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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Posted by Don Ruiz @ 02:57:40 pm

A few quick notes from today's interviews in advance of Cal's 3 p.m. Saturday visit.

Elston Turner (ankle) remains doubtful for this weekend.

Romar said it is unlikely that the Lehigh game will be rescheduled. However, he remains hopefully that another opponent can be brought in, rather than lose the home date.

Charles Garcia, a member of the incoming class of 2009, has quit his Riverside, Calif., junior college team in order to concentrate on his grades. Romar said he supports the move and still expects Garcia to be a Husky next season.

Here was the signing day rundown on Garcia:

CHARLES GARCIA, 6-9, 220, F, Los Angeles/Riverside CC (Calif.)First-team all-city selection as a high school senior. Enrolled part-time at Sacramento State, but didn’t play. In junior college, he grew into a first-team all-state selection, averaging 14.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks as a freshman while shooting 57 percent from the field. Has quickness to defend multiple positions. Counted on to contribute immediately when Jon Brockman and Artem Wallace leave after this season.

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Posted by Don Ruiz @ 12:57:51 pm

Former Husky and SuperSonic forward Detlef Schrempf will be added to the Pac-10's basketball Hall of Honor, the conference announced today.

Here's the full release.

And here's the background on Schrempf:

Detlef Schrempf, Washington - A four-year letterwinner for Coach Marv Harshman from 1982-85, Schrempf is 11th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,449 points. A native of Leverkusen, Germany, he was a two-time all-Pacific-10 Conference selection, two-time team MVP, three-time winner of the team’s top rebounder award. He was also the team captain as a senior and The Sporting News named him to its All-America second team. Selected eighth overall by the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, Schrempf played 16 seasons in the NBA. From 1993-99, he was a member of the Seattle SuperSonics before finishing his career with Portland in 2001. He was a three-time NBA All-Star and won NBA Sixth Man awards in 1990 and 1991. Internationally, Schrempf played for Germany in the 1984 and 1992
Olympic Games. He also participated for his home country in the 1983 and 1985 European Championships. He established the Detlef Schrempf Foundation in 1996 to benefit Seattle-area charities.

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Posted by Don Ruiz @ 09:22:27 am

Washington's one-point win over Stanford last night lifts them to No. 29 in today's RealTimeRPI rankings.

That's the highest they've been ranked in quite a while, and puts them on a tournament pace.

But their next opponent -- Cal, which visits Hec Ed at 3 p.m. Saturday -- will come in with a No. 10 RPI rating.

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