Sprinkle recruiting
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#12 2025 class in the country. I’m thinking this guy fucks.
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Disagree.
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There is a rumor that UW has an NIL whale for basketball. The fact that the kid who just committed wasn't even considering UW and hasn't visited would suggest that might be true.
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The whale exists. There was a reason Hopkins could convince transfers to keep coming in to his program after the evidence was out that he wasn’t a great coach. Contrary to Kim’s opinion, it was never because Will Conroy was so charismatic. Pretty sure the only kid Conroy convinced to come to UW was Koren Johnson.
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It's becoming clear a lot of the recruiting success of late Romar and Hop can be attributed to our mystery bball donor(s).
There's really been no excuse for us to not have been a regular tournament team over the last decade, just bad coaching. If Sprinkle is good he will have no problem getting a good roster.
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That's what I was wondering from afar. Seems like the Huskies have had NBA players without results
Maybe he can coach
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First impression is that Sprinkle is a solid dude and possibly a good coach. I'm mildly interested in the season this year, which is an uptick for me.
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@Sonics is trying to single handily make the basketball team again thanks to his BTC gains. Thanks, Detlef!
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if Sprinkle and UW lands Sylla, they jump into the top 10-12 rankings. I have a hunch it’s Ballmer feeding the program $$$ for recruiting and the new bball facility, he’s a bball nut.
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Despite all the transfers this years version of the huskies are not good. They cannot make an outside shot. We will see if they actually improve. I can't remember the last time we had a good coach that schemed and was good at coaching basketball.
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Has anyone done better than Romar?
Not saying he was great but I did pay attention then
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The offense they’re running is creating layup opportunities and open shots. That’s more than I can say for the Hopkins or Romar regimes. True, this team can’t shoot. Not jumpers and not free throws but the looks are there. Defensively they mix zone and man to man. They move their feet, play with effort and don’t rack up stupid fouls like teams from the last two coaches did. That’s nice to see and it’s getting better from games 1 and 2 to games 7 and 8. They lost two of their big guys, one for the season, the other likely for the season and they weren’t deep to begin with. That hurts. Zoom will keep getting better, he’s as good as advertised. Harris is a freaky athlete and streaky scorer that’s still learning team basketball, DJ Davis came in as a great shooter but looks like his confidence is shot. Maybe the heavy guard rotation is hurting him getting into a solid rhythm. Great, as stated by his head coach in multiple interviews, is out of shape and trying to do too much. Why he can’t play 32 good minutes is very disappointing. If they keep improving though, they may be an NIT team. Keep faith, teams can get better and I think this one will.
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Romar had a good run. If you look at his teams though he needed a future NBA all star just to make the tournament. Not NBA players, he needed an actual all star just to qualify. Teams with Hawes and Brockman didn’t make the NCAAs, teams with Brockman and Pondexter didn’t make the NCAAs, both of those future NBA players needed a future All Star in Thomas to get there. Teams with Wroten, Ross and Wilcox couldn’t make the tournament. If you’ve got teams with NBA level talent on them you should make the NCAA tournament, period. If he didn’t have a Brandon Roy or an IT he could never do it and the P12 sucked. A team with Thomas, Ross, Holiday, Wilcox and MBA had to win the P12 tournament just to get into the NCAA tournament as an 8 seed. He wasted so much talent it was criminal. I’m hoping Sprinkle can marry talent and coaching in a way Romar and Hopkins couldn’t. The recruiting class coming next year is a good start and the coaching of this flawed team gives me hope.
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Romar built a good culture for a bit. He brought in some serious talent. Dudes played hard. Players liked playing for him. Other teams hated playing us.
But they also couldn't play defense after one or two weak side rotations. Our halfcourt offense depended on having an elite offensive guard to run p&r or else it sucked. Our inbounds on offense and defense were garbage. We didn't beat a team in the tourney with comparable talent (Illinois maybe).All that to say yes he is the best husky hoops coach of my lifetime.
