2019–20 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third-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 15–17, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Arizona.

2019–20 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	15–17 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Hopkins (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Will Conroy (5th season) Cameron Dollar (3rd season) Dave Rice (3rd season)
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 Oregon	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
UCLA	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
USC	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	13		.581
Utah	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
California	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Washington	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2018–19 season 27–9, 15–2 in Pac-12 play to finish in first place. Coach Hopkins received back to back Pac-12 Coach of the Year awards. Matisse Thybulle was named Pac-12 Defender of the Year. Jaylen Nowell was named Pac-12 Player of the Year.^[1] The Huskies lost to Oregon in the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament.^[2] They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament^[3] as a nine seed in the Midwest Region where they defeated eight seed and 25th ranked Utah State in the first round^[4] before losing to the first seed and third ranked North Carolina in the second round.^[5] On January 19, 2019 Washington became the first team in college basketball history to record 1000 wins in same arena.^[6]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
David Crisp	1	G	6'0"	185	Senior	Tacoma, WA	Graduated
Matisse Thybulle	4	G	6'5"	205	Senior	Issaquah, WA	Graduated/2019 NBA draft
Jaylen Nowell	5	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Seattle, WA	2019 NBA draft
Noah Dickerson	15	F	6'8"	245	Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Dominic Green	22	F	6'6"	200	Senior	Renton, WA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Quade Green	55	G	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Kentucky
J’Raan Brooks	35	F	6'9"	220	Sophomore	Seattle, Washington	USC

Quade Green transferred from Kentucky at the end of their Fall quarter in 2018. He was scheduled to be eligible to play with the Huskies starting December 17, 2019 but after a petition to NCAA it was deemed that he is eligible to play for the full 2019–20 season.^[7]

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

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:
Jaden McDaniels PF	Federal Way, WA	Federal Way High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 21, 2019
	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

2019–20 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Jaden McDaniels 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Federal Way HS Federal Way, WA F 1 Nate Roberts 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Fr Brewster Academy Washington, D.C. F 5 Jamal Bey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV G 10 Elijah Hardy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA F 11 Nahziah Carter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Bishop Kearney HS Rochester, NY G 12 Jason Crandall (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) RS Jr Issaquah HS Issaquah, WA F 13 Hameir Wright 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Albany Academy Albany, NY F 14 Sam Timmins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Sr Otago Boys' High School Dunedin, New Zealand G 15 Marcus Tsohonis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Jefferson HS Portland, OR G 20 Quin Barnard (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr O'Dea HS Bellevue, WA F 21 RaeQuan Battle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Marysville Pilchuck HS Marysville, WA C 23 Bryan Penn-Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Fr Wasatch Academy Long Beach, CA G 24 Jonah Geron (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr San Joaquin HS San Joaquin, CA G 30 Travis Rice (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Northern Arizona Las Vegas, NV G 32 Noah Neubauer (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Garfield HS Seattle, WA C 33 Isaiah Stewart 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr La Lumiere School Rochester, NY F 34 Regan Lundeen (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Mater Dei HS Santa Ana, CA F 35 J'Raan Brooks   6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So USC Seattle, WA C 52 Riley Sorn (W) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 270 lb (122 kg) RS Fr Richland HS Richland, WA G 55 Quade Green (I) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr 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 9, 2020

• Jan. 9, 2020 – Quade Green ruled academically ineligible for winter quarter.^[8]

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Isaiah Stewart	Sam Timmins	Bryan Penn-Johnson
PF	Hameir Wright	Nate Roberts
SF	Jaden McDaniels	Jamal Bey	RaeQuan Battle
SG	Nahziah Carter
PG	Elijah Hardy		Marcus Tsohonis

