During their two exhibition losses to the Boise State Broncos and Washington State Cougars, the Washington Huskies shot a combined 17-for-50 from behind the three-point line.

As the Huskies overhauled their roster with three-point shooters, as Danny Sprinkle highlighted Davidson transfer Parker Friedrichsen, Gonzaga transfer Steele Venters, and Rutgers transfer Harun Zrno alongside returner Wesley Yates III as his top shooters on the roster during his Wednesday press conference, the head coach wasn't happy with what he's seen so far from beyond the arc.

"Not good enough," Sprinkle said on Wednesday. "Boise, it was solid, but when we take good shots, we're shooting a good percentage from three. 
The problem is we have some guys taking bad shots, off-the-dribble threes that we're not making; not only are we not making them, they've shown in practice and in years previous that they're not making those. And so we have to stay away from those."

"We have to be a little bit more unselfish. 
I say it all the time, let the ball find the open shot. We have to have great ball and body movement and let the ball find the open shot because when we are, when we do have our feet set, and our guys are stepping into their shot, we shoot at a pretty high clip. But when we're taking contested or off-the-dribble threes, I don't mind those at the end of a shot clock, but with 10, 15, 20 seconds left, not good shots, not for us."

Over their first two seasons in the Big Ten, the Huskies have shot 34.4 and 31.5 percent from beyond the arc, and with a focus on shooters in the transfer portal, plus an emphasis on getting them the ball, Sprinkle is hoping to see a big step forward from his team from three-point distance in his third season.

"Our other players on the court, they need to find those guys," Sprinkle added. "They were open a couple times, and we didn't find them. And I've been saying it for months, shooters are only going to be open for a split second. 
And if we don't get them ball that split second, they're covered. Defenses are too good, and they're aware of who are the shooters. 
You know, usually the guys that are open, you're open for a reason. You know, those guys are not going to be open very much. And our team, we have to be able to find him. 
When Parker, Steele, Harun, Wesley, we've got to be able to get them the ball on time on target so we can get a clean shot."