Dawgman Radio: A Washington Huskies athletics podcast

These days,  Tracy Ford  has his irons in a lot of fires. He's heavily involved in 7-on-7 tournaments and putting teams together under the FSP (Ford Sports Performance) banner, and his gym is an off-season haven for high school players of all sports to help improve their speed, strength, agility, and quickness. But one of Ford's biggest moves was getting involved in NFL combine prep. He takes 20-3...

Mike Hopkins  has been in the basketball business long enough to know you can't wave a magic wand to make your troubles on the court disappear. The only way he knows how to get through the low points is to get back to the process that works. And that's exactly what he talked to the media about Tuesday as the team gets ready for their fourth Pac-12 road trip of the season, this one to the Los Angel...

The guys from Dawgman.com -  Chris Fetters and Head of Hoops Aaron Beach  - come at you strong on a Friday afternoon to talk all things UW Men's Basketball. First, we go through the walking conundrum known as  Jaden McDaniels . An NBA team is going to make him very rich soon, but can he keep it together and still impact the team he's currently on? And in what ways can the freshman G/F get that don...

The Washington Huskies had no way to know how it would work out, but the fact that they play only one game this week - and it's on a Sunday - means they've had extra time to assess what has gone wrong during their current five-game losing streak. In other words, the break couldn't have come at a better time, and if you take  Mike Hopkins ' word for it, it's allowed the team to recharge their batte...

Here's the post-game audio from Washington freshman guard Marcus Tsohonis , who made his first start of the season, Hameir Wright  who chipped in 14 points, and UW Head Coach Mike Hopkins after UW suffered their fifth-straight loss, 87-83, to Arizona State Saturday night at Alaska Airlines Arena.

Post-Game audio from freshman sharpshooter  RaeQuan Battle , who led Washington in scoring with a career-high 14 points, junior guard Nahziah Carter , and UW head coach Mike Hopkins  after Washington's 75-72 last-second loss to Arizona at Alaska Airlines Arena. It's the fourth-straight loss for the Huskies, the first time that's happened in the Hopkins era.

Washington's 76-62 loss at Colorado Saturday meant the Huskies' third loss in a row, and their path toward the Pac-12 Tournament doesn't get any easier Thursday as they host Arizona (13-6, 3-3). The Huskies never lost more than one game in a row all of last year, but this year? It's happened three times in just the last nine games. Ever since losing in Honolulu on Christmas to Houston in the Diamo...

On Tuesday, 247 released its final Top247 for the 2020 recruiting class and Washington had nine players on the list. Several fell, a couple rose and two stayed the same as they were. Why did players like  Sav'ell Smalls  and  Sam Adams  fall in the rankings as far as they did? That is the question Husky fans are wondering after seeing the big drops for both of those local players and that's a comp...

It's the final push toward the finish line of the 2020 recruiting cycle for the Washington Husky coaching staff and they have 10 visitors on campus this weekend. Dawgman.com's Scott Eklund and Kim Grinolds go through each of the prospects that are there, including the four scholarship athletes and the six walk-on candidates. They also give a quick preview of what is in store over the next week and...

Remember these numbers: 4, 2, 6, 3, and 3. Those numbers represent the margins in Washington's last five losses, starting with their 75-71 loss in Honolulu to Houston in the Championship game of the Diamond Head Classic. The Huskies are 2-4 in league play, but those four losses are by a combined 14 points. Whether it's missed shots, missed free throws, turnovers, or defensive frailty in the final...

It was a huge recruiting weekend for the Washington Huskies, so it seemed to be the right time for the guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - to talk about it. Earlier on Saturday, the Huskies hosted a Junior Day chock full of talent. From the 'Big Three' of  Sam Huard ,  JT Tuimoloau , and  Emeka Egbuka , to a ton of other big names on the west coast -  Steven Ort...

Four games into Pac-12 play, and  Mike Hopkins  has seen all he needs to see. The Washington Head Coach knows where progress needs to be made in order for the Huskies to turn their fortunes around after losing point guard  Quade Green  at this time last week. After losing both their Bay Area games this past weekend, the Huskies host Oregon State Thursday night at 8 pm PT (Fox Sports 1) and Oregon...

