"Jon Brockman is set as one starter, and it's possible Ryan Appleby goes back in the lineup, as well --- he was pegged to be a starter before injuring his thumb. Venoy Overton has also started all eight games this season.

But other than Brockman, the lineup seems in flux with Romar saying he wants to use the rest of the non-conference schedule to settle on a lineup and rotation heading into Pac-10 play."

"UW's next three games are at home against Portland, Portland State and Cal State-Northridge, which all loom as fairly easy wins, but not likely to help the RPI much.

Then comes what may be UW's most critical game of the season, a Dec. 29 date at LSU. Other than a Dec. 31 home game against Idaho State, that will be UW's last non-conference game of the season.

It was thought that due to the strength of the conference that this would be a year when a Pac-10 team might finally get an invite to the NCAA Tournament with less than a winning conference record, something that has never happened.

But if UW doesn't beat LSU, even if it went 10-8 in Pac-10 play --- to date, the minimum needed to get an invite out of the Pac-10 --- it would have 13 overall losses and no quality non-conference wins.

Seems like an awful lot to ask to get an invitation --- in fact, no Pac-10 team has ever been invited to the NCAA Tournament with that many total losses."