Two time zones from home, Danny Sprinkle’s guys got off to a confident start at Illinois, played tough well into the second half and demonstrated once more they’re a good basketball team when they want to be.
However, it wasn’t nearly enough to knock off a great team — and an incredibly young lineup at that — which is what the ninth-ranked Illini were all about.
After jumping out to a 7-0 lead four minutes into this one, this University of Washington entry couldn’t take advantage of its early success on Thursday night and went down to a 75-66 defeat in the middle of America…