Zoom Diallo and Jase Butler draw some preseason conference attention.
In recent seasons, the University of Washington basketball program never seemed to be building much for the future. Its touted freshmen players either didn't stay long in Montlake, didn't play much for whatever reason or simply didn't pan out. For the most part, the Huskies started over each year counting on a bunch of portal transfers.
Wesley Yates III now is at USC after never getting into a UW game because of a foot injury. Tyler Linhardt took a handful of shots two years ago and transferred to Idaho. Jackson Grant, a McDonald's All-America pick, was unable make inroads for either former Husky coach Mike Hopkins or new coach Danny Sprinkle when the latter was at Utah state and appears out of basketball.
However, the UW has a pair of first-year guards who are drumming up interest elsewhere, with Sports Illustrated's Indiana Hoosiers site ranking the Big Ten's top 25 freshmen basketball players and finding room for new Husky guards Zoom Diallo and Jase Butler. The 6-foot-4 Diallo from Tacoma, Washington, is slotted 13th on this list while the 6-foot-4 Butler from San Anselmo, California, turns up at No. 21 among the best newcomers the conference has to offer..The Huskies are one of eight schools with more than one freshman feted here, with Illinois leading the way with three selections -- and it would have been four had the UW's Butler not de-committed from the Illini and headed for Seattle.
Interestingly, Rutgers has the No. 1-2 entries in this frosh grouping in 6-foot-10 Ace Butler and 6-foot-7 Dylan Harper, reportedly the two highest graded players in program history.
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