In less than 24 hours, Washington Men's Basketball Head Coach Mike Hopkins met with the media twice - once right after UW's 103-58 exhibition win over St Martin's and then Monday afternoon. In the second media session, Hop went more in-depth in the change from the zone defense he brought in from Syracuse to a man-to-man defense designed by Hall of Famer Larry Brown.
Hop gave his thoughts on what he saw after watching tape of the St Martin's game, the transition from zone to man and the part Brown played as the new defense's architect, and how he's going to manage arguably the deepest roster he's had since he's been on Montlake.
 
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Mike Hopkins on Switching From Zone to Man: I Want to Win

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With a huge recruiting weekend behind the Washington Huskies, Dawgman.com's Scott Eklund and 247 National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman sit down to catch up on the recruiting landscape. They also go through a number of Washington's top targets and where the Huskies stand with each.
 
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DawgmanRadio: Brandon Huffman Breaks Down Washington Husky Recruiting

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - dust off their microphones and get back to the business at hand, and for the Washington football coaches there's a lot of business at hand this weekend.
But before the guys dig into a big recruiting weekend, they play catchup on some of the recent UW Athletics topics, including a TV schedule update for football, as well a quick updates for men's basketball and softball.
After a quick break to pay some bills, the rest of the podcast is all about recruiting. The Huskies are hosting 17 high school prospects from all over the place starting yesterday. What are the official visits like? Will the coaches push for commitments this weekend or continue to lay the groundwork and push for a commitment closer to the mid-year signing period?
You can find the complete list of official visitors HERE.
Scott then gives his thoughts on three prospects that stick out to him, as well as a couple more he feels the UW coaches are really high on.
This weekend is also the weekend for the Avery Strong Showcase, held Sunday at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Jedd Fisch is expected to be in attendance for part of the showcase.
The podcast wraps up with the guys thoughts on the weekend, as well as Scott's prediction for how many verbal commits the Huskies could harvest from this upcoming weekend.
 
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DawgmanRadio: A huge recruiting weekend on tap, and more!

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - wrapped up Friday night's 'Dawgs After Dark' at Husky Stadium by recording some of their own thoughts on the night, the attendance, what they saw during the roughly 75-play scrimmage, the standouts, and what the next few weeks and months are going to look like for UW Football as they continue to construct their roster and put things in place ahead of the 2024 season.
To start, the guys talked about the atmosphere at Husky Stadium, having the spring game at night (it was a good idea and probably should continue to be done at night), how the game went, some of the standout plays, and also offered up some very unofficial statistics.
After a quick break, the second half of the podcast mostly centered around recruiting, which was a focal point of the night, and will consume the UW staff's every movement for the next few weeks as they hit the road to find players for the 2025 class and beyond, while still having one eye on what's going on at home due to the transfer portal, setting up official visits, etc...
 
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DawgmanRadio: Our thoughts on UW spring ball and 'Dawgs After Dark'

Practice moved into the Dempsey Indoor Facility this week as the team continues to prepare for 'Dawgs After Dark'. Former UW players expected to be there for 'Dawgs After Dark' Friday night: Marcus Peters, Vita Vea, Shaq Thompson, Danny Shelton, Jake Locker, and more are expected to be announced during the week.
Now that Washington is into its final week of spring football, there's a feeling the team is using this week like a game week. So starting this Monday, the Huskies are practicing in shells and shorts and practice was moved into the Dempsey Indoor Facility.
After a Saturday scrimmage, that meant a lot of install and prep work for the Huskies, but not a ton to talk about for the media. So what that meant today was that the guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Scott Eklund, and Jack McCauley - didn't have a ton to talk about in terms of team periods and competition.
But that didn't stop the guys from talking about a few of the most memorable plays during Monday's practice, as well as a few memorable appearances from some VIPs and recruits.
Kim also talked a bit about the two pieces of hoops news that came out Monday; Franck Kepnang's return and also the signing of former UC Irvine and Butler guard D.J. Davis.
 
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DawgmanRadio: Day 13 brings more focus on fundamentals for UW Football

Over the past three days, 10 Huskies were taken in the NFL Draft. That being the case, it was easy to forget the Washington's current players were being run through a two-hour scrimmage that featured several big plays on both sides of the ball and the guys from Dawgman -- Harlan Grady, Kim Grinolds and Scott Eklund -- broke it all down for you in today's podcast.
They started by discussing the battle for the starting job at quarterback between Will Rogers and Demond Williams. 
Grinolds asked if there was any chance that Williams started this season and they went on to discuss how that may or may not happen. 
They also went through some of the big plays from the practice that featured close to 100 plays and included interceptions by Jacob Bandes and Carson Bruener as well as some physical runs by Jonah Coleman, Daniyel Ngata and Adam Mohammed.
The final portion of the podcast was dedicated to the NFL Draft as the Huskies had 10 players selected with linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio (Buffalo), safety Dominique Hampton (Washington) and tight end Devin Culp (Tampa Bay) all being selected on the third day.
 
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Mike Hopkins on Switching From Zone to Man: I Want to Win

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