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There's Goes Another One: Linhardt Leaves UW for the Transfer Portal

The freshman forward becomes the fifth to leave, the second on Friday.

Dan Raley

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That door slamming in the background is University of Washington basketball players heading out of Montlake. 

On Friday, a few hours after Cole Bajema informed everyone he was leaving, teammate and freshman forward Tyler Linhardt followed him into the transfer portal, bringing the number to five players who have exited the program over the past two weeks.

Linhardt and Bajema joined fellow forwards Jackson Grant and Langston Wilson, plus guard PJ Fuller.

In the past three seasons alone, UW coach Mike Hopkins has watched 13 players enter the portal, some not interested in playing for him again while others were urged to go.

The 6-foot-7 Linhardt, who wasn't heavily recruited, joined the Huskies from north Seattle's King's High School and didn't receive much of a chance to play at all.

He had to frustrated by his UW basketball experience, appearing in just three games and scoring all 6 of his career points in a December game against Idaho State.

However, none of these five departing players, considering their contributions to the Huskies this past season, would be considered a huge personnel loss. 

It's clear the UW roster is going to have a definitive makeover with Hopkins desperately trying to greatly improve his team and save his job in what will be his seventh season.

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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