2020–21 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Mike Hopkins, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020–21 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	5–21 (4–16 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Hopkins (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Will Conroy (6th season) Cameron Dollar (4th season) Dave Rice (4th season)
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 Oregon	14	–	4		.778			21	–	7		.750
No. 9 USC	15	–	5		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 23 Colorado	14	–	6		.700			23	–	9		.719
No. 7 UCLA	13	–	6		.684			22	–	10		.688
Arizona*	11	–	9		.550			17	–	9		.654
No. 20 Oregon State †	10	–	10		.500			20	–	13		.606
Stanford	10	–	10		.500			14	–	13		.519
Utah	8	–	11		.421			12	–	13		.480
Arizona State	7	–	10		.412			11	–	14		.440
Washington State	7	–	12		.368			14	–	13		.519
Washington	4	–	16		.200			5	–	21		.192
California	3	–	17		.150			9	–	20		.310
*Ineligible for the conference and NCAA tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2019–20 season 15–17, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in twelfth place. Isaiah Stewart was named to the All Pac-12 first team and All-Freshman team.^[1] The Huskies as the 12th seed lost to Arizona in a first round game of the Pac-12 tournament.^[2] The rest of the Pac-12 tournament and all post season tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Elijah Hardy	10	G	6'6"	170	Junior	Oakland, CA	Transferred to Portland State^[4]
Jason Crandall	12	G	6'0"	155	Senior	Issaquah, Washington	Graduated
Sam Timmins	14	F	6'11"	265	Senior	Dunedin, New Zealand	Graduated and signed with Franklin Bulls^[5]
Quin Barnard	20	G	6'0"	175	Redshirt Junior	Bellevue, Washington	Graduated
Isaiah Stewart	33	C	6'9"	250	Freshman	Rochester, NY	2020 NBA draft
Jaden McDaniels	0	F	6'9"	200	Freshman	Federal Way, WA	2020 NBA draft
Bryan Penn-Johnson	23	C	7'0"	245	RS Sophomore	Long Beach, California	Transferred to LSU^[6]
Nahziah Carter	11	G	6'6"	205	Senior	Rochester, NY	Suspended before Senior season and announced that he is to turn pro.^[7]

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Nate Pryor	4	G	6'4"	165	Junior	Seattle, Washington	North Idaho College
Cole Bajema	22	G	6'7"	175	Sophomore	Lynden, Washington	Michigan
Erik Stevenson	10	G	6'3"	198	Junior	Lacey, Washington	Wichita State

2021 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jackson Grant C	Olympia, WA	Olympia High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Nov 9, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 86
Dominiq Penn G	Dublin, OH	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jan 5, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 79
Samuel Ariyibi F	Nigeria	NBA Africa Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Mar 25, 2021
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
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: "2021 Washington Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021. "ESPN- Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

Roster

2020–21 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Marcus Tsohonis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Jefferson Portland, OR F 1 Nate Roberts 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) RS So Brewster Academy Washington, D.C. G 4 Nate Pryor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr North Idaho College Seattle, WA G 5 Jamal Bey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV G 10 Erik Stevenson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Wichita State Lacey, WA F 13 Hameir Wright 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Albany Academy Albany, NY G 14 Kyle Luttinen (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Roosevelt Seattle, WA G 15 Griff Hopkins (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Bellevue Syracuse, NY G 21 RaeQuan Battle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Marysville Pilchuck Tulalip, WA G 22 Cole Bajema 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Michigan Lynden, WA G 24 Jonah Geron (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So San Joaquin Memorial Fresno, CA G 30 Travis Rice (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Northern Arizona Las Vegas, NV G 32 Noah Neubauer (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Garfield Seattle, WA F 33 J'Raan Brooks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr USC Seattle, WA F 34 Regan Lundeen (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA C 52 Riley Sorn (W) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS So Richland Richland, WA G 55 Quade Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr 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: February 15, 2021

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Nate Roberts	Riley Sorn
PF	Hameir Wright	J'raan Brooks
SF	Jamal Bey	RaeQuan Battle
SG	Erik Stevenson
PG	Quade Green	Marcus Tsohonis	Nate Pryor

