Ending a seven-season drought without an NCAA Tournament berth and competing in a wide-open Pac-12 Conference await No. 25-ranked Washington in the 2018-19 campaign.
The Huskies take their first steps toward reaching high expectations on Tuesday when they host Western Kentucky at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Washington showed promise in 2017-18, its first season under coach Mike Hopkins. The former Jim Boeheim assistant at Syracuse won Pac-12 Coach of the Year following a 20-win regular season, which included victories over Kansas and Arizona.
The Huskies' slim hopes for a program-first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011 were dashed in an overtime loss to Oregon State to open the Pac-12 Tournament.