2018–19 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by second-year head coach Mike Hopkins, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 9 seed, they defeated No. 8 seed Utah State in the First Round before losing to No. 1 seed North Carolina in the second round.

2018–19 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pac-12 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	27–9 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Hopkins (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Will Conroy (4th season) Cameron Dollar (2nd season) Dave Rice (2nd season)
Captains	Matisse Thybulle (2nd year) David Crisp (2nd year)
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Washington	15	–	3		.833			27	–	9		.750
Arizona State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	11		.676
Utah	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
Oregon State	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			23	–	13		.639
Oregon †	10	–	8		.556			25	–	13		.658
UCLA	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
USC	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Arizona	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Stanford	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	21		.344
California	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
† Conference tournament winner

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2017–18 season 21–13, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost to Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.^[1] They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament^[2] where they defeated Boise State in the first round^[3] before losing to Saint Mary's in the second round.^[4]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Bitumba Baruti	0	G	6'6"	210	Junior	DR Congo	Transferred to Chipola College
Dan Kingma	2	G	5'10"	160	Senior	Mill Creek, WA	Graduated
Michael Carter III	14	G	6'4"	190	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Transferred to South Dakota State.^[5]
Carlos Johnson	23	G	6'4"	215	Sophomore	Centralia, IL	Transferred to Grand Canyon University.^[6]
Devenir Duruisseau	24	F	6'8"	245	Junior	Palmdale, CA	Left team^[7]
Greg Bowman	32	F	6'7"	225	Senior	Mountlake Terrace, WA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Travis Rice	30	G	6'2"	170	RS Sophomore	Las Vegas, NV	Northern Arizona
Quade Green		G	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Kentucky

