For Sprinkle, the first-year UW coach has had to deal with a flurry of defeats after coming off consecutive seasons at Montana State and Utah State with 27, 25 and 28 victories. "it's hard, it's ...

Year 1 of the Danny Sprinkle era wasn't supposed to be this bad for the Washington men. ... Franck Kepnang, who is perpetually sidelined, missed 17 games in a row before returning Jan. 24.