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UW vs. Mississippi State
Scouting Washington's first-round matchup
Approx. 2 p.m. Thursday in Portland
TV: Channel 7.
Records: Washington is 25-8 overall, and won the Pac-10 regular-season title with a 14-4 record; Mississippi State is 23-12 overall and finished 9-7 in the SEC but qualified by winning the SEC tournament.
| Huskies | |||
| Player | Ht | Yr | ppg |
| F Q. Pondexter | 6-6 | Jr. | 11.5 |
| F Jon Brockman | 6-7 | Sr. | 14.9 |
| C Darnell Gant | 6-8 | Fr. | 3.1 |
| G Justin Dentmon | 5-11 | Sr. | 15.0 |
| G Isaiah Thomas | 5-8 | Fr. | 15.4 |
| Bulldogs | |||
| Player | Ht | Yr | ppg |
| C Jarvis Varnado | 6-9 | Jr. | 13.1 |
| F Ravern Johnson | 6-7 | Fr. | 12.2 |
| G Dee Bost | 6-2 | Fr. | 11.1 |
| G Barry Stewart | 6-3 | Jr. | 12.3 |
| G Phil Turner | 6-3 | Sr. | 8.5 |
Mississippi State
Seed: 13
RPI: 69
Vs. Washington: Huskies won the only meeting, 82-80, on a neutral court in 1967.
Common opponents: Washington State (UW 2-0, MSU 0-1), Florida (UW 0-1, MSU 1-0).
Coach: Rick Stansbury.
Local connections: None.
Noteworthy
• Mississippi State beat Oregon 76-69 in the first round of the NCAA tournament last year before losing to Memphis, 77-74.
• MSU was a consensus pick to finish fourth in the SEC's West Division this season after losing three starters from last season's team. MSU finished one place better, at 9-7, behind LSU and Auburn.
• This is the sixth trip the NCAA tournament for MSU in the past eight years, including four in a row from 2002-2005. MSU won its first-round games four times but didn't advance to the Sweet 16 any of those seasons.
• MSU has won at least 21 games seven of the past eight years.
• Stansbury is the winningest coach in MSU history at 231-127.
• Varnado set an SEC season record for blocked shots with 165.
Bob Condotta
| Huskies schedule | ||
| 74 | at Portland | 80 |
| 78 | Cleveland St. | 63 |
| 74 | Fla. International | 51 |
| 54 | at Kansas-x | 73 |
| 84 | at Florida-x | 86 |
| 72 | Pacific | 54 |
| 83 | Oklahoma St. | 65 |
| 88 | Texas Southern | 52 |
| 84 | Portland St. | 83 |
| 83 | E. Washington | 50 |
| 75 | Montana | 53 |
| 81 | Morgan St. | 67 |
| 68 | at Washington St. | 48 |
| 84 | Stanford | 83 |
| 85 | California, 3OT | 88 |
| 84 | at Oregon | 67 |
| 85 | at Oregon St. | 59 |
| 78 | Southern Cal | 73 |
| 86 | UCLA | 75 |
| 97 | at Arizona | 106 |
| 84 | at Arizona St. | 71 |
| 71 | at California | 86 |
| 75 | at Stanford | 68 |
| 79 | Oregon St. | 60 |
| 103 | Oregon | 84 |
| 76 | at UCLA | 85 |
| 60 | at Southern Cal | 51 |
| 73 | Arizona St., OT | 70 |
| 83 | Arizona | 78 |
| 87 | Seattle | 60 |
| 67 | Washington St. | 60 |
| 85 | Stanford-y | 73 |
| 65 | Arizona St.-y | 75 |
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| y-Pacific-10 Conference | ||
| Bulldogs schedule | ||
| 77 | Centenary | 55 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Monroe | 49 |
| 102 | North Alabama | 61 |
| 84 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 58 |
| 76 | at St. Bonaventure | 71 |
| 52 | at Washington St.-x | 63 |
| 73 | Texas Tech-x | 77 |
| 76 | Alabama St. | 67 |
| 64 | Charlotte | 70 |
| 79 | South Alabama | 60 |
| 63 | at Cincinnati | 75 |
| 74 | at Nicholls St. | 68 |
| 61 | San Diego, OT | 64 |
| 82 | Houston | 65 |
| 95 | W. Kentucky | 67 |
| 70 | at Arkansas | 56 |
| 83 | Alabama | 74 |
| 73 | Vanderbilt | 66 |
| 57 | at LSU | 81 |
| 67 | at Georgia | 61 |
| 63 | Mississippi | 67 |
| 66 | at Kentucky | 57 |
| 86 | Arkansas | 77 |
| 94 | LSU, 2OT | 97 |
| 76 | at Auburn | 91 |
| 75 | South Carolina | 70 |
| 85 | at Alabama, 2OT | 87 |
| 76 | at Tennessee | 81 |
| 58 | Auburn | 76 |
| 80 | Florida | 71 |
| 82 | at Mississippi | 80 |
| 79 | Georgia-y | 60 |
| 82 | South Carolina-y | 68 |
| 67 | LSU-y | 57 |
| 64 | Tennessee-y | 61 |
| x-Legends Classic | ||
| y-Southeastern Conference | ||
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