In almost every way that matters, Marcus Tsohonis’ collegiate basketball career began six weeks ago at Stanford.
The Washington freshman didn’t play in the Huskies’ 61-55 defeat, but that was UW’s first game without starting point guard Quade Green, who is academically ineligible for the remainder of the regular season.
It’s overly simplistic to pin Washington’s dramatic decline on Green’s absence, but the Huskies (12-14, 2-11 Pac-12) are 1-10 without him and riding an eight-game losing streak heading into Thursday’s game against Stanford (16-9, 5-7).
And it’s equally unfair to blame UW’s struggles on Tsohonis, who has started the past four games after emerging as the most effective playmaker following a derby with sophomores Elijah Hardy and Jamal Bey.