Butter Face

I remember the first time I heard one of my guy friends use the term "Butter face". I was later informed that it refers to a particularly unfortunate girl as having a "nice body, but-her-face". As a young woman, I found it completely derogatory at first. In the end however, cleverness won by a hair, or with regards to the match up between the Huskies and West Virginia game: a basket.

The first half of the sweet sixteen bout was ugly. Not ugly like your Aunt's hideous Christmas sweater, ugly like her sweater on steroids - think blinking lights and bedazzled reindeer. Quincy Pondexter incurred two offensive fouls within the first six minutes of the game, and left for the remainder of the half with a total of three, leaving UW without one of their top scorers for nearly five minutes. I am also suspicious of some evil genius watching the game; someone with a rift against the Huskies, who designed a joystick that kept any shot UW put up, completely out of range.

The biggest surprise other than Bobby Huggins not wearing a Guido track suit to match his slicked-back coiffure, was the Mountaineers Deniz Kilicli (aka the Balkan Balla'), who led West Virginia's team in scoring at the end of the half. About Kilicli - the freshmen didn't play much this season, but against UW, he seemed to shine. One more interesting fact on Kilicli - he bares a striking resemblance to Lurky, Rainbow Bright's cartoon nemesis (also one of my childhood favorite stuffed animals).

The second half wasn't much more glamorous than the first. Washington simply turned the ball over too many times. Isaiah Thomas didn't have even close to the game he had vs. Marquette. Matthew Bryan-Amaning was non-existent. About ten minutes in, they let West Virginia become heroes, and De'Sean Butler and cast sent the Huskies back home to contemplate their loss over a Starbuck's latte in Seattle.