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Last year, the Huskies upset Kansas. This year, can No. 25 UW upset No. 11 Auburn?

Of course you do.

It was the biggest regular-season road win in Husky history.

And it was also the night when a discounted UW team and its new coach, Mike Hopkins, pulled off a shocker that essentially told the college basketball world that they were no longer pushovers.

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Everything changed for Washington after it toppled the Jayhawks 74-65 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., last December.

[No. 25 UW MBB vs. No. 11 Auburn: Projected starting lineups, scouting report]

For starters, the external expectations and UW fans’ excitement increased exponentially for a team that last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 2011.