Obviously, losing Quade Green hurt Washington basketball in a major way, but no one could’ve guessed that even without him, they’d be sitting at 1-3 after an overtime loss to Cal, and a home loss to UCLA.
Reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year Mike Hopkins has to do something, and he has to do it now. We saw flashes of his plan for the future in the game against Cal, where we saw more time on the floor for freshmen guards Marcus Tsohonis and RaeQuan Battle. The plan had been to redshirt the talented duo, but after losing Green, and piling up 21 turnovers to just five assists in the loss at Stanford, something has to change.