2023–24 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2023–24 Washington Huskies men's basketball
2023–24 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	17–15 (9–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Hopkins (7th season);
Associate head coach	Will Conroy (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Quincy Pondexter (3rd season); Jerry Hobbie (1st season); Ben Lee (1st season);
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Arizona	15	–	5	.750	27	–	9	.750
No. 23 Washington State	14	–	6	.700	25	–	10	.714
Colorado	13	–	7	.650	26	–	11	.703
Oregon †	12	–	8	.600	24	–	12	.667
UCLA	10	–	10	.500	16	–	17	.485
Utah	9	–	11	.450	22	–	15	.595
California	9	–	11	.450	13	–	19	.406
Washington	9	–	11	.450	17	–	15	.531
USC	8	–	12	.400	15	–	18	.455
Stanford	8	–	12	.400	14	–	18	.438
Arizona State	8	–	12	.400	14	–	18	.438
Oregon State	5	–	15	.250	13	–	19	.406

† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by seventh-year head coach Mike Hopkins, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as their last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 9–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they lost to USC in the first round.

On March 8, 2024, the school announced that head coach Mike Hopkins would be fired after the season.^[1] On March 25, the school named Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle the team's new head coach.^[2]

The season marked the final year for the school as a member of the Pac-12 conference. In August 2023, the school announced it would join the Big Ten Conference in 2024.^[3]

Previous season[edit]

The Huskies finished the 2022–23 season 16–15, 8–12 in Pac-12 play to tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Washington departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
PJ Fuller	4	G	6'4"	175	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduate transferred to Detroit Mercy
Jamal Bey	5	G	6'6"	210	GS Senior	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated
Tyler Linhardt	10	F	6'7"	210	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Transferred to Idaho
Jackson Grant	12	F	6'10"	205	Sophomore	Olympia, WA	Transferred to Utah State
Langston Wilson	13	F	6'9"	200	Senior	Upper Darby, PA	Graduate transferred to Milwaukee
Kyle Luttinen	14	G	6'7"	185	Junior	Seattle, WA	Walk-on; transferred
Griff Hopkins	15	G	6'4"	185	Junior	Syracuse, NY	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Cole Bajema	22	G	6'7"	190	Senior	Lynden, WA	Graduate transferred to Utah
Keyon Menifield	23	G	6'1"	170	Freshman	Flint, MI	Transferred to Arkansas
Noah Williams	24	G	6'5"	195	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduate transferred
Anthony Iglesia	30	G	5'7"	150	Senior	Syracuse, NY	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons

Incoming transfers[edit]

Washington incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sahvir Wheeler	5	G	5'9"	180	GS Senior	Houston, TX	Kentucky
Nate Calmese	8	G	6'2"	164	Sophomore	Gilbert, AZ	Lamar
Paul Mulcahy	9	G	6'6"	213	GS Senior	Bayonne, NJ	Rutgers
Moses Wood	13	F	6'8"	210	GS Senior	Reno, NV	Portland
Anthony Holland	23	G	6'5"	225	GS Senior	Riverside, CA	Fresno State
Wilhelm Breidenbach	32	F	6'10"	231	Junior	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Nebraska

2023 recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Wesley Yates #8 SG	Beaumont, TX	Beaumont United High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 5, 2022
Wesley Yates #8 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 85
Christian King SF	Seattle, WA	Seattle Prep	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 23, 2022
Christian King SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 38 247Sports: 46
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: "2023 Washington Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022. "ESPN- Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022. "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.

Source^[4]

Roster[edit]

2023–24 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Koren Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Wasatch Academy	Seattle, WA
F	1	Keion Brooks Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Kentucky	Fort Wayne, IN
G	4	Wesley Yates III	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Beaumont United	Beaumont, TX
G	5	Sahvir Wheeler	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Kentucky	Harlem, NY
F	7	Isaiah Sherrard (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Oak Park	West Lake Village, CA
G	8	Nate Calmese	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	So	Lamar	Gilbert, AZ
G	9	Paul Mulcahy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	GS	Rutgers	Bayonne, NJ
F	10	Will Landram (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Gig Harbor	Gig Harbor, WA
C	11	Franck Kepnang	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Oregon	Yaoundé, Cameroon
F	13	Moses Wood	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Portland	Reno, NV
G	23	Anthony Holland	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Fresno State	Riverside, CA
F	31	Christian King	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Seattle Prep	Seattle, WA
F	32	Wilhelm Breidenbach	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Nebraska	Reno, NV
G	33	Sam Slutske (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Crossroads	Santa Monica, CA
C	34	Braxton Meah	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Fresno State	Fresno, CA
F	35	Samuel Ariyibi	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	NBA Africa Academy	Lagos, Nigeria

