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The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that the University of Washington has proposed renewing its annual series with Gonzaga. UW's proposal calls for a three-year contract stipulating that all the games would be played in Seattle's KeyArena.

I found this story to be curious for two reasons. First, because Washington, and specifically coach Lorenzo Romar, were openly commenting on a proposal that Gonzaga had barely read, much less seriously considered. And second, that Washington would imagine Gonzaga might agree to play all of the games at an arena that is not only in UW's backyard, but nearly 300 miles from Gonzaga's campus in Spokane.

After speaking with Gonzaga coach Mark Few on Thursday, I can sum up his response in three words: Not bloody likely.

"The chances of that happening are about the same as Big Foot having my baby," Few said. "That's like me saying, Gonzaga proposes a five-year deal at Spokane Arena. There, I just made a proposal. That's as logical as this deal [would be]."

Gonzaga and Washington played 10 consecutive seasons from 1998-2007, with the last seven meetings alternating between each team's on-campus arena. Gonzaga had won eight of the last nine meetings when Washington called things to a halt. Though Washington is proposing to allocate half the tickets in Key Arena to Gonzaga fans, most coaches, Few included, would not consider Seattle to be a neutral site.

"The series should start in Spokane because Washington canceled the series," Few said. "If they want to do a home-and-home, that's fine. If they don't, let's all move on. We have some incredible home-and-home deals right now with Wake [Forest], Michigan State and Xavier. We're doing a deal with Oklahoma. We have plenty of games, so it's not that important for us to play Washington."

Despite the recent one-sidedness of the series, it would be great for the state of Washington, and for college basketball in general, for these two prominent programs to resume playing. Romar told me on Thursday that he didn't see the issue of KeyArena as a permanent site to be a dealbreaker. "We just sent out the proposal. It's too early for me to start marking territory," Romar said. "We always said eventually we wanted to resume the series. We've made a proposal and we'll have to see what happens."

Romar denied that his team's poor results against the Zags was a factor in Washington's decision to pull out. "Our schedule began to get away from us, and we were trying to reel it back," he said. Looks to me like they reeled it back too far -– Washington's nonconference schedules the last several years have consisted almost entirely of home games against middling opponents -– but I give Romar credit for taking this first step. If, however, he wants this series to resume, he's going to have to agree to play some games in Spokane.

"When they pulled out, I was totally, unequivocally cool with it. Scheduling is hard," Few said. "We've been down this road many times before. This decision will be made between myself, Lorenzo and the two athletic directors. It won't get done through the media."

So long as they get it done.

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