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Romar was truly fucked on defense when the NCAA cracked down on hand checking. When UW was not allowed to rough up opposing PGs the defense became a fouling machine which further deteriorated the viewing pleasure of watching basketball. Zero flow.
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That USC game was full on regression. Poor effort. Haven’t seen that from the team this year. Slow to the ball, slow on defensive switches, Great O. looks slow and out of shape. Hope Sprink runs these dudes into the ground tomorrow. Unacceptable.
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Great Osohor came in out of shape. I wouldn't even have him practice. He has the ball skills, just put him on an elliptical for 45 minutes a day and get his stamina up, and shed a few lbs. Eat better. #MGBHA Other big from Oregon State doesn't look like he can run a quarter mile. Kepnang can't stay healthy. If he stays healthy a year ago, that team is probably sniffing the tourney. Apparently he will be back soon.
No great shooters in the main rotation. Probably should play King (shooting .833 from the floor and 1.000 from 3) more for this reason but he gets very little playing time. Harris is an interesting player but not aggressive. Zoom has been nice but, like the other guards, struggles from deep. If one can shoot, it can open up the lane for even the slowest fattest players.
As for recruiting, yes, they have attracted some elite players. Early on in Hopkins era it was some guys from New York he had longstanding relationships. Obviously there is a hoops donor that is helping attract. As for Conroy, Jaden McDaniels probably doesn't come here without him, and quite honestly, neither does Zoom. Interestingly they brought in guys like Stephenson (Lacey - Wichita State - UW) and picked up guys like Raequan Battle (Marysville - UW) but never really gave those guys the green light they needed to get going. Both ended up being the leading scores at WVU the last two seasons. I'm venturing into hypotheticals.
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The 2006-2007 team with Hawes and Brockman which just destructed after bring ranked in the top 15 at one point really made me question Romar. I didn't call for his job until 2013 or 2014 because he could recruit pretty well. I think losing Bone on 2005 or whenever that was hurt him.
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Diomande in the fold now for the rest of the season. Been playing pro ball overseas, projected top 50 NBA draft pick. Another scoring option for Sprinkle and UW. Will be interesting if he turns pro.
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If he can rebound and hit free throws I’ll love him.
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I believe it helps those of us paying attention because that era of Husky football wasn’t much fun/train wreck’ish
Roy teams through the IT was peak hoops since Harshman, peak Romar feels like a
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I still wish Romar wouldn't have put on his own 'cool jacket.' All signs pointed to him righting the ship but by that point it had been too much. UW hoops has been, well, best way I can put it is unlucky. A lot of 'ifs' and 'buts' that won't change what happened.
My top of head biggest 'ifs':
- Marvin Williams - If they land him, very good chance they win it all in 2005. Instead UNC wins it all. Give credit to Roy Williams who was on him early and established a relationship. Would have gone to Kansas had Roy stayed at Kansas. Shout out to Tubob Shakur for taking the ferry to Bremerton for the announcement.
- Marcus Williams vs. Martell Webster - Huskies get the big fish Martell to sign, but he bails to NBA. In that pursuit of Martell, Marcus slips to second fiddle, signs with UA. Also likely a difference maker on the 2006 team. Secondary if: Terrence Williams - was third fiddle and also a more productive college player.
- Terrance Jones - How much money was on the line? Fucking Calimari. Interesting how these projections work out. Terrance Ross had the better career, but Tone Wroten team with a decent big would have been interesting.
- Tyreese Breshers - Loved his high school tape. Was it his heart that was the medical retirement? I dooged for Breshers.
- 2012 to 2013 Class - There were grand rumors that Romar was going to land Aaron Gordon (Arizona), Jabari Bird (Cal), and Nigel Williams Goss. Never mind that Zach Lavine was just down the street, but apparently he was a UCLA lean for a long time. BTW most obnoxious father I've ever encountered at a high school game. Romar whiffed on all but NWG, and scrambled to fill holes with shit. Because he wanted to promised the guys playing time, literally took no one the year before except for Mark McLaughlin, who was ruled ineligible or kicked off the team in like a day.