Head coach

Mike Hopkins (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Saint Martin's	W 103–58	–	22 – Brooks	12 – Breidenbach	7 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (955) Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 8:30 p.m., P12N		Bellarmine	W 91–57	1–0	25 – Johnson	8 – Tied	3 – Calmese	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,568) Seattle, WA
November 9, 2023* 8:00 p.m., P12N		Northern Kentucky	W 75–67	2–0	32 – Brooks	10 – Brooks	7 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,026) Seattle, WA
November 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N		Nevada	L 76–83	2–1	19 – Brooks	11 – Brooks	5 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,154) Seattle, WA
November 17, 2023* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Xavier Continental Tire Main Event semifinals	W 74–71	3–1	20 – Brooks Jr.	12 – Kepnang	5 – Wheeler	T-Mobile Arena (–) Paradise, NV
November 19, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. San Diego State Continental Tire Main Event championship game	L 97–100 ^OT	3–2	22 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Kepnang	13 – Mulcahy	T-Mobile Arena (2,064) Paradise, NV
November 28, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N		UC San Diego	W 83–56	4–2	18 – Brooks Jr.	12 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,726) Seattle, WA
December 2, 2023* 4:00 p.m., CBSSN		vs. No. 20 Colorado State Legends of Basketball Invitational	L 81–86	4–3	21 – Wood	8 – Wood	12 – Wheeler	MGM Grand Garden Arena (–) Paradise, NV
December 5, 2023* 8:00 p.m., P12N		Montana State	W 85–61	5–3	16 – Kepnang	11 – Kepnang	7 – Mulcahy	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,042) Seattle, WA
December 9, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 7 Gonzaga Rivalry	W 78–73	6–3	17 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Brooks Jr.	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,294) Seattle, WA
December 17, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Seattle	W 100–99 ^2OT	7–3	22 – Brooks Jr.	9 – Brooks Jr.	14 – Wheeler	Climate Pledge Arena (5,702) Seattle, WA
December 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., P12N		Eastern Washington	W 73–66	8–3	20 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Meah	5 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,453) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Colorado	L 69–73	8–4 (0–1)	20 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Wheeler	CU Events Center (7,799) Boulder, CO
December 31, 2023 3:00 p.m., P12N		at Utah	L 90–95	8–5 (0–2)	25 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Wood	6 – Wheeler	Jon M. Huntsman Center (7,468) Salt Lake City, UT
January 4, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon	L 74–76	8–6 (0–3)	18 – Wheeler	7 – Tied	4 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,522) Seattle, WA
January 6, 2024 3:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon State	W 79–72	9–6 (1–3)	26 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Breidenbach	3 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,376) Seattle, WA
January 11, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1		Arizona State	W 82–67	10–6 (2–3)	24 – Wheeler	14 – Meah	8 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,641) Seattle, WA
January 14, 2024 4:00 p.m., P12N		at UCLA	L 61–73	10–7 (2–4)	27 – Wheeler	8 – Meah	2 – Wheeler	Pauley Pavilion (6,532) Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at California	W 77–75	11–7 (3–4)	21 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Tied	5 – Johnson	Haas Pavilion (2,913) Berkeley, CA
January 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at Stanford	L 80–90	11–8 (3–5)	20 – Brooks Jr.	11 – Brooks Jr.	3 – Wheeler	Maples Pavilion (4,174) Stanford, CA
January 24, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Colorado	L 81–98	11–9 (3–6)	22 – Brooks Jr.	6 – Meah	6 – Wood	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,210) Seattle, WA
January 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Utah	W 98–73	12–9 (4–6)	27 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Wood	10 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,419) Seattle, WA
February 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		Washington State Rivalry	L 87–90 ^OT	12–10 (4–7)	35 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Brooks Jr.	6 – Mulcahy	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,294) Seattle, WA
February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., FS1		at Oregon	L 80–85	12–11 (4–8)	17 – Brooks Jr.	12 – Meah	7 – Wheeler	Matthew Knight Arena (7,584) Eugene, OR
February 10, 2024 4:00 p.m., P12N		at Oregon State	W 67–55	13–11 (5–8)	23 – Brooks Jr.	9 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Wheeler	Gill Coliseum (3,675) Corvallis, OR
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		Stanford	W 85–65	14–11 (6–8)	30 – Johnson	13 – Meah	8 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,927) Seattle, WA
February 17, 2024 5:00 p.m., P12N		California	L 80–82	14–12 (6–9)	26 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Tied	5 – Mulcahy	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,916) Seattle, WA
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Arizona State	W 84–82 ^OT	15–12 (7–9)	21 – Brooks	14 – Meah	7 – Johnson	Desert Financial Arena (7,401) Tempe, AZ
February 24, 2024 11:00 a.m., CBS		at No. 4 Arizona	L 75–91	15–13 (7–10)	17 – Johnson	6 – Tied	6 – Wheeler	McKale Center (14,688) Tucson, AZ
February 29, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1		UCLA	W 94–77	16–13 (8–10)	32 – Brooks Jr.	8 – Meah	11 – Wheeler	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,893) Seattle, WA
March 2, 2024 1:00 p.m., CBS		USC Senior Night	L 75–82	16–14 (8–11)	21 – Wheeler	7 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Mulcahy	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,294) Seattle, WA
March 7, 2024 6:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 18 Washington State Rivalry	W 74–68	17–14 (9–11)	23 – Johnson	9 – Brooks Jr.	6 – Wheeler	Beasley Coliseum (9,311) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Tournament
March 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (9) USC First round	L 74−80	17–15	20 – Wheeler	8 – Brooks Jr.	7 – Wheeler	T-Mobile Arena (10,050) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings[edit]

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	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References[edit]

^ "Washington to fire Mike Hopkins: Huskies coach will be with team until end of season, won't be back in 2024-25". CBSSports.com. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Washington hires Danny Sprinkle from Utah State as men's basketball coach". Yahoo Sports. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Oregon, Washington join Big Ten: Programs depart Pac-12 in 2024 after serving as charter members since 1915". CBSSports.com. August 4, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
^ "gohuskies.com :: Washington Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball". gohuskies.com.

[1] "Washington to fire Mike Hopkins: Huskies coach will be with team until end of season, won't be back in 2024-25". CBSSports.com. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[2] "Washington hires Danny Sprinkle from Utah State as men's basketball coach". Yahoo Sports. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[3] "Oregon, Washington join Big Ten: Programs depart Pac-12 in 2024 after serving as charter members since 1915". CBSSports.com. August 4, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[4] "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023.

[5] "gohuskies.com :: Washington Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball". gohuskies.com.

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