Two weeks ago, we speculated about the state of the Washington men’s basketball team after the Huskies landed Federal Way High standout Jaden McDaniels to play alongside fellow five-star prospect Isaiah Stewart.
The buzz on Montlake continues to grow even though UW lost sophomore star Jaylen Nowell, reigning Pac-12 MVP, to the NBA draft.
In a USA Today poll asking which team will win the Pac-12, Washington was the No. 1 choice among 51 percent of the respondents who predict the defending conference champion will win it all again.
Arizona was next on the survey at 19 percent followed by USC (13 percent), Arizona State (9 percent) and Oregon (7 percent).