Hop's Hype: Inside the Pac-12's biggest surprise

In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 photo, Washington head coach Mike Hopkins sits in his office during a meeting with TV broadcasters before an NCAA college basketball game against Washington State in Seattle. One of the most surprising stories in college basketball is what Hopkins is doing in his first season at Washington and how the Huskies are in the conversation for an NCAA bid entering February. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle • Mike Hopkins is frantically scrolling through the photo album on his phone. Stored deep in the collection of screen shots, aerial images from his many plane trips and family pictures is an image that helps define what he's trying to build in his first season as Washington's head coach.

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