Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Schedule

The Washington Huskies men's schedule

will not only look difference in the next

season 2024-25 since they are joining

the Big Ten but how often they play.

In the Pac-12 Washington would play

each team at home and away for the

most each season.. The last season they had two games where a team they played at home only and another on the road. 

I remember one was USC and the other

Arizona State. 

This coming season they play seven 

home games against Big Ten teams

and seven road games against seven

other teams. Example Michigan and

Ohio State they play on the road. They

will see them at home the next. This

is according to the Seattle Times.

At home they play Indiana and Purdue

among the seven teams.

These are the 14 teams they play against

were in the conference before going. 

They play Oregon, USC and UCLA who

join the Big Ten with them both at home

and on the road just like in the Pac-12

Makes up a total of 20 games. This was

the same as they played in the Pac-12

last year. In all the Huskies played 32

games. I would expect them to play 12

nonleague games again before the Big

Ten schedule.

We will find out later who they play in

non-league schedule.  Most likely we

see the Huskies play Gonzaga once 

again. It will be interesting whether

they play Washington State Cougars

or not. This would be the same other

teams in the old Pac-12 like Oregon

State.

The Huskies like the Cougars with

a new coach will see a new bunch

of plsyers. Most of the players on

the Huskies especially the starters

were in their last year of college

eligibility while the Cougars have

had players who left through the

transfer portal. Both the Huskies 

and Cougars will have to use the

transfer portal as well as bringing

in new prospects. It is  a new world

of college basketball in the same 

way as football.

If you look at the history of the

Washington Huskies men's basketball

during Mike Hopkins time many of

those who transfered were guys who

didn't play much or had trouble with

losing. 

I was hoping Koren Johnson who 

is from Seattle and played two years

for the Huskies would stay under the

new coach however he decided to 

transfer to Louisville. He would have

been experienced player with the Huskies.

Louisville has had a lot of success in

college men's basketball however not

sure recently though. Certainly has

been in the NCAA tournament a lot more

times than Washington. I wish the best

for Koren.

We will update more what the Huskies

roster looks like. I am sure the Huskies

women's team will have a similar

schedule as the Huskies. We could see

the schools in the Big Ten who the

men's are playing at home be on the

road and vice versa.

Go Dawgs!

Mariners Unable To Sweep Braves

We should be happy the Mariners 

were able to clinch the series against

the Braves the best record in the 

major leaues. Winning two out of three

is good though.

Final Braves 5 Mariners 2

Emerson Hancock struggled coming

out of the gate however the Braves

weren't able to score a run until the

third inning. The fourth inning was

when the gsme went down though.

The Braves scored four runs. None

of the four runs were earned.

Mitch Haniger had a rough day at

the plate striking out three times

on the day. He wasn't able to catch 

a ball that went to the fence as well. 

Hancock had an error as well. He

lasted only three and two-thirds

inning. 

Jorge Polanco drive in both runs

One in the fifth bringing in catcher

Seby Zavala and then in the seventh

driving in Julio Rodriguez.  Maybe we

will see a great May by Julio as he 

had three hits on the day.

The Mariners did get a couple runners

on base in the ninth but could bring

them home. Now off to Houston

for a weekend series starting Friday.

Go M's.

The bullpen did a fine job allowing

only one hit on the day and no runs.

The Mariners scored 

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Up Date

The Washington Huskies men's

basketball team are under a new

coach in Danny Sprinkle.

Sprinkle comes over from Utah

State where in one season they

made the NCAA tournament. 

That is his plan at Washington

is make a team that will go to

the tournament on a regular basis.

Right now he is in the process of

building hthe Huskies team again.

With the NIL and transfer portal

it isn't an easy task.  With the portal

players are expecting to play right

away or they will move along.

Last year under Mike Hopkins they

played with a eight-man rotation.

So likely you will see three or four

players moving along who are not

playing enough time. Bringing in

true freshmen means they need to

play right away or convince them

they will have plenty of playing time

in.their second season. It is harder 

to keep players other wise.

Center Franck Kepnang plans to stay.

He has been hurt the last two years

after transferring over from Oregon.

He is a key return if he can be healthy.

He has the heart to play and make the

other players around him better. 

Fellow center Braxton Mean is transferring

to Nebraska. Last year he had poor season

starting with an injury and then foul trouble

when he did play.

Wilhelm Breidenbach who came over as 

a transfer from Nebraska last year hasn't

given his intention as of yet whether he

is staying or leaving. He showed some

good signs spending time coming in

for Meah. He would make up a good

front court with Kepnang.

Christian King who was a freshman

last year and didn't have a lot of 

playing time along with Samuel Ariyibi

have to decide by today (Wednesday)

the dead line of going into the portal

whether they are staying or not. We

will see for sure.

The Huskies currently have four

other players committed to the 

team. Recently DJ Davis a transfer

from Butler is now on the Huskies.

Don't know really anything about

him however over the years Butler

has had very good teams and has

done will in the NCAA tournament.

The Huskies have Rice guard Mekhi

along with four-star recruit Zoom

Diallo and touted prospect Base Butler.

The Huskies look to add a few more

players depending who may transfer 

or not. 

The Huskies have brought in veteran

college players under Hopkins the

last two years and though they were

exciting to watch offensively the defense

wasn't what could have been expected.

