Dan Raley

4 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

The ambitious Jersey-born football coach will have an adventurous Jersey quarterback headlining his 2026 University of Washington recruiting class. Jedd Fisch's recruiters aimed high by pursuing two of the highest-rated signal-callers across the country in this cycle -- one from Los Angeles and the other just outside of New York City -- and on Saturday received a commitment from the one who was three time zones away, Derek Zammit of Wayne, New Jersey.

4 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Nate Calmese will be remembered as one of the great mistakes of the Mike Hopkins coaching era of University of Washington basketball -- with everyone convinced the 6-foot-2 guard could play except the now long departed Husky leader. Calmese was the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year in 2023, averaging a team-best 17.7 points per game for Lamar. This past season, he led all full-time Washington State players in scoring at 15.2 as a 33-game starter.

5 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Danny Sprinkle apparently is willing to take on a challenging reclamation project in hopes of a big payoff. Former Indiana forward Bryson Tucker -- who struggled mightily throughout his freshman season with the Hoosiers -- will join the University of Washington basketball team in a comeback bid, GoodmanHoops reported on Friday. Big things were expected by the Hoosiers for the 6-foot-7 Tucker, who was a 5-star recruit, a McDonald's All-American and a top 30 player nationally.

5 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

The University of Washington basketball team didn't get anywhere close to the Final Four, let alone the NCAA Tournament for that matter, but the Huskies are considering bringing a slice of it to Montlake if possible. They've been in contact with former Auburn forward Jahki Howard, a 6-foot-6 freshman who was deep in Bruce Pearl's rotation for his Final Four qualifier, but someone with enough potential to draw a flurry of transfer portal attention.

5 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Nothing says Big Ten football more than landing a California-produced running back. The University of Washington already has three of them in Jonah Coleman, Jordan Washington and Julian McMahan -- from Stockton, Long Beach and San Ramon -- with only Adam Mohammed an outlier, hailing from Arizona.