Huskies and Cougars Change In Men's Basketball

Monday morning news came out 

that Washington Huskies have

a new men's basketball coach. 

A couple hours later I heard which

was a shock that Kyle Smith the

head coach at Washington State

was moving onto the Stanford

Cardinal as head coach.

News first came out that Utah State 

head coach Danny Sprinkle was

named the head coach at Washington.

Not a big surprise since his name was

at the top of list when it came to

candidates. He spent only one year

at Utah State. Previously he had been

at Montana State. So the last two years

he made March Madness then this 

year. Most likely the Huskies spoke to

him earlier including former AD

Troy Dannen  before he went to Nebraska.

No details on the contract other than it is 

a six year contract the same amount

ofvyears Mike Hopkins did his second

time around. Sprinkle has family connection to the university so.there

is a good chance he will stivk out the.six years at least.

Sprinkle making March Madness the

last three years gives Huskies fans

a lot of hope. We hope that the Huskies

bring back assistant coaches and alumni

Will Conroy and Quincy Poindexter. The

Huskies have a good base here in

Washington high school recruits. 

We hope that Koren Johnson who

put his name into the transfer portal

will return next season.

Coach Sprinkle will be busy to find

players to come to Washington. Six

of the players including star player 

Keion Brooks Jr. eligibility is up. 

The Huskies likely have to bring at

lesst that many on board. The 

Huskies going to the Big Ten have a

better chance to make March Madness

especially with a coach like Sprinkle. 

Stanford is going to go into the ACC

Conference next year along with

California. Obviously they wanted

to make a splash in hiring Kyle Smith.

It was a pretty good kept secret 

on this one. 

The Stanford job a dream job for

Kyke Smith. The Cougars will be

joining the West Coast Conference

which is a step down for the Cougars.though Gonzaga and 

St. Mary's is in it. The ACC has both

Duke and North Carolina along

with others. The way conferences

are going how long will it last.

Now we will have to see who the

Cougars bring in as coach and the 

other what players stick around.

We do know freshman Isaiah Watts

has connections to Washington

as his father Donald played as a

Husky. Stay tuned you all.