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Elijah Hardy PG	Oakland, CA	Bishop O'Dowd High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sep 9, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Nate Roberts PF	Edgewood, MD	Brewster Academy	6 ft 11.5 in (2.12 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Oct 17, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Jamal Bey SF	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 30, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Bryan Penn-Johnson C	Las Vegas, NV	Wasatch Academy	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Mar 19, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Riley Sorn C	Richland, WA	Richland High	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	May 21, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Washington Signees". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018. "2018 Washington Signees". Scout.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018. "2018 Washington Signees". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
RaeQuan Battle SG	Marysville, WA	Marysville Pilchuck High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	May 31, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Isaiah Stewart C	Rochester, NY	La Lumiere School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jan 20, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Marcus Tsohonis SG	Portland, OR	Jefferson High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 18, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Washington Commits". Rivals.com. "ESPN- Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2018–19 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Jamal Bey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV G 1 David Crisp (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Brewster Academy Tacoma, WA G 4 Matisse Thybulle (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Eastside Catholic Issaquah, WA G 5 Jaylen Nowell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Garfield HS Seattle, WA G 10 Elijah Hardy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA F 11 Nahziah Carter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Bishop Kearney HS Rochester, NY G 12 Jason Crandall (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Issaquah HS Issaquah, WA F 13 Hamier Wright 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Albany Academy Albany, NY C 14 Bryan Penn-Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Wasatch Academy Long Beach, CA F 15 Noah Dickerson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Montverde Academy Atlanta, GA G 20 Quin Barnard (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr O'Dea HS Bellevue, WA G 21 Noah Neubauer (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Garfield HS Seattle, WA F 22 Dominic Green 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Hazen HS Renton, WA G 23 Jonah Geron (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr San Joaquin HS San Joaquin, CA F 24 Nate Roberts   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Brewster Academy Washington, D.C. G 30 Travis Rice (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Northern Arizona Las Vegas, NV F 33 Sam Timmins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jr Otago Boys' High School Dunedin, New Zealand F 34 Regan Lundeen (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Mater Dei HS Santa Ana, CA C 52 Riley Sorn   7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Richland HS Richland, WA G Quade Green   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Kentucky Philadelphia, PA	Head coach Mike Hopkins (Syracuse) Assistant coach(es) Will Conroy (Washington) Cameron Dollar (UCLA) Dave Rice (UNLV) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 4, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 21, 2018* 3:00 pm		at Nevada Wildfire Charity	W 91–73	–	26 – Nowell	6 – Tied	6 – Thybulle	Lawlor Events Center (4,069) Reno, NV
November 1, 2018* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	Seattle Pacific	W 70–61	–	23 – Nowell	9 – Timmins	3 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,702) Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 25	Western Kentucky	W 73–55	1–0	18 – Dickerson	6 – Tied	7 – Crisp	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,721) Seattle, WA
November 9, 2018* 6:30 pm, SECN	No. 25	at No. 11 Auburn	L 66–88	1–1	16 – Tied	5 – Dickerson	5 – Thybulle	Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL
November 12, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N		San Diego	W 66–63	2–1	18 – Nowell	8 – Dickerson	3 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,219) Seattle, WA
November 18, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Santa Clara Vancouver Showcase	W 82–68	3–1	32 – Nowell	7 – Carter	7 – Crisp	Vancouver Convention Centre (3,107) Vancouver, BC
November 20, 2018* 8:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Texas A&M Vancouver Showcase	W 71–67	4–1	24 – Dickerson	17 – Dickerson	4 – Crisp	Vancouver Convention Centre (3,070) Vancouver, BC
November 21, 2018* 3:30 pm, BTN		vs. Minnesota Vancouver Showcase	L 66–68	4–2	28 – Dickerson	7 – Dickerson	2 – Nowell	Vancouver Convention Centre (1,680) Vancouver, BC
November 27, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N		Eastern Washington	W 83–59	5–2	25 – Green	9 – Nowell	7 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,054) Seattle, WA
December 2, 2018* 5:00 pm, P12N		UC Santa Barbara	W 67–63	6–2	22 – Dickerson	8 – Dickerson	5 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,533) Seattle, WA
December 5, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 1 Gonzaga Rivalry	L 79–81	6–3	26 – Nowell	7 – Dickerson	6 – Nowell	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
December 9, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N		Seattle	W 70–62	7–3	18 – Nowell	9 – Nowell	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,688) Seattle, WA
December 15, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech Boardwalk Classic	L 61–73	7–4	16 – Thybulle	9 – Carter	5 – Crisp	Boardwalk Hall (5,456) Atlantic City, NJ
December 21, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N		Sacramento State	W 57–41	8–4	12 – Tied	7 – Wright	3 – Crisp	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,888) Seattle, WA
January 1, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		Cal State Fullerton	W 84–76	9–4	20 – Nowell	12 – Dickerson	6 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,083) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 regular season
January 5, 2019 7:30 pm, P12N		Washington State Rivalry	W 85–67	10–4 (1–0)	23 – Crisp	8 – Tied	5 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,029) Seattle, WA
January 10, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1		at Utah	W 69–53	11–4 (2–0)	18 – Carter	12 – Nowell	5 – Nowell	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,481) Salt Lake City, UT
January 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Colorado	W 77–70	12–4 (3–0)	19 – Nowell	8 – Dickerson	5 – Nowell	CU Events Center (7,758) Boulder, CO
January 17, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Stanford	W 80–64	13–4 (4–0)	22 – Nowell	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,852) Seattle, WA
January 19, 2019 2:00 pm, P12N		California	W 71–52	14–4 (5–0)	17 – Green	11 – Dickerson	4 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,225) Seattle, WA
January 24, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Oregon	W 61–56	15–4 (6–0)	20 – Nowell	6 – Nowell	7 – Thybulle	Matthew Knight Arena (9,464) Eugene, OR
January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	W 79–69	16–4 (7–0)	19 – Nowell	6 – Tied	4 – Crisp	Gill Coliseum (6,462) Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1		USC	W 75–62	17–4 (8–0)	21 – Dickerson	14 – Dickerson	7 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,121) Seattle, WA
February 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2		UCLA	W 69–55	18–4 (9–0)	15 – Tied	8 – Nowell	4 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
February 7, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Arizona	W 67–60	19–4 (10–0)	17 – Crisp	6 – Nowell	4 – Nowell	McKale Center (13,732) Tucson, AZ
February 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Arizona State	L 63–75	19–5 (10–1)	18 – Dickerson	8 – Dickerson	3 – Thybulle	Wells Fargo Arena (12,686) Tempe, AZ
February 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at Washington State Rivalry	W 72–70	20–5 (11–1)	20 – Nowell	10 – Dickerson	3 – Thybulle	Beasley Coliseum (4,233) Pullman, WA
February 20, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1		Utah	W 62–45	21–5 (12–1)	12 – Carter	8 – Nowell	5 – Crisp	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,268) Seattle, WA
February 23, 2019 7:30 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 64–55	22–5 (13–1)	17 – Thybulle	6 – Green	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
February 28, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 25	at California	L 73–76	22–6 (13–2)	32 – Crisp	8 – Nowell	7 – Thybulle	Haas Pavilion (6,441) Berkeley, CA
March 3, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	at Stanford	W 62–61	23–6 (14–2)	13 – Nowell	6 – Nowell	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (5,741) Stanford, CA
March 6, 2019 7:00 pm, P12N		Oregon State	W 81–76 ^OT	24–6 (15–2)	22 – Tied	17 – Dickerson	5 – Nowell	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,863) Seattle, WA
March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN		Oregon	L 47–55	24–7 (15–3)	17 – Nowell	16 – Dickerson	1 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Tournament
March 14, 2019 12:00 pm, P12N	(1)	vs. (8) USC Quarterfinals	W 78–75	25–7	24 – Nowell	11 – Dickerson	6 – Crisp	T-Mobile Arena (10,556) Paradise, NV
March 15, 2019 6:00 pm, P12N	(1)	vs. (5) Colorado Semifinals	W 66–61	26–7	14 – Tied	11 – Dickerson	4 – Nowell	T-Mobile Arena (13,955) Paradise, NV
March 16, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN	(1)	vs. (6) Oregon Championship	L 48–68	26–8	8 – Nowell	6 – Dickerson	6 – Crisp	T-Mobile Arena (12,877) Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 22, 2019* 3:50 pm, TNT	(9 MW)	vs. (8 MW) No. 25 Utah State First Round	W 78–61	27–8	20 – Dickerson	12 – Dickerson	5 – Nowell	Nationwide Arena (19,426) Columbus, OH
March 24, 2019* 11:40 am, CBS	(9 MW)	vs. (1 MW) No. 3 North Carolina Second Round	L 59–81	27–9	12 – Nowell	6 – Dickerson	4 – Thybulle	Nationwide Arena (19,610) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

