This week in Husky History

Feb 18, 2016, 2:21 PM

After what was proving to be a close game between the 1975-76 Washington men’s basketball team and Stanford on Feb. 19, 1976, the Huskies pulled ahead in front of their home crowd at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. The Huskies’ eventual 80-59 victory over the Cardinal moved the UW to 20-3 on the season, with the only three defeats by a total of nine points. The UW took the lead from 43-37 to 54-37 at the start of the second half after a back-and-forth contest between the two teams. Despite the outcome, the Huskies had plenty of aspects to work on, most notably their offensive attack. “I’m going to advertise for a free throws coach,” head coach Marv Harshman told The Seattle Times while laughing. “At times, we can make it awfully difficult for ourselves. Why we miss layups and free throws escapes me.” Senior guard and team captain Clarence Ramsey stood out for the Huskies, scoring a career-high 36 points on 15-of-25 shooting. Despite posting a career-high scoring total, Ramsey was unsatisfied with his performance at the free throw line. “This was my worst night,” Ramsey told The Seattle Times. “When I am up there, I am thinking of my man. He will break loose. When I shoot, I start leaning to get back on defense. I don’t want to get burned. As a team, we don’t concentrate. Sometimes we will hit 20 or 30 in a row in practice. We are relaxed. In the game, we want to do our best.” On Feb. 21, the UW faced off against California and ended the weekend with a sweep, defeating the Golden Bears 95-75. Senior Lars Hansen, who missed the game against Stanford early in the week due to an injury, came back strong and scored a career-high 34 points for the Huskies. As the Pac-8’s most accurate field-goal shooter, Hansen bettered his 57.1 percent shooting by hitting 12-of-18 on the night, and made all but one of his free throws. Even though the Huskies were the worst in the league at the foul line, they made 23-of-28 against the Golden Bears. The Huskies were down two points with six minutes remaining in the first half, but took the lead and never went back at 29-27. The two teams were locked in a tie several times before Cal fell behind at halftime, 41-38. To start the second half, Hansen score five straight and set the Huskies up for a strong finish. The second win of the weekend put the UW at 21-3 overall, which was the most wins for a UW team since the 1953 team posted a 30-3 campaign. The Huskies finished the 1975-76 season 23-5 overall, 10-4 in the Pac-8 conference. In his fifth year as head coach, Harshman and the Huskies ended third in the conference standings and made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament, where they fell to then-No. 10 Missouri in Lawrence, Kan. Reach Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Altena at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @kkaltena

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