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2018-19 Men’s Basketball University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • www.GoHuskies.com SID Contact: Ashley Walker ([email protected]), 206-240-3899 (cell) • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UW_MBB Washington Huskies Game Notes #9 Huskies (26-8) vs #8 Utah State (28-6) Upcoming Game Washington Huskies • Friday, March 22 2018-19 Record: 26-8 overall, 15-3 Pac-12 UW returns to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2010- vs. #8 Utah State 3:50 p.m. Date (UW AP Rank) Opponent (TV) Time/Score 11 season as it earned the No. 9 seed in the Midwest Region. Wash- ington will face No. 8 seed Utah State out of the Mountain West TV: TNT Nov. 1 Seattle Pacific, EXH (Pac-12 Net) W, 70-61 Conference on Friday, March 22 at 3:50 p.m. PT in Columbus, Ohio (Brian Anderson, Chris Webber & Nov. 6 (25) Western Kentucky (ESPNU) W, 73-55 at Nationwide Arena. The game will be televised by TNT with Brian Allie LaForce) Nov. 9 (25) at #11 Auburn (SEC Network) L, 66-88 Radio: KOMO 1000AM & FM 97.7 Anderson, Chris Webber and Allie LaForce on the call. Additionally, (Tony Castricone & Jason Hamilton) Nov. 12 San Diego (Pac-12 Net) W, 66-63 Craig Way and Will Perdue will host the Westwood One Broadcast Nov. 18 ^vs. Santa Clara (ESPN3) W, 82-68 while fans can always tune in to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on KOMO 1000 AM/97.7 FM. Nov. 20 ^vs. Texas A&M (ESPN2) W, 71-67 The two programs have met eight times with Utah State having a 5-3 mark ... the last meeting also occurred in Nov. 21 ^vs. Minnesota (Big Ten Network) L, 66-68 the NCAA Tournament on March 16, 2006 with UW taking a 75-61 win. Nov. 27 Eastern Washington (Pac-12 Net) W, 83-59 The Coach - Mike Hopkins (47-21) Dec. 2 UC Santa Barbara (Pac-12 Net) W, 67-63 Mike Hopkins is in his second year at UW, and second as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. In two years with the Huskies, Hopkins has led the Dawgs to back-to-back 20-win season becom- Dec. 5 at #1 Gonzaga (ESPN2) L, 79-81 ing just the second coach in program history to do so in his first two years. He repeated as Pac-12 Coach of the Dec. 9 Seattle (Pac-12 Net) W, 70-62 Year after winning it during his first campaign and is one of just three coaches in Pac-12 history to repeat on Dec. 15 $vs. #13 Virginia Tech (ESPNU) L, 61-73 that award. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, he oversaw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights and 10 Sweet Dec. 21 Sacramento State (Pac-12 Net) W, 57-41 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. Jan. 1 Cal State Fullerton (Pac-12 Net) W, 86-74 Quick Hitters Jan. 5 *Washington State (Pac-12 Net) W, 85-67 • Thybulle is the all-time leader in the Pac-12 for career steals record as he passed Gary Payton (321, 1986-90) Jan. 10 *at Utah (FS1) W, 69-53 with his one against Oregon, moving him to 322 ... additionally, his 117 steals are the Pac-12 single-season Jan. 12 *at Colorado (ESPNU) W, 77-70 record, as he passed Jason Kidd of Cal (1992-93), earlier last week. • Thybulle is one of four finalists for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award, joining Duke’s Zion Jan. 17 *Stanford (ESPN2) W, 80-64 Williamson, Gonzaga’s Brandon Clarke and Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter Jan. 19 *California (Pac-12 Net) W, 71-52 • Washington swept the Pac-12 Player of the Year (Nowell), Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Jan. 24 *at Oregon (ESPN2) W, 61-56 (Thybulle) Awards becoming the first team in league history to do so. Jan. 26 *at Oregon State (Pac-12 Net) W, 79-69 • Both Hopkins and Thybulle won their award for the second-straight year making them the first duo to win Jan. 30 *USC (FS1) W, 75-62 both COY and DPOY in back-to-back seasons • Nowell became the youngest Husky in program history to be named Player of the Year and is just the third Feb. 2 *UCLA (ESPN2) W, 69-55 Dawg to earn the honor joining Brandon Roy and Christian Welp Feb. 7 *at Arizona (ESPN2) W, 67-60 • Nowell recorded his 10th 20-point scoring night of the season with 24 against USC and has now reached Feb. 9 *at Arizona State (ESPN) L, 63-75 double-figures in 18 of the last 19 games Feb. 16 *at Washington State (ESPNU) W, 72-70 • Nowell has 106 assists on the season ... he has recorded the 41st 100 assist-season in UW history and joins Feb. 20 *Utah (FS1) W, 62-45 teammate Crisp who posted a 100-assist year in 2017-18 with 106 Feb. 23 *Colorado (Pac-12 Net) W, 64-55 • UW’S 26 wins are its most since the 2009-10 season ... additionally, UW tied its most wins in Pac-12 Con- ference play as it finished at 15-3 ... UW also reached 15 conference wins in 1983-84, 1952-52 and 1943-44 Feb. 28 (25) *at California (FS1) L, 73-76 • Washington is ranked second nationally in blocks per game (5.7) and ninth in steals per game (9.0), joining March 3 (25) *at Stanford (ESPN2) W, 62-61 only Duke as the two teams to be ranked nationally in the top 10 in both categories March 6 *Oregon State (Pac-12 Net) W, 81-76 (ot) • Thybulle is averaging 5.7 takeaways per game this season between steals and blocks combined ... that March 9 *Oregon (ESPN) L, 47-55 number did jump to 6.5 during Pac-12 action. March 14 & #8 USC (Pac-12 Net) W, 78-75 • UW has four 1,000 point scorers on its roster at the same time for the first time in program history ... Dicker- son (1,579), Crisp (1,491), Thybulle (1,230) and Nowell (1,096) ... UW is the only team in the nation with four 1K March 15 & #5 Colorado (Pac-12 Net) W, 66-61 scorers that have reached those points at their current school (no transfers), Nevada has seven 1K scorers on March 16 & #6 Oregon (ESPN) L, 48-68 its roster with only one scoring all 1,000 points at Nevada March 22 @ #8 Utah State (TNT) 3:50 p.m. • Crisp has reached double-digit scoring in 18 of the last 22 games Home Games in Bold; * Pacific-12 Conference Game; ^ Vancouver Showcase, • Nowell has led the team in rebounding in 10 times this year and has seen his rebounding numbers jump to Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver B.C.; $ BOH Boardwalk Classic, 5.4 per game from 4.0 a year ago ... in league action he averaged 5.9 rebounds Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.; & Pac-12 Championship, T-Mobile Center, Las • Thybulle is the only player since 1992-93 to record both at least 110 steals and 70 blocks in the same season Vegas, Nev.; @ NCAA Championships, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (via SportsReference). All times listed Pacific & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. • Dickerson’s 5 rebounds at Stanford pushed him to 900 career boards ... he is now just the sixth player at UW to post 1,500 points and 900 rebounds in their career • Washington ranks 15th in the nation in turnovers forced per game, averaging 16.2 per outing • UW is holding opponents to just 64.4 points per game overall 2018-19 UW Player Notes • Hopkins has led UW to back-to-back 20 win seasons in his first two years ... the last UW coach to record 20 No. Name Notes wins in their first two seasons was Tippy Dye (1951-52, 1952-53) 0 Jamal Bey (G, 6-6, Fr.) 2018 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Nevada ... cousins with Tyler Bey at Colorado ... led Bishop-Gorman HS to its seventh-straight state title ... averaged 22.1 points as a senior 1 David Crisp (G, 6-0, Sr.) Is one of four seniors ... was the 40th player in UW history to post a 100-assist season with 106 assists last season .. first UW player w/1K points, 300 assists, 200 made from 3 and 100 stls 4 Matisse Thybulle (G, 6-5, Sr.) Is one of four seniors ... has started 132-straight games, every game of his career ... 2018/2019 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year ... UW leader in career steals (322) and 2nd in career blocks (180) 5 Jaylen Nowell (G, 6-4.5, So.) Reached double-figures in 60 of 68 games ... 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year and All-First Team selection ... fastest player to reach 1,000 points in UW history and has 1,082 points 10 Elijah Hardy (G, 6-2, Fr.) Is ambidextrous but leans towards his left ... played at Bishop O’Dowd for Lou Ritchie in Oakland ... missed nine games due to a fractured left hand (Nov. 12-Dec. 15) 11 Nahziah Carter (F, 6-6, So.) One of two players from New York to come to UW ..