By Jack Magruder
FOXSportsArizona.com
In 44 hours, Washington went from on-paper favorite to overwhelming real-time favorite to repeat as Pac-10 basketball champions. The Huskies stamped themselves as the team to chase by opening conference play with a sweep of USC and UCLA in Los Angeles, which figures to be the most difficult road trip in the league.
Huskies' power forward Matthew Bryan-Amaning had 39 points and 18 rebounds in an overtime victory at USC and a relatively easy 11-point win at UCLA, and the most impressive part of his play was that it came against two of the biggest and most physical frontlines in the league.
"That's a championship team that wins games like this," Huskies senior guard Venoy Overton said after the 73-67 victory over USC. "Power teams in conferences around the country, teams like Duke, they win close games on the road like this, when you have to grind it out."
The sweep also got the Huskies
