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(Photo: Dean Rutz: Seattle Times) I watched a truly sad performance by my hometown University of Washington Huskies. They played the mighty South Dakota State Jackrabbits here in Seattle. Let me repeat, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. And they got their ass beat by SDS in their building.

A cat named Nate Walters looked like Jerry West against U-Dub. He dropped 34 points in a variety of ways on the court. Driving lay ins and pull up jumpers and was even dishing out his share of assists. He killed the Huskies. It was a terrible terrible performance by Washington.

I don’t care if young freshman star Tony Wroten Jr. got 23. Washington got blown out by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. I just cannot believe it readers. Again, the Huskies lost 92-73 against South Dakota State.

Washington was not ready to play. I don’t want to hear about the time of the game etc. Last time I checked, SDS had to play at that time too plus they were on the road. Yes the Huskies are young. But this is no excuse to get blown out 92-73 by South Dakota State. No excuse.

Now I have to shock some of you out their who follow me and my views. I have to put a little of the blame on Head Coach Lorenzo Romar of the Huskies. It seems his team just thought they can enter the arena, tie up their sneakers and just relax and beat SDS. It was up to Coach Romar to get his team ready to play just like SDS was ready to play. Period.

Another problem I see as a huge problem is young Wroten Jr. dominating the ball during games. Yes he is a very very talented young fella out of Seattle’s Garfield High School. The school that turned out Brandon Roy who recently retired from the NBA because of his bad knees.

But young Tony has to look for the open man much quicker to cut down on his turnovers. Since he is young we fans can give him some slack. It is up to Coach Romar to work on the problem of the lack of ball movement at times during games because the ball is always turns up in Wroten Jr. hands.

Later with all talk of Wroten Jr. and the NBA lottery if he comes out etc. I don’t want to hear that stuff. He is a Washington Husky right now and a freshman. It is up to Coach Romar and his staff to work with him as well as his teammates to make Tony AND his teammates better players and that will help the Huskies be a better team in the long run.

We as Husky fans hope the loss to Nate Walters and the mighty South Dakota State Jackrabbits is a HUGE wake up call. if not, we can forget a tournament appearance this year folks! Real talk.   Gordon Curvey

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