The Washington Huskies found every way possible to lose Pac-12 men’s basketball games last season.
They lost last-second thrillers (Arizona State). They lost 40-point blowouts (UCLA). They even lost both Apple Cup rivalry showdowns to Washington State.
As a result, longtime coach Lorenzo Romar was replaced in March by Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins, who inherits a 13-game conference losing streak heading into Friday’s Pac-12 opener at USC (7:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
And even though the the Huskies posted a surprising 10-3 non-conference mark under Hopkins, that conference losing streak is the fourth-longest conference losing streak in the country behind Longwood (Big South; 16 games), St.