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The Huskies nearly blew a 17-point second-half lead, including a 10-point advantage with 44 seconds to go, before surviving against No. 4 seed Boise State 77-74 in a first-round National Invitation Tournament game at Hec Ed Wednesday night. Fifth-seeded Washington (21-12) moves on to play No. 1 seed and West Coast Conference power St. Mary’s

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Given how they finished a year ago, Sunday’s news that the Huskies’ men’s hoops team  will host a first-round game in the National Invitation Tournament against Boise State would have been celebratory news. But the startling, abrupt success new coach Mike Hopkins created with mostly the same players Lorenzo Romar had gave Huskies’ dreams of

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