball. But getting the slashing freshman to acknowledge being Washington's top dog after he scored a season-high 25 points to carry the 13th-ranked Huskies to an 87-66 victory over outmanned Idaho on Wednesday night?
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Northeastern was halfway there yesterday. The Huskies were ahead by 11 points at the break, the first time in seven games they led at halftime, and appeared en route to their first victory of the season.
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Harvard ran into a red-hot Yale goalie who almost stole the show last night, but the Crimson would not be denied, scoring three goals in the final six minutes to post a 3-1 win at the Bright Center, making coach Ted Donato a winner in his home debut.
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Northeastern coach Greg Cronin was satisfied with the significant progress his Huskies made last season. But don't ask him to make predictions with regard to their fortunes this season, because in a league such as Hockey East, it's simply too tough to call.
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In its previous game, Northeastern rallied from a 9-point deficit late in the second half and beat Harvard in overtime. Yesterday, the Huskies made certain late-game drama wouldn't be necessary.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Northeastern football squad is accustomed to making trips to Virginia to play the likes of James Madison, Richmond, and William &amp; Mary, but the Huskies got a taste of the best Virginia has to offer in their season opener yesterday.
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The Irish defense will face a talented Washington offense on Saturday. The Huskies have a talented offensive line, some good running backs, a deep threat at receiver, and a balanced offense that
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - Stanford (29-6) defeated Washington (28-3) 30-25, 23-30, 30-27, 30-24 in the first semifinal of the NCAA Division I Women&#39;s Volleyball Championship held at the Long Beach Arena on Dec. 16.
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Enough with the preliminaries. Bring on Gonzaga. Deposed starter Ryan Appleby scored a career-high 24 points and heralded freshman Spencer Hawes added a season-high 21 in No. 13 Washington's 87-72 victory over Southern Utah on Monday night in what Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar said was his young team's best game yet.
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LANDOVER, MD. - It&#39;s been awhile since Virginia Tech entered a season unranked, with modest expectations. A win over No. 1 Southern California would change perceptions of this year&#39;s Hokies in a hurry.