OFFICIAL UW/CAL GAME THREAD

FreeChavez

dhdawg said:

I caught some of the game. Losing Upshaw probably dropped them from a top 3 pac-12 defensive team to a bottom 3 pac-12 defensive team, that's how big a difference maker he was

There isn't any probably about it. You're spot on. UW is in a lot of trouble when you look at how many things that went right in the CAL game.

Home game
15/7 - Assist to TO ratio
42% from 3
53% from the field
8 steals off 14 TO's for CAL

Everything about the above numbers equate to a win. Then rebounding rears its ugly head. 38 to 22, including 8/3 in offensive rebounding to CaL. Add the fact that Upshaw was near 5 blocks per game and UW only garnered 3 in the game shows how much he causes issues in the middle of the key. The actual block total still doesn't show how much he effects other teams decision to attack the rim as well.

Going forward I don't see a way for UW to stay in many games. Defensively our guards still get lit up one on one but they used to have Upshaw to keep people from going to the rim. Now, they have kemp? Gonna get ugly the rest of the season.

And whomever said that you're pissed Romar wasn't playing 4 guards and upshaw, DITTO.