Even though we're just 22 days away from National Signing Day, things on the recruiting front have been a little slow, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of news to talk about. In today's DawgmanRadio episode, Kim Grinolds and Scott Eklund cover a number of subjects, most notably, the completion of the Washington coaching staff and why they kept the coaches they did and what it means to bring...

Jimmy Lake  clearly was thinking of Chris Fetters when he announced  John Donovan  as Washington's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Friday morning, so what better birthday gift than to announce the hiring first thing in the morning? Thank you Jimmy! But the hire definitely came out of left field and prompted a bunch of quick research to find out more about Donovan, including his coachi...

They've played plenty of games away from home so far this year, but the Washington Huskies have really only played one game that could be even remotely considered a home game - their win over Hawai'i in the Diamond Head Classic. And even that is not technically considered a road game on the schedule. So when looking at the 11-4 schedule to date, there's a big fat goose egg when looking at Washingt...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds and Chris Fetters - recap what was a very busy past week on Montlake. First, they talk about Washington's 32-point curb-stomping of USC, what went right, and what it means moving forward. They highlight the play of  Isaiah Stewart  (just named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the third-straight week),  Jaden McDaniels , and wonder what head coach  Mike H...

Washington Head Coach  Mike Hopkins  said after Thursday's 66-64 loss to UCLA that championship teams respond. He was excited to see how the Huskies would respond Sunday night versus USC. Well, he got what he was looking for. UW held the Trojans to 35 points below their scoring average, blowing them out 72-40 in front of an announced attendance of 8774 at Alaska Airlines Arena. "We had a game plan...

Until Thursday night, the Pac-12 knew very little about  Jake Kyman . But after his 21 points in UCLA's 66-64 win over Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena, the league is now on notice. The freshman wing hit a dagger three-pointer - his seventh trey of the night - with 9 seconds to play in the game to give UCLA a two-point lead after UW's  Nahziah Carter  hit a dagger three of his own 15 seconds ea...

Mike Hopkins  was in a festive mood on Wednesday, and why not? The Washington Huskies are about to embark on their Pac-12 campaign as the reigning regular-season conference champions, and after working through a schedule where they went 10-2 in non-conference play (they were 9-4 last year), everything is lining up for them to make another strong run at a title. They host UCLA Thursday night at 7 p...

The guys from Dawgman.com - Chris Fetters and Scott Eklund - dissect the decision of Washington junior quarterback  Jacob Eason  to declare for the NFL Draft in this emergency podcast. They definitely come at the decision from different viewpoints, and they share them here. They also talk about whether or not he should be considered a sure-fire first-round draft pick, and they also have some diffe...

Chris Petersen  said it himself. He called it a combination of a funeral and a wedding, but more of a wedding. He was talking about the transition of him stepping away from being Washington's Head Football Coach and Defensive Coordinator  Jimmy Lake  taking his place. Well, after the funereal aspects of the transition washed away, Washington Football was left with nothing but celebration. Celebrat...

Dawgman.com spoke with Boise State Head Coach  Bryan Harsin , as well as Washington Head Coach  Chris Petersen , UW junior quarterback  Jacob Eason , and UW junior defensive back  Elijah Molden , after the Huskies defeated Boise State 38-7 in the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl. Harsin talked about his relationship with  Chris Petersen  and his emotions post-game when he met Petersen at midfield. Then the con...

It may not have been the bowl they wanted to play in, but it was certainly the way they wanted to finish off the  Chris Petersen  era at Washington. Buoyed by stellar defensive play, including three turnovers, consistent special teams, and a steady offense that wasn't going to make any mistakes, the Washington Huskies gave the Boise State Broncos their first-ever Las Vegas Bowl loss, 38-7, Saturda...

While the rest of us will be braving the colder temperatures that the holiday season typically brings, the Washington Men's Basketball team will be going to a sunnier climate as they take part in the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. Houston, Portland, Georgia Tech, Boise State, Ball State, UTEP, and Hawai'i are the teams joining UW in the three-day tournament. The first game is scheduled for 2:30...

It was a weird setup for Signing Day, but considering how weird the last couple of weeks have been for  Jimmy Lake , it was just one more thing to work through. The Washington Huskies, already down in Las Vegas getting ready for Saturday's Las Vegas Bowl against Boise State, had a signing day to take care of. And despite being named the new UW Head Coach on December 2nd, Lake and his staff were ab...