Huskies Game 6 and 7: Hooray!

Nothing wakes up the Huskies like losing to the best.  After those close losses in Maui, the Huskies didn't miss a beat back at home, destroying Long Beach State just as they should of.  Once again, this game was total domination with really no down points, outside of Thomas continuing his questionable shot selection.  Otherwise, not much noteworthy in this game, though the excellent team play of the Huskies was a plus (7 players in double figures.) Furthermore, CJ Wilcox has a beautiful shot and, unlike Terrence Ross, knows exactly when to use it.  My goodness, he is everything I could have imagined.

Now, the Huskies have and always should destroy teams like Long Beach State.  It's games against Texas Tech that matter, and boy did the Huskies show up.  Another 100 plus points in this game, which actually made this the highest scoring team in Husky history (no other team had scored 100 points in 4 games before). 

The most striking thing isn't how good the Huskies have gotten from behind the arc (though CJ Wilcox is amazing), but rather Justin Holiday's offense.  Holiday has looked like an NBA player all season, and looked even better against Tech, scoring 13 points in the first 4 minutes of the game while continuing with his normal defensive prowess.

Furthermore, everything that was a question about the Huskies at the beginning of the year has been answered most positively.  N'Diaye, who I was worried would be plagued with fouls for months, has been a beast inside and really hasn't had any foul trouble aside from fouling out in this game.  Terrence Ross has made a few dumb freshman mistakes, but looks amazing smooth and powerful while doing them, which is a plus.

The only real problems to come out of these games is that the Huskies STILL can't shoot free throws (and Antoine Walker still doesn't pass, surprising I know) and MBA can't play post defense.  MBA has improved immensely in every other category, avoiding his unbelievable pivot madness in the paint and even allowing the point guards to run fast breaks (revolutionary!).  However, people more or less score at will in the paint against him, with his job against Lewandowski in the Tech game particularly troublesome.  Regardless, this is an amazing season so far.