Washington’s Comeback Falls Short in Big Ten Tournament Exit

A valiant comeback by the Washington men’s basketball team fell just short, and the Huskies were eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament after an 85-82 loss to Wisconsin.

A year of promise turned into a regular season of limping came to an end Thursday. Trailing by 18 in the second half, the injury-riddled, 12th-seeded Huskies (16-17 overall) had a chance late, but Zoom Diallo’s game-tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer rattled out.

“Our mindset was that we were not out of it,” Diallo said. “Our whole mindset is that it’s not over until it’s triple zeroes. We just played a game yesterday when we were down 13, and you know, 18 is not that much. I would say when we started pressing them a little bit, we started to see that they were starting to get a little bit worried.”