SEATTLE -- Washington men's basketball coach Lorenzo Romar said Tuesday the school is aware of a police investigation "about an allegation in regards to one of our student-athletes."

Romar declined to go into many details. He repeated the allegation is being taken seriously, but "there is not nearly enough information at this point to determine what is going to be done here."

"Right now, we just have to give it a little more time to decide what is going to come of this," he said.

The university issued a statement Monday night confirming it had learned of a police investigation based on allegations surrounding a current student-athlete at the school.

The Huskies (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP), the only ranked team from the Pac-10, are off to a 4-0 start in conference play, their best since starting 6-0 during the 1983-84 season.

Romar said all healthy players will practice and travel to the Bay Area for games at Stanford on Thursday and California on Sunday.

No Washington players were made available to the media on Tuesday.

Romar would not address a number of questions, including when he learned of the allegation or if the school is conducting its own investigation. Asked about distractions for a team that is clearly the class of the conference early in the season, Romar said there are "things that you battle all the time -- this is unique."

"It's something that is ongoing and hopefully you talk with your team and you have a relationship with your team enough when something happens you're prepared somewhat to deal with it," Romar said. "We haven't covered everything. There are some situations that arise in sports and family situations that you just hadn't happened to you before, for the first time and you have to deal with that."

The Huskies lost starting point guard Abdul Gaddy for the season last week to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Romar said Tuesday that Gaddy is scheduled to undergo surgery on Friday.

Washington plays five of its next seven games on the road.

"Adversity, it's always interesting how people handle it," Romar said. "It's always interesting."