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2010-11 Men’s Basketball University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • (206) 543-5000 fax SID Contact: Brian Tom ([email protected]) www.GoHuskies.com Weekly Release Dec. 30, 2010 Washington Huskies UW Put Record 5-Game Road Following Husky Hoops 2010-11 Record: 9-3 overall, 1-0 Pac-10 Pac-10 Win Streak On Line Radio: Washington ISP Radio Network Time / Washington and UCLA (9-4, 1-0) play Dec. 31 at 1:00 p.m. (Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton) Date Opponent Result Score Huskies Riding High Internet: www.GoHuskies.com N. 6 St. Martin’s (Exh) W 97-76 Washington (9-3, 1-0), winners of a team-record fi ve-straight Pac- Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com N. 13 McNeese State (18) W 118-64 10 road games and eight-straight overall against conference op- UW Basketball on Facebook: N. 16 Eastern Washington (17) W 98-72 ponents, goes for a road sweep in Los Angeles at UCLA’s Pauley http://www.facebook.com/UWMensBasketball N. 22 ^vs. Virginia (13) W 106-63 Pavilion on Friday, Dec. 31 at 1:00 p.m. (FSN-TV). The task ahead for Twitter: N. 23 ^vs. #8 Kentucky (13) L 74-67 the Huskies is daunting. UW has previously swept the L.A. schools http://twitter.com/UWSportsNews N. 24 ^vs. #2 Michigan State (13) L 76-71 only twice -- 2006 and 1987. The last time UW swept a two-game N. 30 Long Beach State (23) W 102-75 Pac-10 road series to start a season was in 1976 when they won Upcoming Games D. 4 Texas Tech (23) W 108-79 at California and Stanford. UW won its fi rst three road games out FRIDAY, DEC. 31 D. 6 Portland (21) W 94-72 of the gate in 2009, but they were not consecutive. The Dawgs are UW at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. PT D. 11 at Texas A&M (21) L 63-62 coming off a hard-fought 73-67 overtime win at USC, while UCLA On TV: FSN (Steve Physioc & Marques started its Pac-10 season with 80-71 win vs. Washington State. D. 18 San Francisco W 80-52 Johnson; Rebecca Haarlow-sideline) D. 22 Nevada (FSN NW) W 90-60 On The Airwaves On Radio: Washington IMG Radio network D. 29 at USC* W 73-67 (ot) Friday’s game vs. UCLA can be found on Sports Radio KJR 950-AM Series Record: UCLA leads 91-37 D. 31 at UCLA* (FSN) 1:00 in Seattle and the Husky IMG Sports Network throughout the Last Result: W, 97-68 (2/20/10) J. 6 Oregon* (FSN NW) 5:30 region. Bob Rondeau will call play-by-play and Jason Hamilton will provide color commentary. The contest will be carried nationally J. 8 Oregon State* (FSN NW) 3:30 THURSDAY, JAN. 6 by FSN with Steve Physioc calling the action, Marques Johnson OREGON at UW, 5:30 p.m. PT J. 13 at Stanford* 7:00 providing color and Rebecca Haarlow supplying sideline reports. J.16 at California* (FSN) 7:00 On TV: FSN-NW (TBA) UW vs. UCLA History J. 20 Arizona* (FSN) 7:30 On Radio: Washington IMG Radio network J. 22 Arizona State* (FSN) 1:00 UCLA owns a 91-37 advantage in the series all-time since they fi rst Series Record: UW leads 183-103 met in 1937. UW won the last matchup by its largest margin - 29 J. 30 at Washington State*(FSN) 7:00 Last Result: W, 86-72 (3/4/10) points - 97-68. UW is 6-59 all-time at Pauley Pavilion, last winning F. 3 at Oregon State* 6:00 there in 2006. Last season in LA, UCLA escaped with a one-point F. 5 at Oregon* (FSN) 1:00 win after a buzzer-beating shot by Mustafa Abdul-Hamid to win their F. 10 California* (FSN) 6:00 fourth straight at home in the series. Romar is 1-7 all-time at Pauley while coaching UW. Despite UCLA’s histori- F. 12 Stanford* (FSN NW) 5:30 cal dominance in basketball, UW won the fi rst six games of the series, and seven of the fi rst nine. The Huskies F. 17 at Arizona State* 5:30 have won six-straight at home and are 6-2 vs. UCLA in Seattle under Romar. Coach Romar, who was an assistant F. 19 at Arizona* (ESPN or ESPN2) 3:00 at UCLA when they won the 1995 NCAA Tournament, holds a 8-9 record at Washington against the Bruins. F. 22 at Seattle University (FSN NW) 7:00 Scouting UCLA