Washington this week announced the hire of new head coach Danny Sprinkle. He takes over after 7 years of Mike Hopkins and a Washington program that hasn’t made the NCAA tournament (or come particularly close) since Hop’s 2nd in charge. The Huskies also are about to take a step up in competition with a move to the Big Ten that will greatly increase travel and boost up the strength of schedule.
None of that will be a worthwhile excuse for Coach Sprinkle who just finished winning the Mountain West regular season and a #8 seed in the tournament in his first year at Utah State despite ranking 360th in the country in minutes continuity at 0.