The Washington Huskies had an impressive surge in the net rankings. They jumped from 57 to 47 overnight after beating Northwestern. Their resume is starting to look more and more like a bubble team, and some good news is coming. The schedule gets dramatically easier as the team finally gets moderately healthy.
Tony Castricone, Husky broadcaster, dropped a metric on X (see below) that should give Washington Husky fans some hope for the rest of this season. The Huskies have played the toughest conference strength of schedule so far this season. In all of college basketball, not just in the Big Ten.