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Patience will return UW basketball to prominence

By Cody Tyo

SYRACUSE, NY - DECEMBER 30: Acting head coach Mike Hopkins of the Syracuse Orange reacts to a play against the Pittsburgh Panthers during the first half at the Petersen Events Center on December 30, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won 72-61. (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
SYRACUSE, NY - DECEMBER 30: Acting head coach Mike Hopkins of the Syracuse Orange reacts to a play against the Pittsburgh Panthers during the first half at the Petersen Events Center on December 30, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won 72-61. (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images) /
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With the Mike Hopkins era underway for the Washington men’s basketball team, a major determinant of the Huskies’ long-term success will be patience from the fanbase and administration.

The Washington Basketball team ended the 2016-2017 season at 9-22.  As a result, Athletic Director Jen Cohen named Mike Hopkins the new men’s basketball head coach at the University of Washington. Still, the move was towards a turn to the positive, and not a temporary bandage to halt years of bleeding. Hopkins wants to build a legacy of his own in Seattle. Will he get the chance to do so?

With the Mike Hopkins era underway for the Washington men’s basketball program, a major determinant of the Huskies’ long-term success will be patience from the fanbase and administration.

Legacy

The call to any coach about to embark on his first head coach assignment, does so from a position of self-confidence and in desire to carve his own legacy into the sport.

But patience is not as easy as it sounds. When a college sport program has a tradition of winning, that is a tough addiction to break.  And with so much talent inherited from the previous coaching staff, the fans have some reason to expect results.

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