2011-12 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 Jan. 3, 2012 Washington Huskies Washington (8-5, 2-0) vs. Colorad (9-4, 1-0) 2011-12 Record: 8-5 overall, 2-0 Pac-12 The Huskies enter new territory with their fi rst Pac-12 road swing to Colorado and Utah. Time / Huskies In Search Of Their First Win Away From Seattle Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Result Score This Game... Washington is hoping the new year will usher in a few road wins for N. 4 Seattle Pacifi c [exh.] W 77-60 • Thursday, Jan. 5 them after a 2-0 Pac-12 start at home versus OSU and Oregon. The N. 12 Georgia State $ W 91-74 UW at Colorado 6:00 p.m. PT Huskies are 0-4 in games away from Alaska Airlines Arena, going Coors Event Center (11,064) N. 13 Florida Atlantic $ W 77-71 0-2 in true road games and 0-2 in neutral site games at Madison N. 14 Portland $ (ROOT Sports) W 93-63 TV: ROOT Sports Square Garden. If the Huskies are to turn around their road fortunes, (Drew Goodman, Ceal Barry, Alanna N. 20 at Saint Louis (CBS Sports Net) L 64-77 they will have to do so in unfamiliar territory as they make their fi rst Rizzo - sideline) N. 25 Houston Baptist W 88-65 Pac-12 trip to Colorado and Utah. Up fi rst is a trip to Colorado for a Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM D. 2 at Nevada (ESPNU) L 76-73 (ot) 6:00 p.m. PT game on Thursday, Jan. 5. ROOT Sports will televise the (Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton) D. 6 vs.#11 Marquette & (ESPN) L 79-77 game with Rockies play-by-play announcer Drew Goodman call- Satellite Radio: Sirius 94, XM 191 D. 10 vs. #7 Duke ^ (CBS) L 86-80 ing the action, Ceal Barry supplying analysis and Alanna Rizzo All-Time Series Record: UW, 7-6 D. 16 UC Santa Barbara (ROOT Sports) W 87-80 reporting from the sidelines. Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton Last Time: UW 76-68, 1/2/96 D. 18 South Dakota St. (ROOT Sports) L 92-73 will provide home radio coverage on KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM and D. 22 Cal State Northridge W 74-51 the Washington IMG College Sports Network throughout the Pacifi c Upcoming... D. 29 Oregon State* (ROOT Sports) W 95-80 Northwest. Gregg Bell will host a live chat on GoHuskies.com. • Saturday, Jan. 7 D. 31 Oregon* (ESPN2) W 76-60 Washington-Colorado History UW at Utah 11:00 a.m. PT J. 5 at Colorado* (ROOT Sports) 6:00 p.m. Thursday’s game will be the 14th all-time meeting between the two Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) J. 7 at Utah* (FSN) 11:00 a.m. schools. Washington holds a slight 7-6 advantage over Colorado. TV: FSN (Joel Meyers and Ernie Kent) J. 10 Seattle U. (ROOT Sports) 7:00 p.m. The two teams fi rst met on Dec. 30, 1953 at the Big Seven Tourna- Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM J. 15 Washington St.* (ROOT Sports) 4:00 p.m. ment in Kansas City, Mo. and last met on Jan. 2 during the 1995-96 (Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton) J. 19 California* (ROOT Sports) 5:30 p.m. season with the Huskies winning that game 76-68 at Hec Edmund- All-Time Series Record: UW, 6-5 J. 21 Stanford* (ROOT Sports) 3:00 p.m. son Pavilion. UW is 2-4 all-time in games played in Boulder and is Last Time: UW 83-77, 11/14/07 J. 26 at Arizona St.* (ROOT Sports) 5:30 p.m. 5-1 in Seattle. The Buffaloes won the last time the two teams met J. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) 4:00 p.m. in Boulder, 67-64 on Feb. 22, 1995. Lorenzo Romar is 0-1 all-time vs. Colorado, dropping a 1999 decision while head coach of Pepperdine. Colorado Coach Tad Boyle has never faced the Huskies. F. 2 UCLA* (ESPN or ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. F. 4 USC* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. Scouting Colorado F. 9 at Oregon* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. The Buffs are off to a 9-4 start, 1-0 in Pac-12 action ... Head Coach Tad Boyle is in his second season at Colorado F. 12 at Oregon St.