Dot...Dot...Dawg: Will Conroy does "whatever I can to make [Romar] proud"

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Football Dots

• Dawgman's position previews turn to Washington's tight ends.
  
  
• David Lombardi classifies UW as being in "great shape" at running back.
  
  
• Bill Connelly's Pac-12 previews continue with Arizona, Arizona State and Stanford. 
  
  
• ESPN's Alex Scarborough came away from SEC Media Days with the impression that the conference is populated by a bunch of whiners. Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel is similarly unimpressed.
  
  
• Rivals ranks its top 10 players to come out of the state of California; former UW linebacker Shaq Thompson makes an appearance at No. 9.
  
  
• Former Husky Sione Potoa'e, elder brother to freshman defensive end Benning, has entered the coaching realm.
  

  Former US Army All-American, UofWashington and Lakes football player Sione Potoa'e is coaching DLs at Lakes High School.

  — Lakes Lancers (@LakesLancers) July 23, 2015

• (Now former) Twitter user @DGus1228 shows why you shouldn't get into a battle with Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones: You'll lose, badly.
  

  Do NOT tell Cardale Jones to stick to sports. http://t.co/E1CDWahEbJ pic.twitter.com/lUlhxhrl61

  — SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) July 23, 2015

Basketball Dots

• Mason Kelley spoke to new men's basketball coach Will Conroy and his mentor Lorenzo Romar about what he's doing to return the UW basketball program to its former glory.
  
  
• Conroy and fellow assistant coach Brad Jackson are on the recruiting trail.
  

  Will Conroy and Brad Jackson here watching JaQuori McLaughlin @UW_MBB pic.twitter.com/25RsblomlW

  — Kim Grinolds (@KimGrinolds) July 23, 2015

• According to Synergy Sports Technology's measurements, the most efficient player in the NBA Summer League is Washington alum Justin Dentmon.

Misc. Dots

• Jon Wilner explores what AT&T's takeover of DirecTV could mean for the Pac-12 Networks' distribution.
  
  
• The New York Times uses the University of North Carolina academic fraud scandal as a launching point into exploring the relationship between universities and their athletic departments.
  
  
• The freshman Dawgs continue to kill it in the classroom.
  

  Gold stars today went to @UW_Football ⭐️ congrats Ricky and DJ! pic.twitter.com/BX2dx1ZFAU

  — UW_LEAP (@UW_LEAP) July 23, 2015

• Speaking of which, the LEAP program welcomed a special guest to speak to Washington's newest athletes.
  

  Thanks to UW alum and NBA champ @JustHolla7 for sharing his experience and wisdom with the leap class! #givingback pic.twitter.com/aUH8yaQzkU

  — UW_LEAP (@UW_LEAP) July 23, 2015

• IMG College Radio and Elise Woodward had a Throwback Thursday post for the ages.
  

  For a #TBT, it doesn't get any better than this... #YoungRondeau (Photo Credit: @EliseMWoodward) pic.twitter.com/ghzLbalQVq

  — IMG College Audio (@IMGAudio) July 23, 2015