First-year Washington coach won’t be saddled with heavy expectations as the Huskies were predicted to finish 10th in the Pac-12 by media in the conference’s preseason poll.
For the third straight year, Washington State was picked last.
Arizona, which returns three starters from last year’s team that won was Pac-12 regular season co-champions and captured the conference tournament title, was the near-unanimous pick to win the league title again.
The Wildcats captured 22 of a possible 23 first-place votes.
USC collected the other first-place vote and finished second in the poll followed by UCLA, Oregon, Stanford and Arizona State.