The basketball team swept the L.A. schools this past weekend, beating UCLA, 71-69 on Thursday and USC, 69-41 on Saturday.  Austin Seferian-Jenkins registered a block on Thursday and capped off his weekend with five points against USC.  The Dawgs are currently first in the Pac-12 standings as they near the end of the regular season and we wish them much continued success!

Rivals.com released their top 25 recruiters of 2012 and Coach Tosh Lupoi made the list. Two years ago, Coach Lupoi was named the recruiter of the year.  We want to congratulate him on this great accomplishment!

Congratulations to the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants! We would also like to add that former Husky, Isaiah Stanback is on the Giants’ practice squad and will receive a Super Bowl ring!

Happy Birthday to the defensive backs coach, Coach Heyward!

UW Director of Writing Gregg Bell wrote a great piece on how social media is changing recruiting and how Coach Sark is reacting to the new phenomenon. Bell also highlights the signing day drama and how it panned out for the Dawgs. Check out Gregg’s article at GoHuskies.com.

With Signing Day drawing to a close, Coach Sark touched on this year’s recruiting class at the press conference earlier.

• As of right now there are 25 commits with Cyler Miles sending his in a short while ago, although Coach Sark couldn’t speak of Cyler at the time of the press conference since his NLI hadn’t been received yet
• Coach Sark received permission from Brandon Beaver to break the news at the press conference that Beaver had already faxed in his NLI and was indeed a Husky
• The only greyshirt candidate is Kalei Auelua, due to a knee injury he received in an all-star game, but Coach said the situation would be assessed later
• Ryan McDaniel is the only player who will enroll early in the Spring
• Coach Sark noted that the secondary took a great jump forward, in signing players like Brandon, Shaq Thompson, Cleveland Wallace and Darien Washington
• Coach Sark also mentioned that Shaq could find himself on offense for a few plays
• Social media has had a much greater impact on recruiting these days and Coach said that has indeed changed recruiting
• Coach was intrigued by the possibility of Psalm Wooching performing his fire-eating routine upon Psalm’s arrival at UW!

Position: Quarterback

Hometown: Centennial, Colorado

School: Mullen High School

Cyler garnered Co-MVP honors at the Army All-American Bowl, recording both a rushing and passing touchdown

Position: Cornerback

Hometown: Long Beach, California

School: Dominguez High School

Brandon was featured in a Sports Illustrated article on the experience of high school football players in Compton, California.

Position: Wide Receiver

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

School: Dorsey High School

Jaydon was named the Semper Fidelis Bowl MVP with a touchdown reception

Position: Defensive Line

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

School: Saint Louis  School