When Mike Hopkins considers David Crisp’s career, he thinks of Kansas.
It’s not just the win he remembers. It’s not even Crisp’s dagger 3-pointer that sealed it, although that stands out, too.
What Washington’s head coach really thinks of, what lingers even a season later, is how well Crisp managed the game. He was efficient, finishing with 10 points on nine shots. He had seven assists. And while Crisp wasn’t the leading scorer — three Huskies finished with more points — the game belonged to him.
On that night, Crisp became a point guard.
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Crisp will tell you as much, if you ask him about it.