F. 27 Washington State* (FSN) 7:00 The Bruins are 9-4 this season and have won six-straight following a spell of four straight losses. Five Bruins M. 3 UCLA* TBA average double-fi gure scoring, led by forward Tyler Honeycutt. He averages 14.8 points and ranks fi fth in the M. 5 USC* TBA Pac-10 with 8.1 rebounds per game. The Bruins’ post looms large with Reeves Nelson (14.2 ppg/8.0 rpg), Joshua Smith (10.1 ppg/6.8 rpg) and Brendan Lane (4.8 ppg/4.8 rpg). Their backcourt features Malcolm Lee (12.8 ppg) Home Games in Bold; * Pacifi c-10 Conference Game; ^ Lahaina and Lazeric Jones (11.3 ppg). Ben Howland is in his 8th year at UCLA, the second-longest tenured Pac-10 coach Civic Center, EA Sports Maui Invitational.; All times listed Pacifi c & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. behind Romar. 2010-11 Washington Player Notes No. Name PPG RPG APG* Notes 0 Abdul Gaddy (G, 6-3, So.) 9.0 2.5 3.9 2nd in Pac-10 in assists/turnover ratio, 6th in assists ... 2 TO’s, 12 assists in last 64 mins over last 3 games 1 Venoy Overton (G, 6-0, Sr.) 5.9 3.0 4.1 Season-hi 11 pts vs. USC ... missed Nev. withhyper-extended leg ... 3rd in Pac-10 with 4.2 apg & 8th with 1.6 spg 2 Isaiah Thomas (G, 5-9, Jr.) 15.3 3.8 3.8 T19th all-time in UW scoring ... 7th in Pac-10 at 15.3 ppg .. 2011 Wooden, Naismith & Cousy Award candidate 5 Aziz N’Diaye (C, 7-0, So.) 5.3 6.3 1.4* Made 7-straight starts ... 13 pts, 15 rebounds in college debut ... 2 double-doubles, 3 games with 10+ rebs 10 Antoine Hosley (G, 5-10, Fr.) 0.8 0.3 0.2 Helped Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) HS to back-to-back 5A titles ... all-league & all-state after avg. 15 ppg & 5 apg 11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning (F, 6-9, Sr.) 14.3 6.7 1.3* 3 double-dbs, 8 gms with 10+ pts ... career hi 28 pts vs. McNeese ... 3rd among UW’s shot blockers 15 Scott Suggs (G, 6-6, Jr.) 6.9 2.3 1.1 10.7 ppg at home, 2.8 away ... career-hi 15 pts. & 5 reb. vs. USF ... 55 of 89 career fi eld goals are three-pointers 22 Justin Holiday (F, 6-6, Sr.) 12.5 6.2 1.8 10+ points in 10 out of 12 games ... 4 games with 9+ rebounds ... career-hi 20 pt games vs. Texas Tech & Port 23 C.J. Wilcox (G, 6-5, RS-Fr.) 8.6 2.4 1.5 Missed USC with hip infection ... P-10’s No. 2 3-pt shooter & 5th w/2.4 3-pt/game ... 26 of 32 FG makes are 3-pts 30 Desmond Simmons (F, 6-7, Fr.) Redshirting Will redshirt...2,017 points, 1,540 rebounds and 297 assists in HS... 2010 & 2009 All-East Bay POY 31 Terrence Ross (G, 6-6, Fr.) 6.6 2.4 0.8 Career-high 18 pts on 4x8 3pts in 26 mins @USC ... 4 games with 9+ pts ... 12 pts on 4x5 3-pointers vs. Virginia 42 Brendan Sherrer (F, 6-8, Jr.) 0.5 0.4 0.0 Joined team after walkon tryouts on 10/22/09 ... played in 18 gms during his career, all wins by at least 18 points 44 Darnell Gant (F, 6-8, Jr.) 5.8 2.8 0.7 Is 9x16 (56%) from 3-point range after zero attempts entering the season ... acted in Midsummer Night’s Dream Projected Starters in italics * = blocks per game average 2010-11 Husky Basketball 2010-11 Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll 2010-11 Washington Men’s Basketball Roster Team Pts. 1. Washington (33) 348 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School / Last School) 2. Arizona (1) 296 0 Abdul Gaddy G 6-3 195 So. 1V Tacoma, Wash (Bellarmine Prep) 3. UCLA (1) 281 1 Venoy Overton G 6-0 185 Sr. 3V Seattle, Wash. (Franklin) 2 Isaiah Thomas G 5-9 185 Jr. 2V Tacoma, Wash. (Curtis / South Kent School [Ct.]) 4. Arizona State 215 5 Aziz N’Diaye C 7-0 260 So. JC Dakar, Senegal (College of Southern Idaho / Lake Forest Acad. [Ill.]) 5. Washington State 191 10 Antoine Hosley G 5-10 185 Fr. HS Portland, Ore. (Jefferson) 6. USC 178 11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning F 6-9 240 Sr. 3V London, England (St. Dunstan’s / South Kent School) 7. California 151 15 Scott Suggs G 6-6 195 Jr. 2V Washington, Mo. (Washington) 8. Oregon State 120 22 Justin Holiday F 6-6 185 Sr. 3V Chatsworth, Calif. (Campbell Hall) 9. Stanford 98 23 C.J.