![Eli Lucero Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle celebrates after cutting down the net following the team's win over New Mexico in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March. 9 2024, in Logan, Utah. The victory clinched the Mountain West Conference regular-season championship for Utah State. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/91c5c8f7ef46483e85a3e8ac8021515a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle celebrates after cutting down the net following the team's win over New Mexico in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March. 9 2024, in Logan, Utah. The victory clinched the Mountain West Conference regular-season championship for Utah State. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)
![Ken Lambert University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle arrives at an event to introduce him, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2a8355196d0a4d05ac4ac145805ee0b3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle arrives at an event to introduce him, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
![Ken Lambert Washington deputy athletic director Erin O'Connell, right, introduces men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cd49c36925d84b84bdb964ce033679d3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Washington deputy athletic director Erin O'Connell, right, introduces men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
![Ken Lambert University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle meets the news media, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/35f537a25f3e4243bf3c44ed8390772e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle meets the news media, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
![Ken Lambert University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle meets the news media, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/17d6eb4e687a4ad899761024b341c8a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
University of Washington's new men's basketball coach Danny Sprinkle meets the news media, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
![Ken Lambert Danny Sprinkle, the new men's basketball coach at Washington, speaks to reporters during a news conference Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/232e334172e5442cacf1a8b59d3999d9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Danny Sprinkle, the new men's basketball coach at Washington, speaks to reporters during a news conference Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)