Seattle Sportsnet

The day after Jon Brockman committed to the Washington Huskies, I read an article hyping his signing to an unfair degree.  Brockman, out of Snohomish High School, was supposed to be The Next Big Thing.  He was going to take a blossoming Washington ballclub to the next level.  He would immediately step in, team up with the likes of Brandon Roy, Bobby Jones, Mike Jensen, and Jamaal Williams — a core group of seniors — and help lead the Dawgs deep into the NCAA Tournament.  Brockman was the local prodigy who spurned Duke, a 6’7″ beast of a young man who would not only meet the lofty expectations placed on his bulky shoulders, but exceed them.

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