What the rest of college basketball watched was Washington come away with a 66-56 win over California on Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Arena.
Then there’s two additional viewpoints. One from UW’s players. Another from its first-year coach Mike Hopkins.
“It was definitely, definitely a great breather for us,” Huskies freshman guard Jaylen Nowell said. “Most of our games, we definitely did have to come back from being down.”
Coming in, the Huskies (13-4, 3-1 Pac-12 Conference) were 9-1 in games decided by less than 10 points.
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