Unlike football, there is no one big day of national letter of intent signings in basketball. So when the spring signing period opened, there were only a handful of signings. For teams like Washington, which has two scholarships to fill, recruiting hasn’t ended, it’s still going strong.

But the Huskies did get Mark McLaughlin’s NLI and announced the signing on Thursday. Here’s my story from today’s paper.  Above is an interview McLaughlin did with Softy Mahler on KJR.

So what’s next? Well, the Huskies have two more scholarships to fill. …

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Mark McLaughlin signed his National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the Huskies yesterday. But with UW holding it’s team awards banquet yesterday, head coach Lorenzo Romar waited till today to announce the signing.

McLaughlin was the only recruit to sign immediately during the spring signing period. The Huskies still have two scholarships left to fill.

From the press release …

SEATTLE – Mark McLaughlin, who led all junior college scorers with 28.4 points per game in the regular season (27.5 ppg overall) as a sophomore at Tacoma Community College, has signed a financial aid agreement and will

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From the press release …

The Washington Husky men’s basketball team culminated its season with the annual awards banquet in Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday night and sophomore guard Terrence Ross took home MVP honors.

Ross, who indicated on April 1 his intention of entering the 2012 NBA Draft, was named the 950 KJR Most Valuable Player after averaging a team-high 16.4 points per game, including 25.0 points in the NIT Tournament. Ross was among Pac-12 leaders in numerous categories, including: scoring (4th), rebounds (6.4 rpg, 6th), blocks (0.9 bpg, 13th), steals (1.3, 12th), 3-PT makes (2.1 pg, T8th), 3-pt FG% (.371, …

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Mark McLaughlin has signed his national letter of intent today as the spring signing period opens for men’s basketball, giving the Huskies a much-valued scoring presence from the wing.

Will there be other signees today for the Husky hoop team?

Not necessarily.

Yes, the Huskies will still have two scholarships available to fill because of the early departures of Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten. But they may not fill them immediately today. With basketball recruiting, there is a constant and shifting of players and scholarship offers based on what the top four or five remaining recruits do.

How exactly the …

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Tacoma Community College sent over some video clips which I compiled into one movie. Sorry, I don’t know how to put any music on with it.

Here’s some more video from assistant coach R. Jay Barsh

Below TCC head coach Carl Howell talks with Dave “Softy” Mahler about McLaughlin

In the past two days, the Washington Huskies have watched their top two scorers Terrence Ross (16.4 ppg) and Tony Wroten (16.0 ppg) leave the program for the NBA draft. To help replace some of that scoring, they Huskies have gotten a commitment that can hopefully alleviate some of the losses.

Tacoma Community College shooting guard and Inglemoor grad Mark McLaughlin announced Wednesday morning that he has committed to the Huskies.

Washington had been recruiting McLaughlin all season in preparation for both underclassmen guards to leave and when they did, McLaughlin jumped at the opportunity.

“I feel like it’s …

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Full standings

Well, the 2012 NCAA tournament is over and the Kentucky Wildcats have won the national title. And how excited was our TNT bracket challenge winner, Kevin Jackson, …

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