Washington’s big three of basketball schools, Gonzaga, the University of Washington and Washington State University, have all had a good deal of success in the past decade. Each has made it to the Sweet Sixteen while producing numerous pro players.

It should be noted that historically, and in general, UW and WSU are good programs. But this year has been a down year for them both.

• GU has one more win (27) than UW (15) and WSU (11) combined.
• Gonzaga’s RPI is 10^th in the country, Washington is 74^th and WSU chimes in with a resounding thud at 184^th. Yikes.
• The Zags BPI (or Basketball Power Index) per ESPN.com is fifth in the country. U of W comes in at 72^nd, and Wazzu rounds out the group again at number 99.
• Gonzaga has the same number of conference wins in the month of February than the Huskies do all season.
• Gonzaga has more conference wins in the last ten days than WSU has all year. (It’s apples to oranges when you compare the WCC with the Pac 12, but the leagues are pretty even against each other by my count, with the WCC taking three scalps to the Pac 12’s four.) Continue reading →