Washington Upsets # 5 UCLA

On paper, today's road contest at Washington was supposed to be an easy game for UCLA. After all, UCLA entered today's game sitting atop the Pac-10 at 9-2, and ranked #5 in the AP Top 25. And Washington's struggling Huskies were 13-11 overall and hovering near the bottom of the Pac-10, with a ninth place 4-7 conference record.

But Washington came out and took it to UCLA, finishing with a 71-61 victory.

Washington took the lead for good at the midway point of the first half. UCLA tried to make a run late in the second half, but they just weren't ever quite able to put it together long enough to pose a serious threat. And UCLA never matched the hustle and intensity that Lorenzo Romar's Huskies exhibited in the second half.

Washington just played like they wanted this game more than UCLA did.

And Washington point guard Justin Dentmon ran circles around UCLA's All American point guard Darren Collison. Dentmon came off the bench to score 20 points, but it was his tenacious defense that most affected Collison, who turned in his worst performance of the season.

Darren Collison, Kevin Love and UCLA looked like they didn't know what hit them.

This game was supposed to be a sure thing for the Bruins. Instead, Washington pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year.

Cal Upsets Washington State

Tonight, California went up to Pullman, WA, and handed #9 Washington State their first home loss of the season 69-64.

Said Cal head coach Ben Braun, "We have been so close in so many games, our guys deserve to win." Braun continued: "I've seen the pain in their eyes. No one knows what they've gone through."

The world may not know whatever it is that Braun's team has been through, but it knows that the Cal Bears have knocked off the #9 team in the nation (on their home court, no less).