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Trish Hopkins takes on new role as head coach's wife: 'It's harder to watch'

Note: We spent some time with Washington basketball head coach Mike Hopkins during the final two regular-season games in Seattle. The former Syracuse assistant coach and head-coach-in-waiting gave us special access to him, the program and his family.

Seattle -- Mike Hopkins just finished his first season as a head coach, but he's not the only one who experienced basketball from a whole new perspective this season.

When Hopkins left Syracuse after 22 years as an assistant to Jim Boeheim to take over the University of Washington's basketball program, Trish Hopkins went from being the wife of an assistant coach to the head coach's wife.