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Feb. 28, 2012

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• RADIO: Washington IMG College Sports Networks (Bob Rondeau & Jason Hamilton)
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SEATTLE - The Huskies embark on their final regular season road trip of the year, which happens to be the first of back-to-back weeks in Los Angeles. The Dawgs take on USC this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. followed by UCLA on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. before returning to Los Angeles for the Pac-12 Tournament at the STAPLES Center on March 7-10.

Washington can clinch at least a share of the Pac-12 title with a win in either of the games and can outright win the championship by sweeping L.A., which including last season, the Huskies have only done three times since Pac-10 play began in 1979.

The streaking Dawgs have won nine of 10, 12 of 14, and 15 of 18 overall; plus 5 of their last 6 on the road.

There is no TV coverage for Thursday's game, but fans can watch FREE via an online stream hosted by USCTrojans.com and carried by GoHuskies.com at: http://www.gohuskies.com/allaccess/?media=305241. Thursday's online stream will be the in-house feed from the Galen Center, synced up with USC's radio broadcast team of Jim Hefner and Chris Fisher.

Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton will provide home radio coverage on KJR 950 AM & 102.9 FM and the Washington IMG College Sports Network throughout the Pacific Northwest.

In addition, UW Director of Writing Gregg Bell will host an exclusive LIVE chat on GoHuskies.com that draws in thousands of Husky fans each week. Make sure to check his chat out, starting around 7:15 if you want to participate in the most up to date real-time interaction with other rabid Dawg fans.

Best Conference Records In UW History
Here are UW's top seasons since conference play went to an 18-game format in 1979:

Other Notable Seasons (16-game Pacific Coast Conference format)

Down The (Pac-12) Stretch They Come
The Huskies are in a horse race as they search for their second outright regular season championship since 2009. In all, since 1950, UW has won six conference championships, sharing two Pac-10 titles in 1983 and 1984, and winning four outright: 2009, 1953 (PCC), 1952 (PCC) and 1951 (PCC). Here are the remaining Pac-12 schedules of some of the conference contenders:
Washington (13-3): @USC, @UCLA
California (13-4): @Stan;
Arizona (12-5): @ASU
Colorado (11-5): @Ore, @OSU
Oregon (11-5): @OSU, Colo, Utah

Washington-USC History
The Huskies can even the all-time series with a win as USC holds a 67-66 advantage since the rivalry first began in 1925. Thursday's game marks the sixth time Washington will play in the Galen Center with the Huskies 2-3 all-time in the 10,258-seat arena. The Huskies won the last time the two teams played in Los Angeles, 73-67 in overtime. Overall, the Huskies are 27-38 on USC's home floor (38-30 in Seattle and 2-0 on a neutral court. Lorenzo Romar is 12-7 overall vs. USC -- including a 69-41 victory in Seattle back on Feb. 4 -- and is 6-3 all-time on the Trojans' home floor. UW is going for its fifth season sweep of USC during the Romar era, the first since the 2009 season. Kevin O'Neill is 4-3 all-time against the Huskies, going 1-1 while head coach at Arizona in 2008 and going 3-2 in his two seasons at USC.

Scouting USC
USC is in danger of finishing last in the conference and is currently 1-15, 6-23 overall. The Trojans recently finished last in 2005 and 1995 ...The Trojans have lost seven straight games and 16 of their last 17 games, 19 of 21 ... Their lone conference win was 62-45 vs. Utah on Jan. 28 ... Freshman Byron Wesley averaged 20 points and 7 rebounds during the Arizona road swing last week. Wesley is the team's 3rd leading scorer with 9.2 ppg and ups his average to 11.4 ppg in conference action ... Maurice Jones leads the team and ranks 8th in the conference with 13.5 ppg. He also is 10th with among Pac-12 players with 3.4 assists per game and 6th with 1.7 steals ... Kevin O'Neill is in his 16th year as a college coach and is 229-246 overall, 41-52 at USC.

Last Time Out Vs. USC (2/4/12)
AP -Tony Wroten had 13 points eight assists and six rebounds as Washington kept a hold on first place in the Pac-12 with a 69-41 win over Southern California on Feb. 4. Terrence Ross added 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies, who won their fifth straight. Wroten played despite a deep thigh bruise that sent him to the bench for the final seven minutes of the previous game against UCLA. His second half was mostly filled with feeding his teammates, including a pair of pretty lobs to Ross. Garrett Jackson led the Trojans with 15 points. USC missed its first 14 3-point attempts, shot only 29 percent and went scoreless for more than six minutes of the second half as Washington ran away.

Last Game: Vs. WSU (2/25/12)
AP - Tony Wroten scored 21 points and went 9 of 12 from the free throw line as he led UW over WSU in comeback fashion 59-55. UW erased a 45-32 deficit with 11 minutes left in the game. Ultimately, the game came down to free throws. WSU went 6 of 20 in the 2nd half, while the Huskies, who only went 2 of 5 in the first half, finished 17 of 24. The Cougars out-rebounded the Huskies 42-35. C.J. Wilcox finished with 16 points & Abdul Gaddy added 10. Brock Motum led the Cougars with 17 points and Marcus Capers added 14.

Did You Know ... ???
Since 1979, the first year of Pac-10 play, only one team has won 13 conference games and failed to make the NCAA Tournament. That team, the 1982 UCLA Bruins, went 14-4 and were 21-6 overall. They were ineligible for post-season play that year after recruiting violations caused them to vacate their 1980 Final Four appearance.