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Huskies hope for some 'hometown' love

By Ted Miller

Thursday, March 19, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. -- How did the Pac-10 regular-season champion and the SEC tournament champion get matched in an opening-round game? Just doesn't sound right, does it? Further, a chief topic during Wednesday's press conferences was which team -- fourth-seeded Washington, which traveled 165 miles to Portland's Rose Garden, or No. 13 Mississippi State, which logged nearly 2,000 miles -- could count on the support of an Oregon crowd? See, Oregon is Ducks and Beavers country; Huskies aren't exactly ...

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