Danny Sprinkle

Yeah.

And Danny Sprinkle at Washington.

Um, both of those teams are bottom feeders in the Big 10.

It's hard for me to care about that at all.

One of my favorite moments from last season is that, uh, Fred Hoiberg did an entire press conference referring to Danny Sprinkle as Donnie.

Uh, it just killed me.

[laughs]

And Washington's one of those teams, if I'm projecting somebody from the ultimate bottom of the Big Ten over the last couple years to make maybe a little bit of a strive forward, I, I will point out Washington.

It's kind of felt like this Washington team, despite Danny Sprinkle having a certain identity from what he had over at Utah State and over at Montana State, was sort of an identity o- of pushing the ball, being physical on, on both sides, you know, front court and back court, but also just having a scoring element to the game.

It's kind of felt like Washington has almost been stuck in the mud over the last couple years now.

I will say Washington last season, I would say they trended upwards in an extent.

I think that could be the case.

And so Washington through that first month, like we've talked about with a lot of these teams, I'm not gonna be crazy, crazy bullish on, but they are gonna be one of those teams I'm not gonna be outright fading either.

I do think that they have a little bit of upside with Danny Sprinkle here in year three.

I think that that's such a good point that you make.

Uh, Washington, real quick on them.

You know, Danny Sprinkle i- has not...

Two years ago, his NIL situation r- in relation to the rest of the league was among the better ones.

Now it is quite literally among the three or so worst in the league, and as a result, you've only got so much you can do.

This time he's coming back from the, uh, Big Ten media day for basketball.

Uh, was able to talk to both Tina Langley and Danny Sprinkle, as well as some of the players and things like that.

So we'll be kind of throwing some more of those, those articles out as, as we go along.

But because of the shortened week for football, that means one less day to get all the content out and to you guys.

A lot of talent, maybe some coaching consistency questions.

I like Danny Sprinkle at Washington.

Does he have the talent? And Wisconsin's always in the race.

You know, th- there is something interesting, I would say about 16 or 17 of the 18 teams in the Big 10, there's not gonna be any nights off.

Craig Smith.

Danny Sprinkle.

Oh, Danny Sprinkle was one year.

That's who I was thinking of.

Right, one year and then Washington.

That's why I forgot about it.

Danny Sprinkle was the one.

But you're right.

They've had a star player or two, looking at you, Great Ozabor, who took everyone else's money a few years ago because they didn't pay anyone other than Great Ozabor.

But for Washington, I think if they can figure out the depth under Danny Sprinkle, they have a chance, but it's been a very murky last few years for them.

It really has been, and I think the pressure is going to ratchet up this year to at least make the NCAA tournament, especially with the 76 bids that could potentially be up for grabs, and especially in a conference like the Big 10, which has been the best conference i- in terms of all athletics really over the last calendar year, especially 'cause they hold the title belt in college football, men's and women's basketball.

So, uh, I think this Washington team is one that is definitely going to be, uh, just kind of playing with, I think, a little bit more urgency this year, especially because I think Danny Sprinkle, if things don't go well for him, I think his seat is starting to heat up a little bit.

So I think you've gotta start having some returns on this investment.

I think you've got Laon Watts coming in from Texas Tech.