The Husky coach made a connection with JJ Mandaquit while both were in Utah.
Danny Sprinkle wasn't more than a few seconds removed from talking about the low-energy level slowing down his University of Washington basketball team when the discussion shifted to his signing of two guards earlier in the day who apparently won't have that problem.
"These are competitive kids that have played at a high level and they take it serious," Sprinkle said on Wednesday night. "They're going to come in from day one and they're not backing down from anybody. I don't care if it's a junior or a senior. That's the kind of steel they're made of." "I can't tell you how excited I am to have them," Sprinkle said. "Those are the two guards I saw this summer and said we have to get them."Sprinkle and Mandaquit, a two-time USA national team player, made a ready connection because both were in Utah together, with the coach spending this previous season at Utah State in the northern end in Logan, which is 375 miles from Mandaquit's hometown of Hurricane, at the southern end.
While geography played a part in Mandaquit's recruitment, the Huskies had a family connection they took advantage of that involved UW assistant coach DeMarlo Slocum and Muldrew, who's originally from Arkansas.
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