Washington intends to defend Washington State's Klay Thompson in a similar nature to their strategy when they played Derrick Williams of Arizona.

"You have to play him like we did (Arizona's) Derrick Williams," junior forward Darnell Gant said. "When you have good players like that, you want to limit their touches and crowd them. Make it seem as if they can't get their shot off."

Lorenzo Romar has noticed Thompson's ability to get to the line as a change in his game.

"When Klay was a freshman, I think we played them towards the end of the year, and he had gone to the foul line like 22 times the whole year because he was more or less a catch-and-shoot guy," Romar said. "He's changed that (to) being a very good defender.

"He gets a lot of steals. He's second in the league in assists. He gets to the foul line. He can put the ball on the floor and drive it now. He's just evolved into so much more of a complete basketball player."