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While being introduced as Washington’s men’s basketball coach on March 27, Danny Sprinkle donned a purple tie and sat at a table inside Alaska Airlines Arena. Facing rows of family members, media, athletic department employees and increasingly important donors, he laughed and told the truth. “It’s the wild, wild west now in college athletics from a recruiting standpoint.” Wild, wild northwest as well.

SEATTLE – Great Osobor was always the top target for the Washington men’s basketball team after the Huskies hired coach Danny Sprinkle in March.

Former University of Washington basketball star Nate Robinson says he’s “not going to have long to live” unless he undergoes a kidney transplant.

A week after Washington hired new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle, it's uncertain if UW's top 2024 recruiting target Zoom Diallo is still committed to the Huskies. When asked about joining Washington next season, Diallo, a five-star prospect, was vague and noncommittal during a news conference before playing in Tuesday's McDonald's All-American Game. "I'm excited to take the step ...

SEATTLE – It can be argued Will Conroy, the former standout from Garfield High in Seattle, Washington walk-on and career Husky assists record holder who served as an assistant on two coaching staffs, is the most ardent supporter of the UW men’s basketball team.

With the Husky marching band playing “Bow Down to Washington,” and a couple hundred boosters, coaches, players and administrators standing and clapping, Pat Chun walked to the dais at the Don James Center and was officially introduced Thursday as Washington’s new athletic director.

Chun moves across the state after six years as athletic director on the Palouse.

PULLMAN – Washington State’s athletic department is losing brass by the day.

Following a two-week courtship and less than 24 hours after his former team Utah State was eliminated from the NCAA tournament, Danny Sprinkle agreed to terms Monday with the Washington Huskies on a six-year, $22.1 million deal to become their next men’s basketball coach.

SEATTLE – Remember Mike Hopkins’ tearful goodbye after a first-round loss in the Pac-12 tournament?

LAS VEGAS – The Mike Hopkins era came to an end in a game that resembled his mercurial seven-year tenure as the Washington men’s basketball coach.

One last time. The Pac-12 men’s basketball teams will gather inside T-Mobile Arena this week to play the final games in a tradition-rich conference that began in 1915 under a different name: Pacific Coast Conference.

The opening at Washington could loom large for fans of WSU, Kyle Smith.

The nice guy had finished first, the nice guy had finished last, and now — at Washington, at least — the nice guy is finished. 

SEATTLE – The last time Troy Dannen went looking for a head coach, the Washington Huskies athletic director moved with incredible pace to fill the void in the football program.

SEATTLE – Shortly after Thursday’s 74-68 win over No. 18 Washington State, one of the biggest wins in his career and only the second time he’d beaten a ranked team on the road, Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins talked with optimism about the victory possibly being a watershed moment.

SEATTLE – Down three points in the final minute, the Washington men’s basketball team needed a defensive stop to give itself a chance.

SEATTLE – First Sahvir Wheeler, then Koren Johnson.

With the regular season winding down, there are six teams in contention for the top four seeds in the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament and a handful hoping for at-large berths into the NCAAs.