Dots: Pre-Season Basketball Tips Off

With all the excitement and build up for fall camp and football season, it's easy to overlook that the basketball team tipped off their pre-season in Australia!

By Jeff Gorman Aug 3, 2016, 10:53am PDT

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Basketball Dots

Highly anticipated recruit Markelle Fultz donned the purple and gold last night for the first time. The Huskies faced off against Dandenong Rangers, an Australian team, ultimately falling 100-96 in OT. Fultz scored 33 points and added 7 assists.

Dawgman has their thoughts on the game and Fultz's dazzling debut.

Before tip off in Australia, Lorenzo Romar shared his thoughts on his team with Percy Allen. He touches on a lot of the team's past issues and is worth a read.

Football Dots

Washington announced its fall practice schedule, including two sessions open to the public. Christian Caple has the full breakdown here.

AP released their top 100 football programs of all time, and despite recent less than seasons, Washington still breaks the top 25.

Another Husky makes the ESPN Pac-12 Blog's Top 25 Player countdown.

Adam Jude previews the Dawg's loaded secondary.

Steward Mandel of Fox released his pre-season Top 25. No surprise, the Huskies are in it, along with a few other Pac-12 foes.

Fun article from Fox College Sports on things you probably forgot happened in the Pac-12 last season.

I love these kinds of articles: Pac-12 coaches talk anonymously about their conference foes.