Jon Brockman moved to the top of the UW career rebounding list with 1,054, but after the game, he was notably disppointed in his own performance.

“I don’t think (the record) registered with me,” Brockman said. “I wasn’t very happy after the game. I was happy we won, but I just wasn’t very happy with the way I played. But, you know, a win’s a win. You’ve got to put everything else aside, and road wins in league don’t come just sitting on your doorstep. I was proud of the way our guys played tonight. In the areas that I lacked, they were able to pick it up.”

The Huskies' 84-67 win over Oregon moved UW to 12-4 on the season and 3-1 in the Pac-10. The Ducks fall to 6-11 and 0-5.

Here's my game story.

And some ighlights:

Stars of the game: Washington guards Isaiah Thomas and Justin Dentmon combined for 45 points, seven assists and five steals. With Oregon’s long and athletic frontcourt giving Jon Brockman trouble, UW’s backcourt took over.

Key stats: Oregon shot 36.7 percent from the field, 26.3 percent on 3-pointers and 64.3 percent on free throws. The Ducks also committed 20 turnovers, 12 in the first half. And while Oregon has a six rebound advantage at halftime, UW rallied to win the battle of the boards, 44-38.

Key run: Washington led, 40-37, at halftime. Then they instant separation when Thomas opened the second half with a 3-pointer and Quincy Pondexter finished on a fast break.

Observations: Brockman had another double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. With his seventh and eighth rebounds he caught and passed Doug Smart, who had held the school career rebounding record of 1,051. … The Oregon student section was unusually subdued. At one point they chanted a mild insult at Brockman, but the 0-fer conference start seems to have taken something out of them.

Quotable: “I just expected so much more. It was nothing … I expected signs, everything Nate (Robinson) got. I was just expecting so much more, a crowd that was crazy, and it was really just not a factor.” – Thomas, on his reaction to playing at Mac Court for the first time.

Next: 7 p.m. Saturday, at Oregon State, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Ore.; FSN.

11 minutes left: UW is up, 63-51, and Jon Brockman just got his seventh rebound of the night, tying the school career rebound record.

Half: UW leads 40-37 in what has been a streaky game.

Isaiah Turner leads UW with 11 points, including two early treys. Quincy Pondexter has 10.

Jon Brockman has five rebounds, two away from the UW career record.

The Ducks have balanced scoring, with four guys ranging from 9 to 7 points.

Washington is getting outrebounded for the second consecutive game, 23-16.

Ducks 2-of-7 on 3-pointers.

7 p.m. The Huskies just took the court to maybe less-intense-than-usual boos, and I haven't heard any obscene chants yet. But the night is young.

Off we go.

6:50: By the way, this isn't the Huskies' last game at Mac Court. Oregon's new Knight Arena is currently just a muddy lot about to become a construction site. At best, that construction is expected to conclude in about two years, ideally opening in time for the 2010-11 Pac-10 season. That means next season will likely mark UW's last visit.

6:30: Oregon's student section is pretty much filling up its areas, but the rest of Mac Court is mostly empty for now. It should be rattling over the next couple of hours, as a very interesting Pac-10 game should unfold.

Big for the Huskies, who don't want that triple-overtime disppointment to Cal to morph into a losing streak.

Big for the Ducks, who are the only Pac-10 team without a league win.

Plus, it's Huskies and Ducks.

Unfortunately, no TV. I'll try to fill in some with any pregame news, keep the blog running through the game, and then hop back in after with notes and quotes.

UW will make up that basketball date lost to the Lehigh cancelation by resuming its local basketball rivalry with Seattle University a season earlier than expected.

The teams will meet at 8 p.m. on March 3 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

Ticket holders for Washington's cancelled Dec. 23 game against Lehigh will be able to use that ticket to admission to the game against Seattle U. with the same seat location.

For those who were willing to pass on Lehigh but want to be there for this Huskies-Redhawks renewal, tickets will go on sale Friday through the Husky Ticket Office by calling 1-206-543-2200 or by purchasing online on GoHuskies.com. Tickets are price at $30 for all seats with backs, $25 for bleacher seating without backs and $10 for UW students.

Four new assistants have been added to Steve Sarkisian's staff at Washington: Mike Cox, Jeff Mills, Doug Nussmeier and Joel Thomas. Dennis Slutak also has been hired as assistant athletic director for football operations.

Here are highlights from the UW announcement:

Cox will coach the Husky linebackers while Mills will handle the safeties. Nussmeier has been named quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator, and Thomas will coach the UW running backs.

“I’m really excited about this latest group of coaches we’ve hired,” Sarkisian, the Huskies’ first-year head coach, said. “They’re all great coaches, great recruiters and great people. They’re all excited to be a part of this program and each of them understands the great, rich tradition that UW football has.”

All four of the new assistant coaches have ties to the Northwest, and three of the four played their college football at the University of Idaho.

More information is available at GoHuskies.com.

One of the interesting sidelights to tonight's game will be seeing how the Mac Court crowd treats Isaiah Thomas in his first appearance there.

My hunch is that they will aim most of their fire at Jon Brockman in his final appearance. It may take them at least one appearance to even approach giving Thomas the kind of grief they gave Nate Robinson ("Ga-ry-Cole-man...")

In any case, Thomas says he's ready for anything.

"I’m ready," he said this week. "I know they’re one of the best at getting on players, making fun of them, but I’m ready for it."

Thomas will likely be paired some with Oregon's Tajuan Porter, who wasn't real interested in discussing the match-up, and freshman Garrett Sim, who has faced Thomas before.

"I’ve played against him before (in AAU)," Sim said. "He’s a real good player, real quick. I’ve got to lock down defensively."

At the midpoint of his freshman season, Thomas is averaging 15.7 points, 3.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game. I think it's the best start of any UW freshman I've seen since starting on this beat in 2003-04. His only real competition would be one-and-done center Spencer Hawes.

I asked coach Lorenzo Romar:

"Spencer would be the closest to it," he said. "Spencer had some big games for us. The difference between Spencer and Isaiah is that Spencer was hurt and sick for a few of those games, whereas Isaiah has been relatively healthy for these first 15. He's done a pretty good job. They both had a tremendous impact in that with Spencer you had to devise a defense to play against him, and I think with isaiah you've got to do some tricky things to play against him and try to contain him. I think teams have tried to do those things."

We also asked Thomas how he has improved over the first half of his first college season.

"I think I'm more patient, picking my spots, knowing when to I guess score and knowing when to pass – just making the winning plays," he said. "Coach Romar always puts it in my head: just make the right play, the winning play. I think I'm just getting more mature and better at that."

One of the subplots of tonight's UW game at Oregon will be Jon Brockman needing seven rebounds to tie the UW career rebounding record.

Here's a quote about Brockman from coach Lorenzo Romar that didn't get into my story: "He could rebound in his sleep. If you had the power to do it and you just threw him in an NBA game, he’d rebound. He rebounds – period. … He’s going to do that no matter where you put him."

But what's it like going against Brockman from the other side?

We asked Oregon junior center Joevan Catron, who has the task at 7 tonight: "It’s going to be one heck of a battle: two big guys banging each other for 40 minutes. It’s going to be a big battle. … You just know he’s going to play hard the whole time you’re on him. He’s going to try to bang you, he’s going to try to throw you out the way, he’s going to elbow you, do whatever it takes to get that ball and put it in the basket."