Practice was a struggle for Carlos Johnson.
He is 6-foot-3 but plays like he’s bigger. And he used to be a lot bigger. When he arrived at the University of Washington, he weighed about 265 pounds, and he could feel it.
“When I first got here, those practices were tough for me,” Johnson said Friday, a day ahead of UW’s 5 p.m. Saturday game against Utah at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. “I couldn’t even last 30 minutes without being totally tired.”
That might be hard to believe for those who have seen Johnson play. He brings more consistent energy and hustle than any player on the Huskies’ roster, a quality that has some fans wondering why the freshman from Centralia, Illinois, doesn’t see the court even more than he already does.