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SEATTLE -- The Washington Huskies found out that even without their leading scorer, Yale still is a formidable basketball team, especially on the backboards.Miye Oni scored 24 points, Sam Downey added 22 and Yale turned back a furious second-half rally to hold off Washington 98-90 on Sunday in the season opener for both teams.Yale, which made the NCAA tournament last season for the first time since 1972, adjusted quickly to the absence of guard Makai Mason, who sustained a broken foot in a scrimmage with Boston University on Nov. 5 and likely will miss the entire season.I couldnt be more proud of my team. We did what we set out to do, said Yale coach James Jones. We have three values that we work on every day in practice and we did a great job at two of the three, rebounding and sharing the ball, and that was a big difference in the game for us.The Bulldogs, who led 49-35 at the half, outrebounded Washington 42-29, including a 21-4 advantage on the offensive end. Yale also had 20 assists on its 33 field goals and finished with seven turnovers -- just one in the first half.Washington shot 66.7 percent in the second half and battled back within 77-73 on a jumper by highly-touted freshman Markelle Fultz, who finished with 30 points.The Bulldogs pushed the lead to 88-77 on Onis 3-pointer from the left corner with 1:24 left.We point no further than the backboards on our end and their end, said Washington coach Lorenzo Romar. Although we had some defensive breakdowns, I think that tells the story. They scored on 19 points on second-chance rebounds.Washington, which trailed by as many as 20 in the first half, used a 10-2 spurt to pull within 55-47 on David Crisps breakaway jam with 16:29 remaining.Onis layup capped a 15-2 run that put Yale in front 29-11 with 7:48 left in the half. Washington pulled within 38-26 on two free throws by Matisse Thybulle with 2:40 remaining.If you follow Yale, youve got to be impressed with their basketball team and how they go about their business, said Romar, who was celebrating his 58th birthday. They executed very, very well. They had a couple terrific young players, they were patient, they made big shots. They were on the road, but they played with a great deal of poise.BIG PICTUREWashington: With Marquese Chriss and Dejounte Murray both drafted in the first-round of the NBA draft after just one season at Washington, the Huskies have just two players that have been on the roster longer than one season. Sophomore forward Matisse Thybulle is the only returning player who started all 34 games last season.Yale: The Bulldogs are adjusting to life without guard Makai Mason, the teams leading scorer last season. Mason averaged 16 points and 3.8 assists per game last season as a sophomore and was named all-Ivy League. He had a career-high 31 points in the 12th-seeded Bulldogs 79-75 victory over No. 5 seed Baylor in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.UP NEXTWashington continues its four-game, season-opening stretch at home against Cal State-Fullerton on Thursday.Yale returns from its one-game cross-country trip to face Lehigh at home, where the Bulldogs were 12-0 last season.STAT OF THE NIGHTWashington had an astonishing 15 blocked shots, including six each by Matisse Thybulle and Malik Dime, while Yale did not have a single block.FRESHMAN STANDOUTMarkelle Fultz, a 6-4 guard from Maryland, lived up to his billing with 30 points on 11-for-17 shooting, including 2-of-5 from beyond the arc. He also had seven rebounds and six assists in 36 minutes. However, he missed two crucial free throws with 1:44 left and Washington within 85-77. Matthew Boyd Jersey . 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New?Anaheim Ducks?coach Randy Carlyle doesnt expect his team to look all that different, systematically at least, from last year.The difference will come in its lineup construction and deployment. Carlyle thinks it needs more youth and energy.You always have to transition youth into your lineup, he said during a recent phone conversation. Were a budget hockey club; were going to be forced to use younger players.With youth comes a little more pace. Its usually the veteran players who know how to slow the game down and make it work at their speed. Ryan Getzlaf is as good at that as anyone.But during offseason phone conversations between Carlyle -- who coached the Ducks from 2005-06 until early in the 2011-12 season and won a Stanley Cup with the franchise -- and his former players, like Getzlaf and Corey Perry, the pace of play became the central part of discussions.They play more of a pace game. Theyre veteran players. Thats one of the things were going to ask them -- to play the game at a higher pace, Carlyle said.He doesnt need any more proof they can do it. Carlyle watched the pair play for Team Canada in the World Cup and saw the kind of skating hes going to require from his veteran players, especially Getzlaf.And Corey Perry is in the best shape hes ever been in, Carlyle said. They put the work in. Its a tribute to them.Best new facesGM Bob Murray was aggressive in addressing his roster needs before last season, and the result was a team that took half of a season to get going. The biggest change this time around is behind the bench, while the main pieces of the roster have been essentially untouched -- except for one position.Frederik Andersen is gone as the starting goalie, with John Gibson now expected to get a majority of the starts. Gibson has long been regarded as a great, young goalie, but now comes the moment of truth. He had a .920 save percentage in 38 starts last season, even earning enough votes to finish tied for seventh in the Vezina.After the Maple Leafs gave Jonathan Bernier his signing bonus, the Ducks grabbed him in a trade for a conditional draft pick. It was a shrewd move for a budget-conscious team that has cap space but gets Bernier at a discount, after Toronto paid his bonus.Bernier had his best season as a starter while playing for Carlyle in Toronto, finishing the 2013-14 season with a .923 save percentage. He struggled last season, but playing for a bad team tends to do that to goalies.Everybody in the league is looking more to the 1A and 1B situations, Carlyle said. Yes, Gibby is highly rated. Its hard not to give him an opportunnity.dddddddddddd. Goaltenders have to earn it. You have to earn it night in and night out. We feel we have a capable option in Jonathan Bernier.Biggest unknownsIts not particularly great that the Ducks had two restricted free-agent no-shows at the start of training camp, with Hampus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell?both still unsigned when camp began. Not only was Rakell unsigned, he was dealing with complications that followed his appendectomy in September.Even if both of those situations get settled, you never know how a player is going to react following an intense contract negotiation.The bigger concern in Anaheim is the possibility of a decline coming from its aging stars. The Ducks are very dependent on the trio of Getzlaf, Perry and Ryan Kesler. When theyre on and playing well, the Ducks can beat anybody. Theyre also at the collective age where its not unreasonable to expect some depreciation, especially considering the style in which they play. As the league speeds up and gets younger, its quite possible that trio will get old in a hurry. Maybe not this year ... but the clock is ticking.Sure thingsHeres one --?Sami Vatanen is going to outplay the value of his contract. During an offseason in which teams struggled to get deals done with their restricted free agents, Vatanen was off Anaheims to-do list quite early. He signed a four-year deal worth $19.5 million in mid-June.With an average annual value of $4.875 million, his contract is going to look good in a hurry.I wanted to be there, Vatanen said. That was the main thing. I saw the GM and coaches -- they wanted me there. It helped a lot. Im very happy about that.They wanted the 25-year-old defenseman for good reason. He has pushed 40 points each of the last two seasons, is offensively gifted and is a right-handed shot. Lindholm is the best pure defenseman on the roster, good enough to challenge for a Norris Trophy at some point. But Vatanen is the kind of defenseman you need behind your top guys to keep the puck moving in the right direction.PredictionThe Duck have concerns. Is John Gibson ready to be a full-time starter? Will the contract issues linger into the season? How will the team respond to the return of Randy Carlyle?But, ultimately, this team has too many good defensemen and star power up front to decline too far below their 103-point total from last season. The Ducks will clear the playoff hurdle but maybe not as easily as theyd like to. Second place in the Pacific. ' ' '