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Pac-12 men’s basketball has been awful, but Mike Hopkins remains optimistic

Mike Hopkins isn’t your run-of-the-mill optimist.

The glass-half-full analogy doesn’t apply to the Washington men’s basketball coach. He’s more of a glass-is-overflowing type of guy.

But even Hopkins can’t spew enough platitudes to douse the dumpster fire that has been the Pac-12 men’s basketball.

“I’m such a pro-Pac-12 guy and I love to see the success of the programs (in the conference),” he said. “Sometimes the narrative becomes really negative and people like to thrive on that.

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“And that becomes all anyone wants to talk about.