Washington had a disappointing first season in year one of the Danny Sprinkle era. The Huskies finished with a 13-18 record overall and had a 4-16 record in Big Ten play, which was last in the conference. Washington hired Sprinkle from Utah State, where he was for only one season and had a 28-7 record, making the NCAA tournament. Sprinkle had also been to the NCAA tournament in his last two seasons at Montana State. If he can take Washington back to the tournament this season

USC did not have a very successful season in its first year as a member of the Big Ten conference. They finished with a 17-18 record with a 7-13 record in conference play. Last season was also Eric Musselman's first season as the program's head coach. He left Arkansas to take the USC job after five seasons there. Musselman had to build his team entirely of transfers last season, which didn't really work out. Musselman will test his luck again with that strategy this season, a

UCLA enjoyed a pretty successful season in its first year as a member of the Big Ten conference. They were a 7-seed in the NCAA tournament and won their first-round matchup against Utah State by 25 points before a second-round loss to Tennessee. UCLA finished the season with a 23-11 record, and its 13-7 conference record was tied for fourth in the Big Ten. The Bruins enter this season returning several key players from last year's squad, and they also added some high-end tran