The Seattle P-I today passes along a rumor that Seattle Prep basketball star and NBA prospect Martell Webster, who has committed to play next year for the University of Washington, signed a contract with an agent. If true, this would disqualify Webster from playing college ball.
Martell, We Hardly Knew Ye
Pump Up the James
Until Saturday, the most memorable moment Jerome James provided as a Sonic was the time he was suspended for falling asleep during a team film session. "I wasn't asleep, I just nodded off," he later said. Or when he was late for practice when he couldn't get his car--a Hummer H2--out of his driveway after a Seattle "snowstorm."
Luck, Not Heart, Will Determine Huskies' Fate
A basketball is 9.39 inches across. A basketball hoop is 18 inches across. A perfectly placed shot has very little air on either side of it as it swishes through the rim. Four inches in any direction, and it's a brick. More than a little luck is involved.
John Bull Stands In Dawgs' Way
To get a share of the Pac-10 title for the first time in 20 years, the Husky men likely must sweep the Bay Area schools this weekend, on the road. Game one is tonight, at California. If you watch the game (7:30 PM on Fox Sports Net), look for Cal's Richard Midgley, an English-born point guard in the Steve Nash mold. Midgley came to the U.S. to get better competition--twice in English schoolboy leagues he scored 91 points in a game.
Sonics at Sacramento Tonight
The Sonics can clinch the Northwest division title with a win tonight against Sacramento. The game is at 7pm and will be televised on Fox Sports Net.

