Washington will head on its latest road trip undefeated in the Pac-12 and riding an 11-game winning streak. The Huskies’ NET ranking is up to No. 28, and they are solidly in every NCAA Tournament mock bracket.
What UW doesn’t have is a number next to its name. When the latest AP Top 25 was released on Monday, the Huskies still didn’t make the cut. They were the first team out.
But that doesn’t bother them much.
“We don’t really use it as motivation,” head coach Mike Hopkins said Tuesday. “The motivation for our guys is, ‘How do we get better?