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Husky basketball has recovered to the point it may soon triple last season's meager win total. Terrell Brown has become a scoring sensation. Arizona State just got pounded by 23 points at Alaska Airlines Arena.While the University of Washington men's program directed by Mike Hopkins continues to make inroads under mostly new faces this season, it's always interesting to see what happened to the old ones who left.Six Huskies couldn't get out of Seattle fast enough once last year's 5-21 disaster came to an end and JJ Arcega-Whiteside Jersey entered the transfer portal, seeking a fresh college basketball start. No one has hit the motherlode.Four players joined highly succe sful teams. Only one has remained a starter. Yet another found similar disappointment by suffering a season-ending knee injury. Some are much worse off than they were Derek Barnett Jersey as Huskies. One barely plays at all.Hameir WrightThe 6-foot-9 senior forward now plays for 17-4 North Texas, a Conference USA division leader. Or, to be more accurate, the New York native doesn't play much at all for his new team. Wright started 77 of 118 games for the UW in four seasons, but he's appeared in just 8 contests for the Mean Green, all has a sub. Whereas last year he haphazardly to sed up 100 3-pointers and hit just 29 percent for the Huskies, Wright has launched 3 and hit 1.J'Raan BrooksThe Seattle native resurfaced with UC San Diego, earned a starting job, played 17 minutes of an exhibition game and suffered a season-ending ACL tear. After a season at USC and two years with the UW program, the 6-foot-9 junior forward appeared to have found a good team match for himself. His Tritons are 10-12 without him.Erik StevensonThe 6-foot-4 senior shooting guard from Lacey, Washington, is the lone starter of the six Husky defectors, and leads a 13-10 South Carolina team in scoring with an 11.2 average. He's been almost perfect on foul shooting, hitting 43 of 44, but he still hits a low percentage from the floor, just 35.1 Wilbert Montgomery Jersey percent overall and 30.9 from 3-point range. He's had a season-high 25 points against Auburn and Wofford, and 13 double-figure outings. He's on his third team after stops at Wichita State and Washington.Scroll to ContinueMarcus TsohonisA 6-foot-3 junior guard from Portland, Tsohonis resurfaced with a 15-7 Virginia Commonwealth team. He's started just 3 of 21 outings and averages 5.9 points per game. He holds a similar role to the one he played for the Huskies, occasionally starting and providing a scoring boost at times. He had a season-high 17 points against La Salle and has reached double figures five times.RaeQuan BattleThe 6-foot-4 junior guard from Tulalip, Washington Ron Jaworski Jersey , seems to have found an ideal situation for him as a reserve guard for an 18-5 Montana State team. He's come off the bench in all 23 games and averages 7.1 points per game. He's regained his shooting stroke, hitting 46.2 percent of his shots, though a le s blistering 32.4 percent from 3-point range. His season high is 16 points against North Dakota State.Nate PryorA 6-foot-3 point guard from Seattle, he's had to deal with a sorted injuries while playing for the 20-3 New Mexico State Aggies. Chuck Bednarik Jersey He's appeared in 14 games, starting six of them. Pryor didn't play in Thursday night's win over Dixie State. He averages 3.1 points per game, with a season high of 9 against Loyola Marymount. His crowning moment has been his game-winning shot, an improvisational flip over his head that went in, to beat New Mexico 78-76 at the buzzer in overtime before 13,019 fans in the Pit in Albuquerque.