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 8:00 pm, P12N		Portland State Husky Classic	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues^[8]					Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
November 27, 2020* 4:00 pm, P12N		San Diego Husky Classic	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues^[8]					Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
November 28, 2020* 6:00 pm, P12N		Cal State Fullerton Husky Classic	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues^[8]					Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
November 29, 2020* 3:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. No. 2 Baylor Men's Vegas Bubble	L 52–86	0–1	10 – Battle	5 – Roberts	4 – Tsohonis	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
December 1, 2020* 1:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. UC Riverside Men's Vegas Bubble	L 42–57	0–2	18 – Green	8 – Green	4 – Green	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
December 3, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 62–76	0–3 (0–1)	21 – Green	13 – Roberts	4 – Green	Jon M. Huntsman Center (0) Salt Lake City, UT
December 9, 2020* 8:00 pm, P12N		Seattle	W 73–41	1–3	18 – Green	8 – Roberts	4 – Pryor	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
December 12, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		Oregon	L 71–74	1–4 (0–2)	26 – Green	8 – Roberts	5 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
December 16, 2020* 8:00 pm, P12N		Montana	L 58–66	1–5	13 – Tied	10 – Roberts	4 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
December 20, 2020* 7:00 pm, P12N		vs. Colorado Far West Classic	L 69–92	1–6	16 – Sorn	8 – Sorn	5 – Pryor	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
December 31, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	L 53–80	1–7 (0–3)	23 – Green	8 – Roberts	2 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
January 7, 2021 6:00 pm, FS1		at Stanford	L 75–91	1–8 (0–4)	24 – Tsohonis	7 – Roberts	5 – Green	Kaiser Permanente Arena (1) Santa Cruz, CA
January 9, 2021 12:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 78–84	1–9 (0–5)	27 – Stevenson	6 – Roberts	4 – Green	Haas Pavilion (0) Berkeley, CA
January 14, 2021 6:30 pm, P12N		at USC	L 68–95	1–10 (0–6)	16 – Stevenson	8 – Roberts	3 – Tied	Galen Center (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N		at UCLA	L 76–81	1–11 (0–7)	25 – Green	7 – Wright	5 – Green	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Colorado	W 84–80	2–11 (1–7)	27 – Tsohonis	7 – Stevenson	5 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
January 24, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPNU		Utah	W 83–79	3–11 (2–7)	28 – Bey	7 – Roberts	4 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
January 31, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		Washington State Rivalry	L 62–77	3–12 (2–8)	20 – Green	7 – Bey	4 – Bey	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 4, 2021 6:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	L 71–91	3–13 (2–9)	22 – Tsohonis	6 – Sorn	2 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2021 1:00 pm, CBS		at Oregon	L 74–86	3–14 (2–10)	23 – Green	4 – Green	4 – Green	Matthew Knight Arena (0) Eugene, OR
February 11, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 20 USC	L 54–69	3–15 (2–11)	16 – Green	4 – Tied	4 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 13, 2021 4:30 pm, P12N		UCLA	L 61–64	3–16 (2–12)	25 – Green	11 – Wright	5 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 15, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State Rivalry	W 65–63	4–16 (3–12)	29 – Tsohonis	7 – Stevenson	7 – Stevenson	Beasley Coliseum (0) Pullman, WA
February 18, 2021 8:00 pm, FS1		Stanford	L 61–79	4–17 (3–13)	13 – Bajema	5 – Tsohonis	3 – Green	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 20, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPNU		California	W 62–51	5–17 (4–13)	17 – Green	9 – Bey	4 – Tsohonis	Alaska Airlines Arena (0) Seattle, WA
February 23, 2021 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 64–97	5–18 (4–14)	16 – Tsohonis	6 – Tsohonis	3 – Stevenson	Desert Financial Arena (0) Tempe, AZ
February 25, 2021 4:00 pm, FS1		at Arizona State	L 72–80	5–19 (4–15)	16 – Green	11 – Roberts	7 – Green	Desert Financial Arena (0) Tempe, AZ
February 27, 2021 11:00 am, CBS		at Arizona	L 74–75	5–20 (4–16)	18 – Wright	8 – Stevenson	4 – Stevenson	McKale Center (0) Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Tournament
March 10, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Utah First round	L 95–98	5–21	31 – Green	6 – Tied	7 – Green	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Washington was scheduled to play Tulane in the Pac-12 2020 China game on November 14 however this game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] A game against Oklahoma in the Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge and a game against Auburn were also canceled.

Rankings

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Awards and honors

All Pac-12 Team

Quade Green honorable mention^[10]

Pac-12 Player of the Week

Jamal Bey—week 8^[11] Colorado, Utah

References

1. "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced". pac-12.com. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
2. "Huskies' season comes to an end with first-round loss to Arizona in Pac-12 tournament". The Seattle Times. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
3. "Remainder of Pac-12 tournament canceled due to coronavirus concerns". The Seattle Times. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
4. "Elijah Hardy leaves Washington and transfers to Portland State". April 18, 2020.
5. "PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT". bullsbasketball.nz. March 18, 2020. from the original on March 18, 2020.
6. "Report: NCAA Grants LSU Basketball Big Man Bryan Penn-Johnson Eligibility Waiver". August 19, 2020.
7. "Nahziah Carter announces he's leaving UW men's basketball team to begin pro career". December 12, 2020.
8. "UW Cancels Husky Classic MTE Due to COVID-19 Issues for Visiting Teams". November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
9. "UW Huskies' men's basketball game in China canceled due to COVID-19 concerns". The Seattle Times. July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
10. Pac-12 Conference. "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. "Pac-12 men's basketball conference play set to air this weekend, presented by Wendy's, on Pac-12 Network". pac-12.com.