College BOW

No. 7 Oregon lost Thursday night at Washington and it was no coincidence that the Ducks struggled without senior guard Aaron Brooks. But read this Associated Press account to find out why Brooks, pictured at right, didn't play.

SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Dentmon, benched for the last month for erratic play, scored 24 points and had seven assists to lead Washington to an 89-77 victory over No. 7 Oregon on Thursday night.
Ryan Appleby (pictured below) had 16 points and Spencer Hawes added 15 on a bad ankle as the Huskies (12-7, 2-6 Pac-10) overcame Dentmon’s six turnovers. Washington has won eight of its last nine home games against ranked teams.
No Pac-10 team has ever made the NCAA tournament without a winning conference record. Washington must win eight of its last 10 games inside the Pac-10 to finish 10-8 in the league. The Huskies now have wins over then-No. 12 LSU and the Ducks.
Bryce Taylor scored 19 points to lead Oregon (18-2, 6-2), which was playing without the suspended Aaron Brooks, the Pac-10’s scoring leader. The Ducks’ sixth straight loss in Seattle, and first road loss in seven games this season, ruined their best start in 80 years.
Their 1926-27 team started 24-1. That was also the last time Oregon began 7-1 in conference play.
Brooks, averaging 18.4 points per game, sat out as his final penalty for elbowing Appleby in the face during a conference tournament game last March.