The storied Apple Cup rivalry is reportedly set to continue on the basketball court. According to Greg Woods of the Spokesman Review, the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars reached an agreement on Wednesday to play a home-and-home series over the next two seasons.
Woods’ report states that the two teams will play on December 18 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle and during the 2025-26 season in Pullman, where the Huskies have some deep ties. Not only did athletic director Pat Chun spend his last seven years at the helm of the Cougars program, but basketball coach Danny Sprinkle was born in Pullman.
“I’m not from Pullman,” Sprinkle said at his introductory press conference in March. “I was born in Pullman, that’s it. I know my dad is still pissed that I was born there, but it’s only because there was no hospital in Moscow, Idaho, while my dad was coaching at the University of Idaho.”
Sprinkle’s father, Bill, who played football at Washington in the 1960s, instilled a deep love for the Huskies in his son, and a hatred for the Cougars too. That should mean that on December 18, during Washington’s first season in the Big Ten, there will be no love lost between the two schools.