* (FSN) 2:30 p.m. and last year led the Buffaloes to a school record 24 wins culminated with a semifi nal appearance in the post- F. 16 Arizona State* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. season NIT Tournament ... Sophomore Andre Roberson is helping ease the Buffs’ transition from the Big-12 F. 18 Arizona* (FSN) 12:00 p.m. Conference in a big way with a Pac-12 best 12.0 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-7 forward is also averaging F. 25 at Washington St.* (ROOT Sports) 5:00 p.m. 12.1 ppg ... Carlon Brown, a 6-foot-5 transfer from Utah, leads CU with 12.8 ppg. Spencer Dinwiddie (11.5 ppg) M. 1 at USC* TBA and Austin Dufault (10.3 ppg) are the only other Buffs averaging double-fi gures ... Colorado leads the confer- M. 3 at UCLA* TBA ence by holding their opponents to just 39% FG shooting ... The Buffs rank second, trailing only the Huskies, with 38.5 rebounds per game and lead the conference with 27.2 defensive rebounds per game. M. 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament TBA Home Games in Bold; * Pacifi c-12 Conference Game; $World Vision Last Time Out Vs. Colorado Classic; Madison Square Garden, &Jimmy V Classic.; ^CARQUEST Auto Parts Classic. All times listed Pacifi c; TV in parenthesis. Mark Sanford scored 23 points, including a tip-in with 1:21 remaining that began a 9-4 game-closing run for 2011-12 Washington Player Notes (Projected Starters In Bold) No. Name PPG RPG APG* Notes 0 Abdul Gaddy (G, 6-3, Jr.) 9.5 2.5 5.1 Leads Pac-12 in asst/TO ratio (2.9, 66/23), 3rd in assists (5.1), 8th in minutes (31.9) ... 10+ points 6 times this year 5 Aziz N’Diaye (C, 7-0, Jr.) 7.8 8.2 1.9* Pac-12 leader in blks (1.9 bpg) and is 2nd in rebs (8.2) ... 10+ rebs 3x this year, 10+ pts 5x ... missed 2 gms w/knee 14 Tony Wroten G, 6-5, Fr.) 16.8 4.8 3.4 Pac-12 POW ... conference’s 2nd leading scorer, 4th in steals (1.6) ... 10+ pts 12 of 13 gms, 20+ in 4 ... 31 Terrence Ross (G, 6-6, So.) 14.4 5.9 1.8 Ranks 8th in Pac-12 ppg, 14th in rpg, 13th w/1.1 bpg & 10th with 1.7 3-pts/game ... Naismith Award candidate 44 Darnell Gant (F, 6-8, Sr.) 8.2 5.0 0.8 Leads UW, 12th in the Pac-12 in FG% (.541) ... had streak of 8+ rebs in 3-straight snapped vs. OSU ... 1 dbl-dbl 4 Hikeem Stewart (G, 6-2, Fr.) 0.8 0.3 0.4 0 turnovers in 48 mins ... twin, Kadeem plays at E. Ariz Coll ... older twin bros, Lodrick (USC) & Rodrick (USC/Kansas) 10 Martin Breunig (F, 6-8, Fr.) 1.7 1.3 0.2* Shooting 53% from fi eld, 80% FT ... 5th German player at UW .... from same town (Leverkusen) as Detlef Schrempf 12 Andrew Andrews (G, 6-2, Fr.) Redshirting Will redshirt ... hit a pair of FT’s in 5 mins vs. SPU ... avg 24 pts, 5 assts & was 2011 Oregon 5A State Player of Year 15 Scott Suggs (G, 6-6, Sr.) Redshirting Announced he would redshirt on Dec. 9 ... right foot surgery on Oct. 14 ... ranked 3rd in Pac10 in 3-pt FG pct (45.0%) 20 Alex Wegner (F, 6-7, Fr.) 1.5 0.5 0.0 Hit 3-pointers vs. Ga St. & vs. Port ... avg. 22.9 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 1.8 spg and 2.4 bpg as a senior at Vashon Island 23 C.J. Wilcox (G, 6-5, So.) 15.3 3.5 1.5 99 career 3-pt FGs ... leads Pac-12 w/2.8 3-pt FG/game, 4th in scoring, 14th in steals (1.2), 7th in 3-pt FG% (.456) 30 Desmond Simmons (F, 6-7, RS-Fr.) 6.0 6.2 1.2 3 games with 10+ points ... ranks 13th in Pac-12 in rpg and 15th in steals per game (1.2) ... 5+ rebs in 9-straight games 33 Jernard Jarreau (F, 6-10, Fr.) Redshirting Will Redshirt ... team-high 3 blocks vs. SPU ... fi rst player from New Orleans since Eldridge Recasner 40 Shawn Kemp, Jr. (F, 6-9, Fr.) 1.1 0.6 0.8* 5th Husky that is the son of an ex-Sonic ... scored UW’s fi rst 4 pts vs. Hou Bapt. & 2 blocks ... 3 blks vs. CS-Northridge 42 Brendan Sherrer (F, 6-8, Sr.) 0.8 1.0 0.0 Career-best 3 rebs. vs. Houston Baptist ... has played in 27 career games, all wins by at least 17 pts ... 2009 walkon * = blocks per game average 2011-12 Husky Basketball Quick Facts a 2011-12 UW Men’s Basketball – Husky Notes Location .