Coach Sprinkle plans to play man to

man defense. We hope to see at least

a couple veteran college players to

come in to be added it is defense that

will help the Huskies to succeed.

Go Dawgs!

Mariners Take Second Game

It wasn't easy however the

Mariners beat Atlanta Braves

Tuesday night 3-2.

It was another one of those close

games that could have been a loss.

The Mariners are showing how tough 

they are.

The Mariners had another quality

start where Luis Castillo went

seven innings giving up only three

hits  while walking one batter and 

striking out seven. Castillo seems

more on track now winning his 

third straight game after losing 

his first four games. 

Ryne Stanek who has been struggling

at times coming out of the bullpen

was only able to get one out while

giving up three hits and two runs

in the eighth inning.

Andre Munoz was able to shut the

door though he gave up a hit and

a walk while getting five outs. He

was able to strike out three batters

including former Mariners outfielder

Jarred Kelenic for the final out of 

the game. I am sure Kelenic wasn't

too happy. 

The Mariners scored the first two 

runs in the third inning when Jorge

Polanco hit a two-run homer in

the third inning. Polanco though

struggling at the plate has done

well as of late. It was the 4th home

run on the season for him. 

The Mariners scored another run 

in the 4th when Dylan Moore hit

a double with two outs scoring

Mitch Haniger. Josh Rojas who 

walked when Polanco hit the home

run did so again. Julio Rodriquez

came up with the bases loaded

grounded out to end the inning.

Julio has had some trouble with

runners on base. This was the best

chance for the Mariners to add 

more runs too. 

This was the first time of the season

where the Braves lost two games in

a row. The last team in the majors

to do so on the season.

The Mariners now end April with

a record of 17-13. The Rangers

are still one game behind them

beating the Washington Nationals

in Texas 7-1.

The Mariners and the Braves play

Wednesday afternoon with Emerson

Hancock on the mound. Bryan Woo

was in the dugout so he will likely

be activated soon.  Tomorrow may

decide who may be in the rotation.

In other local sports news the Kraken

fired head coach David Hastol after

a very disappointing season on Monday.

According to ESPN several Kraken

platers said they would not play for

Hastol again. These were players

that had significant roles on the 

team. It could take the Kraken a

month or two to hire a new coach. 

We will see. 

Mariners Win In Walkoff Fashion

Bryce Miller looked like

he was going to pitch

a no hitter going into 

the 7th and Atlanta

Braves starter looked

the same through seven

innings.

Miller gave up a double

in the seventh to right

field where Ronald Acuna Jr.

scored. Bryce gave up

two hits  in seven innings

while walking one and striking

out ten. He is certainly one 

of the top pitchers this season.

The Mariners were able to

load the bases in the 8th

inning however couldn't

score. In the bottom of

the 9th Jorge Polanco singled.

On a 3-2 count Mitch Garver

hit a home run into upper deck

of left field.

Mariners win another opening

game of a series. So important

to win a series. Luis Castillo

will start Tuesday night. Emerson

Hancock will start Thursday

afternoon. Go M's.

Mariners Unable To Sweep Arizona

Arizona Diamonbacks beat Mariners

Sunday 3-2.

Mariners got another great quality

start out of Logan Gilbert however it

wasn't enough.  He went six and 

one-third innings before tiring.Gilbert

only gave up four hits which included

a home run to Christian Walker in

the second inning.  Only walked one

batter while striking out nine.

Josh Rojas again hit a home run

leading off the first inning. In the 

third inning shortstop Leo Rivas

in his major league debut hit a triple.

He ended up scoring on single by

Julio Rodriguez. The Mariners loaded

the bases with no outs however were

unable to score anymore runs. The

Mariners may have won right there.

The Diamondbacks tied in the seventh.

In the a ball hit in direction of Mitch

Haniger who had pinch hit in the 7th

scored in the 8th. The Mariners were

not able to get anyone else on base

for 20 straight appearances.

The Mariners now take on the Atlanta

Braves at home beginning on Monday

in a three game series. Bryce Miller

will start. We hope he will respond

with a good pitching performance.

He will be followed by Luis Castillo

Tuesday evening and Emerson 

Hancock Wednesday afternoon.

The Mariners will go to Houston

to face the Astros next weekend.

Go Mariners!

Mariners Win Again

The Seattle Mariners are playing

good ball especially on the pitching

side. Though not a  lot of runs they 

are timely.

George Kirby pitched another great

game as the starters are doing well

right now.  Kirby went seven innings

giving up two hits, walked one, struck

out 12 Diamondbacks and no runs.

Mariners 3 Diamondbacks 1

It was quite the pitching matchup.

The Mariners scored their first run

in the fifth inning when Luke Raley 

hit a single to drive in dh Mitch Garver

who had a double.  The Mariners

got their other two runs when Ty France

hit a home run after Jorge Polanco

had walked.

The Diamondbacks got their lone run

Jake McCarthy hit a triple driving

in Blaze Alexander off of Ryne Stanek

in the 8th inning. Andre Munoz pitched

the 9th without giving up a hit and

struck out one. 

Logan Gilbert looks to pitch a gem

on Sunday and sweep Arizona. The

Atlanta Braves come to town on

Monday. The Texas Rangers lost 

Saturday so the Mariners are one

and a half games on them. We hope 

the pitching continues well and 

timely hitting too. Go M's