- Robert Upshaw - What a waste of a body. You go 11 - 0 with wins over ranked San Diego State and Oklahoma. Then after Stony Brook wheels fall off. Team was ultimately a paper tiger but from a tourney lock in late December to nothing 2 months later is astounding. I regrettably booked a trip to Vegas for the P12 tourney in early December.
- Charles Garcia - Another athletic big. There's still a bio for him on UW site. Played 1 year at Seattle U, scored a bunch. Put him on that IT 'cold blooded' team. Question marks, lots of them.
- Dejaunte & Chriss early exit - Might arguably be UW's best class. Dejaunte, Chriss and Thybulle. Noah Dickerson was solid in the post. I don't think anyone projected Murray and Chriss to leave early, and I recall the class to be what people had been arguing for, less one and dones, just solid guys who would be in the program for 3 years. Both have good freshman seasons and both are first round draft picks. Neither were even top 50 players in their class. Says a lot about place and fit. The following season with Fultz, a maturing Thybulle and Dickerson???
- Quade Green - Not that it mattered too much because the 2019 season would be cut short due to covid, UW playing in one of the final games of the season, but whoever the teams director of academics should have been fired after allowing your point guard to become academically ineligible. Just a reminder, Baylor had one loss all season until losing 3 of 5, one to 3rd ranked Kansas to end the season. UW with Green: 11-4 with losses to Gonzaga (some shit calls in that game, fuck the zags), Tennessee, Houston, and UCLA. Without Green: 4-13.
I may be forgetting a couple.
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Great list. Going further back I Doog to myself thinking about a team with Jason Terry at PG, Donald Watts at 2, Micheal Dickerson at SF, Curtis Borchard at PF and Todd McCullaugh at Center. Bring Deion “shootin” Luton off the bench and you’ve got a final 4 type team with four starters being local.
Josh Heytveldt on the 2006 team would have been amazing. Maybe another final 4 squad that I can dream about. He was a UW lean until I think Romar got ratted out for impermissible contact? Can’t quite remember. -
Accurate on Heytveldt. I believe that added to the Zag hate because it was Few whining about it. (IIRC)
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Jason Terry is going back, would have loved him at UW but it’s hard knock since his team at Zona was their only hoops natty and Lute was no slouch.
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He originally committed to UW. Lots of stories about how he used to sell popcorn at games. Jason Terry had quite the glow up in high school as well after a state title run in his junior year. Franklin goes on an amazing run, beats McDonalds All American omm'A Givens (UCLA) in the state title game and JT is all of a sudden a hot commodity. Franklin would battle it out with O'dea and Garfield the following year to a three way tie for metro regular season title, and Franklin would get a winning bucket, and survive on the other end to beat a feisty White River team for two in a row. Another fun fact, JT wasn't even the leading scorer on the 95 Franklin team. He was however a tenacious defender and that was the role he played at Arizona. I knew a guy that went down to Tucson and worked JT out, and JT's work ethic to improve his jumper and outside shot was immense. BTW it was JT's mother who snitched to the NCAA. If you watch the Dallas Mavericks title celebration in the locker room, there is at least one other Franklin Quaker in the locker room celebrating. Oh and other what if's. Quincy Wilder (Decatur '96 → Ineligible → Highline CC → SC → Boise / Prison → Evergreen State) and Brian Scalabrine (Enumclaw '95 → Highline CC → SC → NBA / White Mamba).
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yes 👆🏻that rings a bell or that JT was originally going to UW but I was long gone from Seattle by then. At first I thought he was the Romar years and after reading you comment I believe it was Bender maybe? Terry and Watts would have been fun pulling for UW 🏀 from Southern California. UConn game 😭
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The only thing that killed Romar was the NCAA adopting the NBA style of exhibition ball. I haven’t watched an NBA game in 15 years, if the old crews of the great 80’s got to play in this version of the NBA nobody would be breaking records ever. Romar’s style of play was ruthless, physical and fast. When Jay Bilas started careening for NCAA to change to the NBA game, all was lost. Bilas was soft.
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Duke gonna Duke.
