They’ve already added one championship to their trophy case.

And today, the Washington men’s basketball team begins its quest for a second title, heading to Los Angeles for the beginning of the Pac-10 Tournament.

Even though the Huskies have already taken home the regular season Pac-10 crown, they insist that this weekend still holds meaning.

For one, they can improve their NCAA Tournament seeding with a couple of wins. The general consensus seems to be that the Huskies are a fairly solid No. 3 seed, but a Pac-10 Tournament title may force the committee to consider them for a No. 2 spot.

For seniors like Jon Brockman, it’s simply a chance to play more games before the big dance starts, something that the big man said can never be a bad thing.

“More games,” Brockman said. “It’s just more games. A chance to get better, a chance to make ourselves even more solid and more together before the real tournament starts. We’re at the point now where if we lose a game, we’re missing out on something.”

Washington will play at 2:30 p.m. today against Stanford, a scenario that didn’t allow the Huskies to make a game plan for a specific opponent, since they had to wait for the results of last night’s game.

That doesn’t matter, Brockman said.

“Something we’ve really focused on this year is it really doesn’t matter what else happens if we take care of ourselves,” Brockman said.

Still, the styles of UW’s two potential opponents couldn’t have been any different. Stanford is an up-tempo, man-to-man defense kind of squad. OSU uses the whole shot clock and plays zone exclusively. So UW head coach Lorenzo Romar focused on what his team could do this week in practice, rather than trying to prepare for two opposite styles of basketball.

“What we’ll do in practice this week is try to build on our foundation in a couple of days of practice,” Romar said Monday. “Just try to cut the fat, so to speak, and just get better at what we do.”

Even in the midst of a championship run, the Huskies weren’t playing their best basketball. Their victories down the stretch were more about grit than precise execution, and Romar still doesn’t think his team has reached its full potential offensively, citing their defense as the foundation for winning the regular season conference title.

“If we can maintain that level of defense and then find our offense more, then near tournament time, we could be an even better team,” Romar said.

It’s that kind of focus that may save Washington from complacency. Since there’s no time to dwell on what they’ve already accomplished, Brockman said, it’s easier to prepare for the next step.

“That’s kind of the beauty of this time of the year,” Brockman said. “Everything’s just kind of stacked up on top of each other and you don’t have a lot of time to think about stuff you’ve already done. You just have to roll with it and try to stay focused the whole time.”

Reach reporter Christian Caple at sports@dailyuw.com.