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.
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. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Boise State in the first round before losing to Saint Mary's in the second round.
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 Carlos Johnson 23 G 6'4" 215 Sophomore Centralia, IL Transferred to Grand Canyon University Devenir Duruisseau 24 F 6'8" 245 Junior Palmdale, CA Left team 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
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 Tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
*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 WeekPlayerOpponents11/19Jaylen NowellSan Diego & Santa Clara12/10Jaylen NowellGonzaga & Seattle1/28Jaylen NowellOregon & Oregon State2/25Matisse ThybulleUtah & Colorado
All Pac-12 Team
First team: Jaylen Nowell & Matisse Thybulle Honorable mention: Noah Dickerson
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Matisse Thybulle
Pac-12 Player of the Year Jaylen Nowell
Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Matisse Thybulle
Pac-12 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year Mike Hopkins
References