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Yesterday, Terrance Ross was a surprise 5th starter for the Huskies.  It was an interesting, and turned out to be very smart, move by Romar.  He said it had to do with match-ups and I have no reason not to believe him.  Ross also injected some life into an offense that had lost it’s bite.

Ross has had an interesting finish to his season.  After last week, I thought he would transfer after the season but after last nights start, I have no idea.  Here are his stat lines over the last 9 games before last night:

@ Oregon – 26 min, 12 pts, 2 reb. (4-10 from the field)
vs. Cal – 21 min, 11 pts, 4 reb, 6 assists (5-8 from the field)
vs. Stanford – 22 min, 4 pts, 6 reb, 3 assists (2-6 from the field)
@ ASU – 24 min, 2 pts, 1 reb, 2 assists (o-5 from the field)
@ Arizona – 15 min, 5 pts, 1 reb, 2 assists (1-4 from the field)
@ Seattle – 16 min, 13 pts, 3 reb, 2 assists (3-5 from the field)
vs. WSU – 13 min, 0 pts, 3 reb, 0 assists (0-5 from the field)
vs. UCLA – 4 min, 0 pts, 0 reb, o assists (0-1 from the field)
vs. USC – Did not play, but was available.

And here’s last night’s line:

vs. WSU – 29 min, 17 pts, 1 reb, 1 assist (6-11 from the field)

As you can see, Terrance Ross had made 1 shot from the field in his last 5 Pac-10 games before last night.  Then, he made 6.  Seeing inconsistency from a freshman is nothing new, and C.J. Wilcox would have similar inconsistency.  Looking over these numbers shows you how successful Ross can be.  Lets hope we get the good Ross through the rest of the season.

Andrew

That’s what we’ve been missing.  10-0 run in just over two minutes.  Let’s keep it up! Go Huskies!

There has not been an overwhelming amount of Seattle sports news lately. Pitchers and catchers reported to Peoria yesterday, today the M’s announced Griffey’s hire as a special consultant, and UW hoops are headed to Arizona this weekend, but there is really only one story I feel compelled to write about: The Flying DuTcHmAn. Note-Now would be a completely understandable time to stop reading.

As our loyal readers may know from a video posted months ago, 3 of the Good Guys occasionally shoot some hoops on the weekend. But more than just shooting hoops, we play a game called Flying DuTcHmAn. The name is irrelevant to the game, and actually, the game itself is fairly irrelevant too. Even if I attempt to explain the rules, it won’t make sense, so I will spare you the details. All you need to know is that on Sunday, not only did we set a 3-man outdoor record for DuTcHmAn (58), but our own Andrew Long made 3 consecutive half court shots, spaced about 5 minutes apart. When things like this happen, I often wonder, “what are the chances?!” Well, this time I decided to answer that question.

For starters, there is no absolute correct answer to the odds of stepping up and nailing a half court shot, outside, on a double thick rim. However, based on Andrew’s skill, and various factors, I’m willing to guess 20%, or every 1 out of 5 attempts is a reasonable guess. Draining 3 consecutive ½ court bombs? For that, I must recall my 9th grade probabilities math unit. 20% * 20% * 20% = .008, or slightly less than 1%. Is it more impressive that the 3 made shots were spaced by 5 or so minutes? Probably. But I’m not smart enough to consider these variables. All I know is that on Sunday, Andrew beat 125/1 odds, and it makes me wonder whether the 2011 Mariners could somehow beat their 80/1 odds of winning the World Series. I suppose anything is possible.

-Dan

In recent days, as we kick off our 2nd year, this blog has gotten a bit more attention. Our views are up thanks to some tweets from a few local writers, and for our new audience, we want you to know where to find us. Our goal is to be accessible if you’d like to check us out, so we’ve tried to cover our bases in the social networking world.

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-Dan

One of my favorite things about sports is that there’s always something new to learn. I like to think I know quite a bit about a lot of sports, but I’m always coming across something about which I had never thought before.

Today’s random discovery that might only be new to me: man-to-man pass coverage in football is difficult to run because it is much more tiring for the defenders.  We always hear that a team doesn’t have the personnel to play man, but I’m not sure I had ever thought about the energy it would take.  With zone, there’s a decent chance your corner or safety, or even linebacker, will follow a receiver for 10-20 yards and the play is either over or they pass him off to the next guy.  With man, both corners might be running 60 yards down the field every play.  This means that good depth is also more important.

While actual player ability and scheme preferences are certainly a bigger part of whether a team runs man or zone, this is something interesting to keep in mind when we’re wondering why the Huskies don’t play more man or when you see a cornerback chasing someone all over the field.  Thanks to Mike Lombardi on Bill Simmons’ podcast for the insight.

-Matthew