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Washington Huskies Get Easy Exhibition Win In Danny Sprinkles First Game Coaching

It's always a good feeling, even when it's just an exhibition game, to get a win. Danny Sprinkle is starting a new era of Washington Huskies basketball, and it's off to the start you would want to see. If we are keeping it real, this felt like a game that in the Mike Hopkins era, would've been tough for no reason. 

A 105-68 win over Western Oregon, in a game that is basically a practice run, but it's good to see the group clicking to start the season. 

We cannot take anything huge out of this game, but we can say that the Huskies new era of basketball SHOULD be in good hands after what we say Danny Sprinkle do at Utah State, making them a tournament team. 

Huskies have a week to prepare for their season opener against UC Davis next Tuesday at home before receiving their first real test at Nevada on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Sprinkle opened with a starting five of the much-advertised Great Osobor, the 6-foot-8 senior forward who arrived with the coach from Utah State for a nominal fee; 6-foot-11 senior center Franck Kepnang, coming off season-ending knee injuries each of the past two years; and three guards in 6-foot-5 Mekhi Mason, 6-foot-4 DJ Davis and 6-foot-4 Tyree Ihenacho, from Rice, Butler and North Dakota, respectively.

"The. game got out of hand, but I was proud of the way our guys played," the UW coach said. "I thought they played the right way, they played unselfishly and they shared the basketball. I don't remember too many forced shots."

Overall, it was good to see the team out there having FUN again. 

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