^[9]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
August 15, 2019* 12:00 pm, FloHoops		Peak Warriors	W 94–35	–	18 – Carter	9 – Roberts	8 – Hardy	Centro Sportivo Tellene  Rome, Italy
August 16, 2019* 11:00 am, FloHoops		Peak Warriors	W 91–46	–	24 – Stewart	16 – Stewart	–	Centro Sportivo Tellene  Rome, Italy
August 18, 2019* 10:00 am, FloHoops		Pistoia	W 73–59	–	25 – Stewart	10 – Carter	5 – Hardy	Palazzetto Dello Sport Via Fermi  Pistoia, Italy
August 20, 2019* 10:00 am, FloHoops		Siena All-Stars	W 97–39	–	20 – Carter	12 – Stewart	6 – Tsohonis	Palestra Viale Achille Sclavo  Siena, Italy
October 31, 2019* 7:00 pm		Western Washington	W 87–63	–	20 – Bey	11 – Stewart	5 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,008) Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 16 Baylor Armed Forces Classic	W 67–64	1–0	23 – Carter	7 – Tied	9 – Green	Alaska Airlines Center (5,117) Anchorage, AK
November 12, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 20	Mount St. Mary's	W 56–46	2–0	16 – Stewart	9 – McDaniels	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,480) Seattle, WA
November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 20	vs. Tennessee Naismith Hall of Fame Classic	L 62–75	2–1	18 – Carter	12 – Carter	6 – Green	Scotiabank Arena (6,802) Toronto, ON
November 19, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	Maine	W 72–53	3–1	16 – Stewart	9 – Stewart	4 – McDaniels	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,072) Seattle, WA
November 22, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	Montana	W 73–56	4–1	18 – Stewart	8 – Wright	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,370) Seattle, WA
November 24, 2019* 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 25	San Diego	W 88–69	5–1	25 – Stewart	7 – Tied	10 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,537) Seattle, WA
December 2, 2019* 7:30 pm, P12N	No. 22	South Dakota	W 75–55	6–1	20 – McDaniels	15 – Stewart	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,178) Seattle, WA
December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Eastern Washington	W 90–80	7–1	20 – Green	6 – Tied	8 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,419) Seattle, WA
December 8, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	No. 9 Gonzaga Rivalry	L 76–83	7–2	21 – Stewart	10 – Stewart	8 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,268) Seattle, WA
December 17, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Seattle	W 81–59	8–2	27 – Stewart	13 – Stewart	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,760) Seattle, WA
December 22, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	vs. Ball State Diamond Head Classic quarterfinal	W 85–64	9–2	22 – McDaniels	10 – Stewart	6 – Green	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
December 23, 2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 21	vs. Hawaiʻi Diamond Head Classic semifinal	W 72–61	10–2	26 – Stewart	13 – Tied	7 – Green	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
December 25, 2019* 5:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 21	vs. Houston Diamond Head Classic championship	L 71–75	10–3	25 – Stewart	8 – Stewart	7 – Green	Stan Sheriff Center (6,356) Honolulu, HI
Pac-12 regular season
January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, FS1		UCLA	L 64–66	10–4 (0–1)	24 – Stewart	11 – Stewart	4 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,027) Seattle, WA
January 5, 2020 7:00 pm, FS1		USC	W 72–40	11–4 (1–1)	18 – Stewart	10 – Stewart	5 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,774) Seattle, WA
January 9, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1		at Stanford	L 55–61	11–5 (1–2)	18 – McDaniels	15 – McDaniels	3 – Hardy	Maples Pavilion (5,328) Stanford, CA
January 11, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 58–61 ^OT	11–6 (1–3)	13 – Stewart	11 – McDaniels	3 – Wright	Haas Pavilion (4,660) Berkeley, CA
January 16, 2020 8:00 pm, FS1		Oregon State	W 64–56	12–6 (2–3)	13 – Stewart	7 – Carter	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,207) Seattle, WA
January 18, 2020 12:45 pm, CBS		No. 8 Oregon	L 61–64 ^OT	12–7 (2–4)	25 – Stewart	19 – Stewart	2 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,268) Seattle, WA
January 23, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 66–67	12–8 (2–5)	14 – McDaniels	9 – Wright	4 – Wright	Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,396) Salt Lake City, UT
January 25, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1		at No. 23 Colorado	L 62–76	12–9 (2–6)	23 – Stewart	8 – Stewart	5 – Wright	CU Events Center (9,521) Boulder, CO
January 30, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Arizona	L 72–75	12–10 (2–7)	14 – Battle	11 – Stewart	5 – McDaniels	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,123) Seattle, WA
February 1, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N		Arizona State	L 83–87	12–11 (2–8)	19 – Tsohonis	6 – Carter	3 – Bey	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,066) Seattle, WA
February 9, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at Washington State Rivalry	L 67–79	12–12 (2–9)	18 – Carter	7 – Stewart	3 – McDaniels	Beasley Coliseum (4,866) Pullman, WA
February 13, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at USC	L 56–62	12–13 (2–10)	19 – McDaniels	12 – McDaniels	6 – Carter	Galen Center (4,765) Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at UCLA	L 57–67	12–14 (2–11)	15 – Tied	10 – Stewart	3 – Tsohonis	Pauley Pavilion (8,014) Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N		Stanford	L 64–72	12–15 (2–12)	14 – Stewart	9 – Carter	3 – Stewart	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,622) Seattle, WA
February 22, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N		California	W 87–52	13–15 (3–12)	16 – Carter	7 – McDaniels	5 – McDaniels	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,873) Seattle, WA
February 28, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1		Washington State Rivalry	L 74–78	13–16 (3–13)	19 – McDaniels	11 – Stewart	2 – Tsohonis	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,131) Seattle, WA
March 5, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at Arizona State	W 90–83	14–16 (4–13)	23 – Carter	12 – Stewart	5 – Hardy	Desert Financial Arena (9,829) Tempe, AZ
March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Arizona	W 69–63	15–16 (5–13)	20 – McDaniels	7 – Stewart	5 – Tsohonis	McKale Center (13,604) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Tournament
March 11, 2020 2:30 pm, P12N	(12)	vs. (5) Arizona First round	L 70–77	15–17	29 – Stewart	12 – Stewart	3 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena (8,048) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	20	25	23	22	RV	22	21	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	RV	RV^	24	22	23	25	22	20	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Awards and honors

Freshman of the Week

Week	Player	Opponents
12/9	Isaiah Stewart	Eastern Washington & Gonzaga^[10]
12/23	Isaiah Stewart	Seattle & Ball State^[11]
12/30	Isaiah Stewart	Hawaiʻi & Houston^[12]
1/6	Isaiah Stewart	UCLA & USC^[13]
3/9	Jaden McDaniels	ASU & Arizona^[14]

All Pac-12 Team

• First team: Isaiah Stewart^[15]

Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

• Isaiah Stewart^[15]

References

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3. "UW Huskies earn first NCAA tournament bid in 8 years as Pac-12 squeezes 3 teams in". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
4. "March on: Huskies' ballhawking defense gets them past Utah State in NCAA tournament opener". The Seattle Times. March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
5. "Huskies' magic dries up as North Carolina gives UW another early exit from NCAA tournament". The Seattle Times. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
6. "Huskies start slow but wake up to beat Cal for seventh straight win and 1,000th all-time at Hec Ed". The Seattle Times. January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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8. Allen, Percy (January 9, 2020). "Washington point guard Quade Green ruled academically ineligible for winter quarter". SeattleTimes.com. The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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