Can UA's Lloyd avoid the pratfalls that UW's Hopkins has encountered?

By Dan Raley, Husky Maven: Tommy Lloyd, meet Mike Hopkins.

You want to be just like him — a former assistant coach who took over a Pac-12 basketball program as the head coach.

And you don’t want to be anything like him — have your winning ways shut off suddenly as if you didn’t pay the electricity bill.

The Pac-12 doesn't often hire assistant coaches to become head basketball coaches. Arizona and Washington are exceptions.

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