In a gym not even half full, Danny Sprinkle got things started with his University of Washington basketball team, winning his coaching debut over UC Davis 79-73 on Tuesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena.
While the new leader picked up that milestone first victory, his Huskies didn’t receive any style points for what was best described as a grinder of a game. Maybe it was better more local fans didn’t see this one. It was rugged.
UW football coach Jedd Fisch, offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll and quarterbacks coach Jimmie Dougherty sat courtside and watched for four minutes and either had to get back to work in preparation for Saturday night’s game at Penn State or had seen enough…