See also: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	25	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	—	—	Not released
Coaches	24	24^	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25–T	RV	RV	RV	RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Awards and honors

Pac-12 Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponents
11/19	Jaylen Nowell	San Diego & Santa Clara^[8]
12/10	Jaylen Nowell	Gonzaga & Seattle^[9]
1/28	Jaylen Nowell	Oregon & Oregon State^[10]
2/25	Matisse Thybulle	Utah & Colorado^[11]

All Pac-12 Team

• First team: Jaylen Nowell & Matisse Thybulle
• Honorable mention: Noah Dickerson^[12]

Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

• Matisse Thybulle^[12]

Pac-12 Player of the Year

• Jaylen Nowell^[13]

Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

• Matisse Thybulle^[13]

Pac-12 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year

• Mike Hopkins^[13]

References

1. "Oregon State defeats Washington in overtime in Pac-12 Tournament opener". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
2. "Washington Huskies land NIT invite, will host Boise State". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
3. "NIT: Washington holds off Boise State at NIT". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
4. "Saint Mary's moves on in NIT, beats Washington 85-81". KOMO News. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
5. "Men's basketball adds Michael Carter III". gojacks.com. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
6. Allen, Percy. "Former UW Huskies guard Carlos Johnson lands at Grand Canyon". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
7. Allen, Percy (November 22, 2017). "Devenir Duruisseau leaves UW men's basketball team". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
8. "Washington's Nowell nabs Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week". pac-12.com. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
9. "Washington's Nowell named Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week for second time". pac-12.com. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
10. "Washington's Nowell earns third Pac-12 Men's Basketball weekly award". pac-12.com. January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
11. "National DPOY candidate Thybulle earns Pac-12 Men's Basketball weekly award". pac-12.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
12. "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams". pac-12.com. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
13. "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards". pac-12.com. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.