CBB: Washington State at Washington (5:30 PM ET, FSN)

The Washington Huskies can win their first basketball title since the league was called the Pacific Coast Conference with a victory over their closest rival on Saturday. That’s right, red-hot Washington State comes to town hoping to spoil the celebration.

2009-03-06

The Washington Huskies can win their first basketball title since the league was called the Pacific Coast Conference with a victory over their closest rival on Saturday. That’s right, red-hot Washington State comes to town hoping to spoil the celebration. Can they do it? Check out all the key betting info for this Pac 10 affair on the GAME MATCHUP.

Based on how the universities football programs performed, the two schools from the Apple State as thrilled to be included in national conversations concerning basketball. The Huskies (23-7, 16-10-1 ATS) are attempting to hunt down a Pac-10 title, their first in 24 years, while still trying to win the whole thing for first time since 1953. For seniors Jon Brockman and Justin Dentmon, this season has been especially gratifying, after being picked to finish in the middle of the Pac-10 pack. Washington has been far from dogs at the home with 17-1 and 9-6 ATS record, preparing to face in-state rival Washington State, whom they walloped 68-48 on Jan.3.

This hasn’t been the kind of season the Cougars (16-13, 11-16 ATS) had hoped for, never really meshing as a team until late, having won last three league contests. Too little scoring and not enough execution at critical times, has turned too many potential wins into losses. Besides the upset wins of UCLA and Arizona State recently, preventing rival Washington from being outright conference champs would be a tremendous way to close the regular season. Washington State is just 3-8 ATS after allowing 50 or fewer points.

WaSU has covered seven of last 11 in Seattle.

StatFox Power Line – Washington by 9

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